Hello everyone!
I posted a few times but I'm still new here. I'm 14 wks pregnant and think I am having simple partial seizures. I've been having them for over 4 years but thought they were anxiety related until I came across something on simple partial seizures and it all fit. I went to see a neurologist and they did an EEG that came back normal. She said she wanted to hold off on meds since I am pregnant and to wait and see. I've been keeping a log of how I am feeling for the last 2 months. I knew that my "episodes" came in clusters but never kept track before. In March I had one episode on a Thursday, nothing the next day, one on Sat and then 2 in the middle of the night Sat into Sunday and one Sunday morning. The same pattern happened this month. I had one while driving (I was able to pull over until it passed), nothing the next day. Then one Sat. morning and 2 in the middle of the night Sat into Sunday and one early Sunday morning while I was still laying in bed. When I looked at the calendar I was shocked that it was the same as the month before!
I've heard of hormones playing a role in seizures but since I am pregnant I wasn't sure if that would explain it. I'm going to call the dr. today but I just wanted to get some feedback first. I don't want to go on meds right away since I am pregnant. Is there any other tests that they can do? I just wish they could do a test, point to something and say yes you are having seizures and we are going to do x, y & z to help treat them. Since my EEG was normal my family seems to think I am fine and just to move on. I am so confused!
I posted a few times but I'm still new here. I'm 14 wks pregnant and think I am having simple partial seizures. I've been having them for over 4 years but thought they were anxiety related until I came across something on simple partial seizures and it all fit. I went to see a neurologist and they did an EEG that came back normal. She said she wanted to hold off on meds since I am pregnant and to wait and see. I've been keeping a log of how I am feeling for the last 2 months. I knew that my "episodes" came in clusters but never kept track before. In March I had one episode on a Thursday, nothing the next day, one on Sat and then 2 in the middle of the night Sat into Sunday and one Sunday morning. The same pattern happened this month. I had one while driving (I was able to pull over until it passed), nothing the next day. Then one Sat. morning and 2 in the middle of the night Sat into Sunday and one early Sunday morning while I was still laying in bed. When I looked at the calendar I was shocked that it was the same as the month before!
I've heard of hormones playing a role in seizures but since I am pregnant I wasn't sure if that would explain it. I'm going to call the dr. today but I just wanted to get some feedback first. I don't want to go on meds right away since I am pregnant. Is there any other tests that they can do? I just wish they could do a test, point to something and say yes you are having seizures and we are going to do x, y & z to help treat them. Since my EEG was normal my family seems to think I am fine and just to move on. I am so confused!