EEG question
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The answer is...maybe. When I was on a therapeutic dose of anti-seizure meds, my EEG came up normal. I was then starting to taper off the meds, so when I was at half my therapeutic dose I had another EEG done, and it did pick up abnormal activity. I have the kind of epilepsy where there is a very recognizable abnormal pattern even when you're not in the midst of a seizure.
Unfortunately though, there can be a wide variation in EEG results: There can be folks that are on anti-seizure meds and they still show seizure activity on the EEG. There can be folks who are clearly having seizures who produce normal EEGs.
Unfortunately though, there can be a wide variation in EEG results: There can be folks that are on anti-seizure meds and they still show seizure activity on the EEG. There can be folks who are clearly having seizures who produce normal EEGs.