Please help! Need answers for autistic son

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hello everyone! ill make this brief. My son tristan is 21 months old. He was diagnosed with autism/sensory processing disorder in october. We recently had a sleep study done on him because he is a horrible sleeper. wakes up to 5 times a night screaming and crying and has night terrors on occasion. We found out he has central sleep apnea and restless leg syndrome. But I digress. The real reason im writing to you is lately for the past few weeks my son has been playing and then all of a sudden he will stop and roll his eyes all the way to the right or all the way to the left of his head (never rolls his eyes to the back of his head) and then go back to what he was doing. He also has been spinning in circles and then all of a sudden its looks like vertigo. he is being pulled to the side when he spins. its very strange. his ped said it sounds like mini seizures. so now we have to go back to neuro to do another EEG. his first one was 20 mins long.
has anyone experienced this? its very creepy and scary when he does the eye rolling to the side. it makes me want to cry because i dont know what is going on. PLEASE HELP!
 
Hi lisar1685, welcome to CWE

(I deleted your posts in multiple forums -- one should do the trick :)

The eye rolling you describe (called nystagmus) can be caused by seizures -- but it can also be caused by meds, or by other neurological issues. It might be related to problems with the vestibulocochlear nerve, which can cause vertigo and to eye rolling. Have his pediatrician and/or neurologist check him out to determine the cause. If it IS seizures, we're here for you (and we're here for you even if is isn't) -- CWE members offer a ton of support and empathy, and we'll do our darndest to help out.

Best,
Nakamova
 
hes not on meds. we have an appt with his neuro on the 18th. his ped thinks its mini seizures..so we will see...thank you though
 
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