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Diary of Seizures
OVERVIEW: Below the history of my seizures, to the best of my recollection, is listed in chronological order below.
•At about 4-6 yrs of age the right side of my head struck a wall. It is not known if I had a concussion or lost conscious.
•Various time from childhood to 20’s had some head trauma, none required treatment.
•In my late 20’s I suffered 4 seizures in one day for no apparent reason. I was given Dilantin IV at the hospital and switched to Dilantin tablets upon leaving. Two weeks later I returned to work and did not have seizures. I am currently 62 yrs old.
•For many yrs no seizures occurred. During this time period I experienced stress and sleep deprivation on a regular basis, but no seizures occurred.
•At some point seizures returned. Various meds were tried. Eventually a combination of Dilantin, Keppra and Lamictal was used control seizures.
•At one point the Dilantin was reduced from 4 tabs/day to 2 tabs/day. A seizure occurred and the Dilantin was increased to 3 tabs/day and the Lamictal dose was also increased.
•On average a seizure occurs about once/yr.
•An MRI was performed in November 2012.
•A VEEG was performed in JAN 2013. A total 8 seizures occurred during the 5 day stay Meds were reduced to almost zero and I had sleep deprivation for 2 nights back to back. Partial epilepsy with impairment of consciousness was diagnosed. Also a radioactive substance was injected at the time of the seizure. A following scan will take place on 2/4.
•A psychological scan will be done in the near future.
•In Feb I will be getting a QEEG.
Any thoughts on the QEEG? Was it worth it? Have you had neurofeedback? Has it helped any?
THX
OVERVIEW: Below the history of my seizures, to the best of my recollection, is listed in chronological order below.
•At about 4-6 yrs of age the right side of my head struck a wall. It is not known if I had a concussion or lost conscious.
•Various time from childhood to 20’s had some head trauma, none required treatment.
•In my late 20’s I suffered 4 seizures in one day for no apparent reason. I was given Dilantin IV at the hospital and switched to Dilantin tablets upon leaving. Two weeks later I returned to work and did not have seizures. I am currently 62 yrs old.
•For many yrs no seizures occurred. During this time period I experienced stress and sleep deprivation on a regular basis, but no seizures occurred.
•At some point seizures returned. Various meds were tried. Eventually a combination of Dilantin, Keppra and Lamictal was used control seizures.
•At one point the Dilantin was reduced from 4 tabs/day to 2 tabs/day. A seizure occurred and the Dilantin was increased to 3 tabs/day and the Lamictal dose was also increased.
•On average a seizure occurs about once/yr.
•An MRI was performed in November 2012.
•A VEEG was performed in JAN 2013. A total 8 seizures occurred during the 5 day stay Meds were reduced to almost zero and I had sleep deprivation for 2 nights back to back. Partial epilepsy with impairment of consciousness was diagnosed. Also a radioactive substance was injected at the time of the seizure. A following scan will take place on 2/4.
•A psychological scan will be done in the near future.
•In Feb I will be getting a QEEG.
Any thoughts on the QEEG? Was it worth it? Have you had neurofeedback? Has it helped any?
THX