Sleep Deprived EEG ?'s

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I am being evaluated for seizures. I had my new MRI with Epilepsy Protocol yesterday and another sleep deprived EEG today. I had an EEG about a month ago. This time, during the strobe light portion, my shoulders started twitching. My shoulders would twitch (contract up towards my ears)and then rest for a few seconds and twitch again. I told the tech about it and I thought he said that he saw it but wasn't sure because I was under the blanket. The tests were done at a hospital about 2 hours from my house. My shoulders twitched off and on all the way home. What is causing this? Is this seizure activity?

The stuff I have experienced before was seeing, hearing, and smelling things along with tingling. I was supposed to start my topiramate tonight. My left shoulder is really tired now and I need to wash stuff out of my hair.

Thanks!
Susan
 
The whole twitching thing could be seizure activity. I asked my EEG tech at my last EEG how someone can have an abnormal EEG when they don't have a seizure. She said sometimes you'll have barely noticeable symptoms, such as a twitch here and there (eye twitch, foot twitch, etc.) While it may not actually be a seizure, it is a symptom of abnormal activity in the brain - maybe just a couple of miss-fires in the synopses. She's not a doctor, but she's been doing EEGs for ten years and her daughter also has epilepsy, so she has some knowledge. I also noticed some random twitching BEFORE she told me about that, and I also had someone else comment on some other random twitches, so it could very well be seizure related.
 
There's a possibility that it is seizure-related, but it could also just be sleep-deprivation. My husband doesn't have epilepsy and when he gets really tired or not enough sleep, sometimes, his eyelid and leg will twitch.

However, I would tell your neuro about happened and discuss it with them. By looking at your EEG, they could possibly compare when you were twitching to where they abnormal spikes were in your EEG.
 
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