More health stuffs.
I got a copy of my EEG report, and the vast majority of it seems like it's in another language!
We (Marne and I) went in to talk to the neuro-doc about the test results and ask him a bunch of questions.
Again, failed the balance test, but did OK on the rest during the exam they do every time I come in. CT scan came back normal, but the EEG showed abnormal activity in my brain.
He's going to have me get a MRI done to see if something shows up there that the CT scan didn't catch, and once I'm on the full dose of Lamictal (200 mg/day - so I'm halfway there) for a week I get to come in and have lab work done and see him again. Wee.
I don't know what's a seizure and what isn't because I'm not having the Grand Mal type. It really sucks, because I'm going through a phase right now where I think everything is a seizure.
Well, I'm going to put the EEG stuff under a LJ cut.
CLINICAL INFORMATION: This is a 33-year-old female with episodes of confusion, twitching, and at times difficulty talking.
MEDICATIONS: Seroquel, Prozac, and Aleve
EEG DIAGNOSIS: Dysrhythmia grade 3, generalized sharp and slow wave discharges.
REPORT: Sleep-deprived digital EEG. Heart rate 72. No arrhythmias. At the onset of recording, the patient was awake but drowsy. The background was of moderate voltage, fairly organized, with an alpha rhythm of 9.5 Hz and 35 to 50 mcV. Occasional burst of 3 Hz sharp and slow wave, usually lasting 1 to 1.5 seconds, without associated clinical manifestations were seen. Photic stimulation failed to elicit a driving response. During hyperventilation, mild generalized slowing of the background was seen. Post hyperventilation, there was one burst of generalized slow wave with sharp waves noted.
Intermittent left more than right temporal focal slowing seen. Periods of drowsiness and approximately 6 to 7 minutes of spontaneous sleep were recorded with vertex waves and POSTS being symmetrical. Occasional bursts of generalized sharp and slow waves were seen during drowsiness or sleep.
CLINICAL INTERPRETATION: Abnormal record due to the presence of several generalized sharp and slow wave discharges with no clinical manifestations. These findings are consistent or suggestive of a seizure disorder, most probably of a general type.
We (Marne and I) went in to talk to the neuro-doc about the test results and ask him a bunch of questions.
Again, failed the balance test, but did OK on the rest during the exam they do every time I come in. CT scan came back normal, but the EEG showed abnormal activity in my brain.
He's going to have me get a MRI done to see if something shows up there that the CT scan didn't catch, and once I'm on the full dose of Lamictal (200 mg/day - so I'm halfway there) for a week I get to come in and have lab work done and see him again. Wee.
I don't know what's a seizure and what isn't because I'm not having the Grand Mal type. It really sucks, because I'm going through a phase right now where I think everything is a seizure.
Well, I'm going to put the EEG stuff under a LJ cut.
CLINICAL INFORMATION: This is a 33-year-old female with episodes of confusion, twitching, and at times difficulty talking.
MEDICATIONS: Seroquel, Prozac, and Aleve
EEG DIAGNOSIS: Dysrhythmia grade 3, generalized sharp and slow wave discharges.
REPORT: Sleep-deprived digital EEG. Heart rate 72. No arrhythmias. At the onset of recording, the patient was awake but drowsy. The background was of moderate voltage, fairly organized, with an alpha rhythm of 9.5 Hz and 35 to 50 mcV. Occasional burst of 3 Hz sharp and slow wave, usually lasting 1 to 1.5 seconds, without associated clinical manifestations were seen. Photic stimulation failed to elicit a driving response. During hyperventilation, mild generalized slowing of the background was seen. Post hyperventilation, there was one burst of generalized slow wave with sharp waves noted.
Intermittent left more than right temporal focal slowing seen. Periods of drowsiness and approximately 6 to 7 minutes of spontaneous sleep were recorded with vertex waves and POSTS being symmetrical. Occasional bursts of generalized sharp and slow waves were seen during drowsiness or sleep.
CLINICAL INTERPRETATION: Abnormal record due to the presence of several generalized sharp and slow wave discharges with no clinical manifestations. These findings are consistent or suggestive of a seizure disorder, most probably of a general type.