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headaches and seizures
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headaches and seizures
by Music1618, Sep 23, 2003 12:00AM
About 6 weeks ago I had surgrey on my left knee, in recovery I start having seizures. My doctor at the time told me I had dystonia caused by an allergic reaction to demeral. 3 weeks after that I took Darvon for pain, and 30 mintues later started having the seizures again. I am completly aware of everything that is going on, and can talk during the seizures. I went to the er and they gave me benadryl and sent me home with a head tick. The next day I start having the seizures again, and my mom took me to the ER, where they gave me benadryl again. When the benadyrl wore off, I startde having the seizures again. My doc then tried Valuim - which made them worse and the gave me Atavin. I continued to have the tremors, but they sent me home. Monday I went to my family doc, and he sent me to a neuro. The neruo told me that I was depressed and that was where my seizures where comming from. My family doc explained to me that I had a rare disorder called conversion disorder. I do not think I have this, but thursday I will get it ruled out. I had an EEG done, and during the strobe light test I had seizures. My neuro told me that the seizures were not comming from my brain and were non-epiltic. Since the start of the seizures 4 weeks ago I have had a very bad headache. Yesterday it finally went to a full blowen migraine, and unfortuantly I have to be at work. My question is are the two linked some how, and is there any disorder that would cause the two.
Doctor's Answer
by CCF-Neuro-M.D.-CS, Sep 23, 2003 12:00AM
One association between migraine and epilepsy is that in some children migraine patients have epileptiform discharges (electrical activity which suggests the tendency to have seizures) in the occpital lobe. Often in patients with intermittent neurologic symptoms both migraine and seizures need to be ruled out. Lastly, some patients with epilepsy will have a migraine like headache after their seizures.
Based on the history which you have provided I can not rule in or out the possibility of seizures. Your neurologist has stated you have non-epileptic seizures, which simply means seizures which are not due to electrical activity in the brain. Causes for non-epileptic seizures include cardiac arrythmias or syncope, and psychiatric disorders, such as conversion disorder.
One thing to discuss with your doctor is possibiliy obtaining a MRI or CT of the brain. This will help to rule out structural lesions within the brain. If you want a second opinion, then I would recommend seeing a neurologist who specializes in epilepsy at an academic center. Good luck
Based on the history which you have provided I can not rule in or out the possibility of seizures. Your neurologist has stated you have non-epileptic seizures, which simply means seizures which are not due to electrical activity in the brain. Causes for non-epileptic seizures include cardiac arrythmias or syncope, and psychiatric disorders, such as conversion disorder.
One thing to discuss with your doctor is possibiliy obtaining a MRI or CT of the brain. This will help to rule out structural lesions within the brain. If you want a second opinion, then I would recommend seeing a neurologist who specializes in epilepsy at an academic center. Good luck
problems my behavior has gone out the door not me do not want to live this way . Had a CT a MIR all fine i hit my head pretty hard half my head was bruised recently i had 4 seizures been to the ER 5 times since Aug the 21st I have never had seizures and no one in my family has them. I'm wondering if the headaches have anything to do with the seizures. Please help