Seizures & MS?

[funmonkeytoes]

I was diagnosed with MS eight years ago, and since then have had approximately six "seizure-like episodes".  My neurologist originally thought they might have been absence seizures, but the last two consisted of a lot of jerking.  After the last episode, I was unable to speak normally.  I spoke very s l o w l y for about three weeks and then I got better.  I had an MRI which showed no new lesions - but not an EEG.  Has anyone had seizures associated with MS?

[cairodreaming]

Just wanted to laet you guys know i have ms and have hd this diagnosis since october 2011 ans have several left temporal lobe seizures since..one of which put me in the hospital two days at christmas and i dont  remember those two days at all....my neurologist told me from the beginning its very possible too have seizures with ms ...however its rare..only 2 to 5 percent..also  to clear up something....she also explained that during a EEG....you can actually be having the seizure and it show nothing..come back completely normal...it all depends on each person and their own brain.....tina

[conncole]

HI - I have read all your comments.  It would be great to have someone to talk to.  I started with foot problems in my later 30's.  
About 10 years ago I saw an EENT, who had done an MRI, and told me after studying that I probably have MD.
About 5 years ago I was habitually so tired I could not work.  A sleep study revealed I have sleep apnea, both obstructive and central.  Subsequent attempts to use my CPAP left me with insomnia, the kind where you literally stay up all night long.  Then the body aches and tenderness.  I was diagnosed with polyarthritis and fibromyalgia about 3 years ago.  About a year ago, I went to get into car to go to work, had a sharp pain in my head, and all the way to work felt disoriented.  I stumbled out of the car, tried to talk to someone, but could not talk; in total lasted about 20 min.  About three months ago, I fell in the laundry room in the am, was not making sense, slept for about an hour, and then got up.  I did not remember getting up at all that morning.  The same night, I was unusually sleepy/groggy, but when I closed my eyes, all I saw was flashes of light.
Went to dr, who referred me to neurologist, had EEG, which tested "abnormal for seizures".  So, do I have epilepsy or not?  I have had no subsequent spells, and I thought they were mini strokes.
I have thought for some time that I probably have MS; have been reading the experts saying that MS and seizures are not very common.  
What I have read in the comments, is that MS and seizures is probably more common than uncommon.
I know modern medicine is advanced, but I wish someone could just tell me what is wrong.
It is good to have read all your comments and I will keep checking for more comments.
Conncole

[drsdonthelp]

The thing that confuses me is that, here you are having grand mal seizures but the EEG is normal, but with me, I have never had a grand mal seizure and all four EEG's I have had are abnormal! I don't get it!!!??!!

[Deb61]

I have always been interested in this topic because the first symptom of anything going wrong was when I had a grand mal seizure about 18 years ago--long before any other symptom.  My EEG was normal.  

Here's what I found as a possible answer from the Mayo Clinic:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/multiple-sclerosis/AN01811

Basically it says that people with MS are more likely to have seizures than the general population.  

[daisy.girl]

I don't believe that I have ever been told that the seizures are from the MS.

[drsdonthelp]

I see that you are dx with ms. Has your doctor ever said to you that the ms is what is causing you to have seizures?
Thanks , Pam