free for 18 to 24 months before you can stop your medicine. Seizures might happen again while you stop taking the medicine, or after you stop. Rarely, these seizures no longer respond to medicines. Tests such as an EEG may be useful in helping you and your provider make medicine decisions...
A temporal lobe seizure may not show up on an EEG. CT or MRI pictures may be used to check for abnormal areas. You may be given contrast liquid to help your brain show up better in the pictures. Tell the healthcare provider if you have ever had an allergic reaction to contrast liquid...
Electroencephalogram (EEG).Your brain never stops working, even when you're asleep. Its activity can be measured with this test. It records electrical impulses through electrodes that are placed around the outside of your head. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS).This is a special devic...
During the past month, have you been bothered by little interest or pleasure in doing things? Your answer to the questions will help determine what the doctor does next. The doctor may ask you more questions to help confirm adiagnosis of depression. Or if your answers show you likely don’...
Fill in the blanks. The EEG reveals ___ (low/high) voltage, ___ EEG activity, and frequent ___ waves. What are the three common diseases of the breast that may be manifested as a lump in the breast? How does a physician distinguish one from another? Fill in the blank...
How and why does this happen? Although gaming has many features that can attract those with ADHD, it is hypothesized that there is a “bidirectional relationship” between the two: Gaming may provide things that individuals with ADHD want; however, it could also make the condition worse by exa...
What Exactly Does the "Mild" in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Mean? Head injuries are common, but the diagnosis of brain injury following a head injury is complicated. Diagnosing mTBI is particularly difficult because of its reliance on subjective, self-reported symptoms and no objective standards. ...
Even though the person training may be distracted by a movie, this does not mean the trainee is merely a passive participant in the process. On the contrary, the clinician is dependent on good reporting from trainees on their experience of the training. Noticeable shift in physiological state...
He's scheduled to do an EEG later today. From what I'm reading hear, it sounds like it could be Petite Mal. I'm hoping it is. Byanon494— On Apr 26, 2007 i am one of the ones that don't stop having petit mal seizures in childhood. i have had them since i was a kid and...
They did lots of cardiac tests and he has had a MRI and EEG - all negative so I think they are guessing now. They say an Autonomic Nervous System Dysfunction - vasovagal. Does not match to me. He has orthostatic hypotension sometimes and high bp others. Yesterday it was 144/80 at the...