EEG jargon/results - Epilepsy Message Board

sekharp · 03-02-2003, 06:12 PM

Hello. Now, it's my estimation that the following EEG results are completely normal, given that I had no seizures during the Video EEG with which it correlates. But here goes:

"The EEG background remained unchanged over the four days of recording. There was a low-amplitude fast background in alert wakefulness with at times a well-developed 10-11 Hz posterior-dominant rhythm. Small amounts of 4-6 Hz central activity increased rapidly in drowsiness. In stage I sleep, symmetric vertex waves were seen. Sleep spindles were noted in stage II sleep. Frontally maximum irregular 1-2 Hz slowing was seen in stages III-IV of sleep. There were no focal abnormalities. There were no definite epileptiform discharges."

Again, I did not have any seizures during this period, but this also means - I am sure - that my interictal EEG is entirely normal too. ... Does this look familiar to anyone? I am having a 72-hour ambulatory EEG tomorrow (Monday, March 3) so maybe we can catch a seizure then. ...
Thanks.

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kayakmom · 03-03-2003, 12:30 PM

Sounds mostly like a normal eeg which does not rule out seizures, just that none occured while you were in there. I did not see anything like abnormal slowing or anything. Hope the ambulatory shows more. I know lots of folks who have had this with VEEG. We start our second tonight. Hope to have success, we did not in 8 days in AUg, but have been off meds since then. We can only do a couple of days this time.
Good luck on the ambulatory, hope you seize the day!! You can do a search on Dogpile under EEG, i KNOW THERE IS A site that explains eeg I just did not bookmark it..