What on earth is happening.!!!!!!!!! - Epilepsy Message Board

cazajacks · 08-21-2007, 11:25 AM

Hi, i have a 14 yr old daughter and i need some help please.
Her behaviour has started to change this year, getting mouthy at school etc but i put this down to her age. Then the school rang to say she had self harmed herself, this happend twice in one week, she has never done this before. Then the school rang again and asked me to come straight in, and she was having some kind of seizure!!!!!! It started off in class with her neck starting to twitch, then it went on where her whole arm, shoulder and left side shook violently. She stayed conscous but this lasted over 40 minutes. As luck happens there was a DR in the school that day who dealt with my child and she said she laid my child straight down as to her it looked like she was about to go in to a full blown seizure. This was roughly 8 weeks ago, but now my child has totally changed. She has turned into a nasty, mouthy spitefull girl. She is never normally like this, she is so rude and unpleasant it makes me want to cry. It seems like since this seizure she has completely changed. Is this possible!!!! I know nothing at all about fits. She had an appointment with a consultant for September, but 2 weeks ago she suddenly became so depressed i took her to her doctor who arranged for the appointment to be brought forward to 31st august.
I cant belive this change in my child, she has not had any more violent shaking since this one incident, but is always ALWAYS complaining of headaches, alsmost daily. We recently went to watch a show that had bright ligts and she kept covering her eyes saying the bright lights were hurting her head, what does this all mean.!!!!!!!

sammi2 · 08-21-2007, 12:22 PM

I am so sorry for your child. It must be very frightening for you & her not knowing what is happening to her body. Is she on any medications? Has she been exposed to any chemicals at school such as pesticides or paint? My GD is allergic to the hand cleaner & disinfectant sprays & pesticides they use at her school. Has she had this reaction at home? I react to toxic chemicals with symptoms same as your daughter has. I hope you find answers for her. Good luck!

Travis from MN · 08-21-2007, 12:57 PM

Has she been scheduled for a MRI? It's possible it could show something as could a EEG and the brainwave patterns.

The speculations than could be made are far and wide. It could be a number of things from chemicals produced by the body that effect behavior, to others that need the testing I listed above.

Pressure on a nerve (or nerves) of the brain can also produce similar effects. What the instigating factor is or was remains the question here that needs to be resolved.

Best of luck. Keep your hair in. Know that people have your in their minds.

--Travis

cazajacks · 08-21-2007, 01:49 PM

Thank you for your replies, I dont know if my child has been exposed to any pesticides etc! I do know that before the seizure at school the teacher was making them jump up and down on the spot. There has not been any MRI done as we have our first appointment with the consultant on 31st august, hopefully he will then order one. I have noticed that my child sleeps ever such a lot and can spend days in bed. She is just so moody it is unbelievable.
Hopefully this consultant will be able to tell me what has happened to her.

Sk8ter Girl 23 · 08-21-2007, 10:12 PM

Hi cazajacks, Nice to talk to you. I went through something similar with the behavior part. I was 10 and started this, such as locking myself in lockers at school, and having teachers chase me around the school. Put it this way my parents were picking me up from school on a weekly basis, and they wanted to kick me out of school for this. My problem was caused by a tumor and a cyst on the left side of my brain that needed to be removed. It was growing and the pressure was making me behave that way. It was found after having a seizure and having a MRI done. About five days after it was found my surgent removed it. He did a wonderful job and I was out of the hospital in three days. Hope I could have been help letting you know that theres someone out there that understands. My mom is always open to talk if you want to hear from a parents side.
Sk8ter Girl 23