EEG Test - Has Anyone Had One?

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Hello,

I was chatting with someone who suffers from a rare form of epilepsy and he asked if I ever had an EEG test. Neurologists and other doctors never suggested one and wondering if anyone has had one? So far have had two MRI brain scans and hearing/vision tests but nothing to test electrical patterns in my brain.

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Hi
Thats something i often think about as my mam was diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy aged 50 and I was diagnosed with MAV at exactly the same age…and the same drug is used for both illnesses Sodium Valporate this is what she takes
Jo

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I had an EEG a few months ago. It was normal but the doctor told me that even in patients who have epilepsy, an EEG can be “normal” if they don’t happen to be having a seizure while they are having the EEG test.

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i did have one and it was normal

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So things with EEG hadn’t improved. Still as inconclusive as they ever were. The vet told me that more than three decades ago when I had a dog who had fits. He also told me they only identify epilepsy which seemed peculiar as one would have thought they’d had picked up on any/all different types of irregular brain activity.