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Can A Patient Who Suffered Stroke Get Seizures?
Question: I had a stroke when I was 40 I am now 58 after when I was taking a test on my legs I felt something going up my left side of neck then I had all kinds of electrical pulses in the front of the top of my head a lot more to the right side when it occurred I did not want to say what happened even to the neurologist I thought they would think it was crazy however my sister in law started with problems recently she found out a lot about it from her doctor she told me I was having seizures that all the time since I was little and now I fade out and can and
Can't hear them I got in trouble in first grade for it at that time I had no idea why she brought me to the PrÃncible however I did not know who he was and when he went to shake my hand I screamed and ran she never took me again when I got older I remembered and new why it has occurred since then that is my earliest
Memory of it my children would yell and call me names trying to get me out of it all my life my husband saw a program and he tried to call me in to see it but at that time it said the medicine was like a diet pill and I could not take it I had wolfparkinson white syndrome whith supra ventricular tacardia!!!I still have this problem
It can last awhile do you have an idea if she is correct or is it possible to be something else!!!
Can't hear them I got in trouble in first grade for it at that time I had no idea why she brought me to the PrÃncible however I did not know who he was and when he went to shake my hand I screamed and ran she never took me again when I got older I remembered and new why it has occurred since then that is my earliest
Memory of it my children would yell and call me names trying to get me out of it all my life my husband saw a program and he tried to call me in to see it but at that time it said the medicine was like a diet pill and I could not take it I had wolfparkinson white syndrome whith supra ventricular tacardia!!!I still have this problem
It can last awhile do you have an idea if she is correct or is it possible to be something else!!!
Brief Answer:
An EEG might be indicated to clear the nature of those episodes.
Detailed Answer:
I read your question carefully and I understand your concern.
In people who have suffered a stroke it is possible in a percentage of patients to be complicated with seizures. How these seizures manifest can vary according to the brain area affected by stroke, so it would be useful in evaluating your symptoms to have some more info on the side, location and size of the stroke, to see if it corresponds with that electrical sensation you describe.
Generally speaking I would say those sensations you mention are not typical manifestations of seizures, so I am more inclined to say they are not seizures. However in the rest of your story you mention episodes of fainting ( I must say your description is a little vague, you mention fading, a more detailed description would be useful) which do raise the concern of epileptic seizures.
So to conclude, from what you describe I do not think there is sufficient indication to call those episodes seizures, so shouldn't start antiseizure medication based only on that. However there is enough motivation to raise the question with your neurologist (I do not see why you fear of sounding crazy), and if he deems it necessary based on the history and details of past stroke which he knows, then a test called EEG (electroencephalography) may be requested, in order to study your brain electrical activity and evaluate whether there is abnormal activity to indicate seizures.
I remain at your disposal for other questions.
An EEG might be indicated to clear the nature of those episodes.
Detailed Answer:
I read your question carefully and I understand your concern.
In people who have suffered a stroke it is possible in a percentage of patients to be complicated with seizures. How these seizures manifest can vary according to the brain area affected by stroke, so it would be useful in evaluating your symptoms to have some more info on the side, location and size of the stroke, to see if it corresponds with that electrical sensation you describe.
Generally speaking I would say those sensations you mention are not typical manifestations of seizures, so I am more inclined to say they are not seizures. However in the rest of your story you mention episodes of fainting ( I must say your description is a little vague, you mention fading, a more detailed description would be useful) which do raise the concern of epileptic seizures.
So to conclude, from what you describe I do not think there is sufficient indication to call those episodes seizures, so shouldn't start antiseizure medication based only on that. However there is enough motivation to raise the question with your neurologist (I do not see why you fear of sounding crazy), and if he deems it necessary based on the history and details of past stroke which he knows, then a test called EEG (electroencephalography) may be requested, in order to study your brain electrical activity and evaluate whether there is abnormal activity to indicate seizures.
I remain at your disposal for other questions.
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