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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would caution going too far out of your lane. We've had educators do this and create problems. We were told our child seemed to be having seizures by the school OT and then the principal. We met with a neurologist and took our child in for an EEG. After all the stress that this unleashed, we found out that there was nothing wrong/everything was normal. The OT was still not convinced and tried to get us to have an MRI. Our neurologist refused.[/quote]

EEGs frequently cannot detect epilepsy unless the person is actively having a seizure or had one within a few hours. I'm surprised you didn't want to do the MRI just to rule out some bad possibilities. [/quote]

If you're trying to suggest that an MRI would have shown a tumor or abnormality, that would hardly have resulted in just absence seizures.  [/quote]

Really?  Because everyone who I know who has had a seizure (except febrile) in the last 10 years have all had MRIs (or CT scans before that). Even those who experience absence seizures. The two neurologists that we've worked with (on two different patients) both suggested one right away to rule out lesions, tumors, or structural abnormalities. And out of the 8 people we know with epilepsy (most from support group) only 2 have had an abnormal EEG. And fortunately everyone has had a normal MRI.

Anyway, I'm surprised the neurologist didn't recommend getting one. Maybe because a parent didn't directly see an episode? [/quote]

As you probably know, the term epilepsy, covers a wide range.  The reason they have MRIs, CTs and EEGs is because so little is known about it.

Most of the people I know with epilepsy (adults) have abnormal EEGs - and much of the research shows that abnormal EEGs is the norm.  However, MRIs and CT scans are also part of the initial battery of tests.[/quote]

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