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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OK - I poked around and apparently it is 80% for kids that have the type of epilespy my son has, and around 30-40% for other kinds. So much higher - well, three to four times higher, as noted in the study discussed above - on average. Point being that they often go hand in hand, and many kids that are medicated for epilepsy are also taking ADHD meds.[/quote]

This may be true -- however, not all kids with ADHD have epilepsy, and it is not standard practice to screen all kids with ADHD with an EEG for no other reason than the ADHD![/quote]

Nope. But it does explain why you can't not worry about it being absence seizures because there is also ADHD. I think it would be ridiculous if the school has mentioned zoning out to avoid doing an eeg. [b]Why would you run that risk[/b]? [/quote]

It's precisely because there just isn't a big risk here.  The neurologist sees no clinical signs of absence seizures.  More screenings and tests are not always a good thing.  That's what I would recommend another convo with the neurologist to discuss exactly what she things the EEG is going to show, and what she would think about skipping it.  She may very well say "That's fine to skip it, just covering all the bases.  Come back in six months or if anything else happens." Or, she may have a clearer rationale for why she recommends an EEG. [/quote]

I completely disagree with your risk analysis. This is precisely when you are supposed to test for absence seizures - when you suspect ADHD and there is zoning out!! http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/healthlibrary/conditions/nervous_system_disorders/absence_seizures_134,16/

Also, what you are failing to account for is the enormous potential damage to the brain posed by unmitigated seizure activity. Here, low risk of seizures must be weighed against the very high risk posed by not ruling them out. [/quote]

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