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I’m Wondering If My Daughter Has This. Are You More Likely To Have It If Your Parent Does? I Have Temporal Lobe Epilepsy.
She has had a lifetime of unexplained vomiting, abdominal pain, migraines, and as a teen would have episodes where she was almost impossible to wake up, as off she were drugged. As a baby, she had a multiple staring episodes where she’d stop babbling, just stare for a minute, then resume babbling, and I thought they were seizures. I videoed and the neurologist felt sure they were. But EEG was negative.
It would be something to have a doctor watch. They have to see it. We can expect it but till it is really observed there is nothing the doctors can do. Then there are tests to run. There is a need to find out if it is something else. It could help to suggest this now and the doctor would begin to observe. They don't want to give the sentencing unless they have to.
There does seem to be an increased chance of inheriting epilepsy if a parent has it. One study found that if a parent has epilepsy, there is about a 5% chance their child will develop it by age 40. This is more than 3 times higher than the general population risk. The type of epilepsy and seizure patterns in a parent can read more
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I agree with you and your post and the epilepsy team post, but I think it's dif per person, I was beside my mom who had epilepsy and had 3 other siblings and my dad, 6 total, but hang in there and try try and stay pos with what you are going through, good luck with it,
I Hope Everyone Is Getting Better 👍 I Like Dealing With Difficult Situations Because When You Think Long Enough Anything Can Be Solved.
Have Any Of You Had A Temporal Lobe Resection For Your Seizures?
Electrode Implantation Eeg.
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