psychogenic seizures

[aunt_laura]

Hi! Does anyone have any information/personal experience with psychogenic seizures. I just recently read a little about that, but I wanted to know more and am having problems finding out symptoms, treatment, etc. Also, Todd's syndrome. (everything I read about it, it is paralysis after a seizure, but our primary care doctor is stating it is paralysis, from migraines). It sounds like the psychogenic seizures are very hard to diagnose for epileptic seizures. My husband has a variety of seizures, including grand mal and I was trying to find more information on the psychogenic seizures. He has been only different medications for years, but nothing shows up on mris, eegs, etc. Thank-you and God Bless!

[Porkette]

Hi Laura,
A psychogenic sz. is also known as a psuedo sz. meaning a person is faking the sz. Sometimes a person will do it when they are under a lot of emotional problems, and they also have this type of sz. around people to get attention.
Check out this web page for more info.

http://www.emedicine.com/neuro/index.shtml#seizures

Here's wishing you well and May God Bless You and Your Family!

Sue

[southie]

You are referring to Todd's Paresis aka Todd's Paralysis
which follows after a seizure (usually a Tonic-clonic,
aka Grand Mal), and is a gradual recovery:

Todd's Paresis / Todd's Paralysis from Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd%27s_paresis)

I suffer from this sporadically and it can be very scary.

NOW in regards to:

Pseudoseizures - is an old terminology, they now use
NES - Non-Epileptic Seizures and PNES - Physiologic
Nonepileptic Seizures

It falls into two categories:

1) Psychogenic - which is related to physical problems,
such as cardiac, diabetic, hypoglycemia, etc.

2) Physiologic - which is related to psychological factors,
such as trauma, abuse, emotional issues, etc.

Such seizures are not faked and they are not "crazy".
However under proper treatment and care they can
be controlled and maintained.

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There IS such thing as "FAKE SEIZURES" - to which
people use to gain attention by faking such and have
mental problems; hence why the old terminology is being
discontinued because of confusion. Instead they now
call this Non-Epileptic Attack Disorder - NEAD.


Hope all this information helps!