So I just had an EEG and it was positive for seizures. Here's the kicker, I have never had any. I'm getting an MRI with contrast soon and I am doing another EEG with sleep deprivation. Epilepsy kind of runs in the family, so far it's only my great grandmother on my moms side that had it as far as I know. So far this last year I have been diagnosed with hashimoto's and IBS-D. this was a shocker for me.
My questions are this:
What are the best meds with minimal side effects? I react to every med out there! I've only found I'm good with brand names.
Does diet play in it at all?
I have had two insidents that were recent that has never happened before. I was dozing off on the couch and all of a sudden my head from the neck up startes twitching uncomtrolably, I can't talk, I can't move, I can't even stop it, but I am aware of everything around me and I can hear. I kept my eyes closed for the most part, I could crack them open but all I see is blurr. It's only happened twice in the last month. And then my husband says I'm twitching at night, I've never done this before.
Is this a seizure?
I went to one doctor, but at the time we thought it could have been a stroke and he said no and it was just me falling asleep. Since then, I've been to a neuro for migraines that have actually gone away since the last thing or episode.
Any advice would be great!