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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 201612" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I would like to stress here - nobody with any qualifications to diagnose, has yet said that this boy has absence seizures. Pooky, what you describe sounds very much like the "zoning out" method my boys used to cope with the overload of sensory input. I also used to do something similar when I was in elementary school - I remember my teacher was writing his report (but what he wrote he muttered as he wrote and it never appeared in any report sent home - so I think it was for some departmental file, they used to keep these large files back in those days). The teacher called me to his desk to ask me what is the reason for me sometimes apparently not paying attention and looking out the window instead - was I simply distracted, or was I trying to consolidate my thoughts? I said I wasn't really aware I was doing it, it wasn't a conscious act, but I did find that I could think more clearly after I had done this. I would have been just 11 when this interview happened (we spent the winter term in a 'borrowed' room at the local high school - I remember the room we were in at the time).</p><p></p><p>My point is - your son may simply be trying to cope with too much information (too much input). difficult child 1 was a classic - he would narrow down his input 'window' until he was almost blocking out everything. Only then could he think about what he had to concentrate on. He still does this. I remember, years later when difficult child 1 was studying for his final matriculation exams, he was at home in our spare room. He came out to eat something on a break and said to me, "Sometimes I narrow down the input too much and the silence in my head is so loud it's distracting."</p><p></p><p>Anxiety also greatly increased the apparent zone-out as well. And yes, it does look like absence seizures.</p><p></p><p>However, I see nothing wrong with having EEG done. It really is no big deal especially if you present it to him as an adventure, he can enjoy being studied and getting all the attention paid to the little electrical signals his brain gives off.</p><p></p><p>Be careful how you describe it to him - kids get really worried about the possibility of anything invasive, so I would explain that everybody's brain gives off tiny electrical currents. The doctors will put detectors on the outside of his head, to try to read these tiny little currents. If he's lucky, the doctor will play the sound of those currents so we can hear them; but he will be taking readings and those readings can help find out how well his brain is working, and maybe help find a way to make it work better in there is a problem somewhere. But looking at the lights and hearing any sounds could be very interesting.</p><p>He needs to know that it's not his fault if the work is difficult. And maybe this can help.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 201612, member: 1991"] I would like to stress here - nobody with any qualifications to diagnose, has yet said that this boy has absence seizures. Pooky, what you describe sounds very much like the "zoning out" method my boys used to cope with the overload of sensory input. I also used to do something similar when I was in elementary school - I remember my teacher was writing his report (but what he wrote he muttered as he wrote and it never appeared in any report sent home - so I think it was for some departmental file, they used to keep these large files back in those days). The teacher called me to his desk to ask me what is the reason for me sometimes apparently not paying attention and looking out the window instead - was I simply distracted, or was I trying to consolidate my thoughts? I said I wasn't really aware I was doing it, it wasn't a conscious act, but I did find that I could think more clearly after I had done this. I would have been just 11 when this interview happened (we spent the winter term in a 'borrowed' room at the local high school - I remember the room we were in at the time). My point is - your son may simply be trying to cope with too much information (too much input). difficult child 1 was a classic - he would narrow down his input 'window' until he was almost blocking out everything. Only then could he think about what he had to concentrate on. He still does this. I remember, years later when difficult child 1 was studying for his final matriculation exams, he was at home in our spare room. He came out to eat something on a break and said to me, "Sometimes I narrow down the input too much and the silence in my head is so loud it's distracting." Anxiety also greatly increased the apparent zone-out as well. And yes, it does look like absence seizures. However, I see nothing wrong with having EEG done. It really is no big deal especially if you present it to him as an adventure, he can enjoy being studied and getting all the attention paid to the little electrical signals his brain gives off. Be careful how you describe it to him - kids get really worried about the possibility of anything invasive, so I would explain that everybody's brain gives off tiny electrical currents. The doctors will put detectors on the outside of his head, to try to read these tiny little currents. If he's lucky, the doctor will play the sound of those currents so we can hear them; but he will be taking readings and those readings can help find out how well his brain is working, and maybe help find a way to make it work better in there is a problem somewhere. But looking at the lights and hearing any sounds could be very interesting. He needs to know that it's not his fault if the work is difficult. And maybe this can help. Marg [/QUOTE]
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