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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 281544" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I am so glad she reached out to someone rather than hurting herself!! It sounds like the psychiatrist at the ER was very helpful.</p><p></p><p>Before you put her on ADD medications PLEASE get her seen by a pediatric neurologist. They thought Jessie had inattentive ADD. She most emphatically does NOT. She has Absence Seizures. They only last a few seconds, usually are under 1 minute in duration. But the person is totally unaware of anything during that short time. SO MUCH can happen in that short time. </p><p></p><p>Another mom, who isn't around anymore, tried all the medications for her son. Then she discovered he had a seizure disorder and the medications actually made it WORSE. She pushed me to have a sleep deprived EEG done before we trialed medications for Jessie.</p><p></p><p>We had a great pediatric neurologist and he was astounded by her results. He expected my boys to pop for some seizure activity, but not Jessie. And she was the only one of them to show seizures.</p><p></p><p>If we had gone ahead with medications her seizures could have been a LOT worse.</p><p></p><p>The test is NOT painful. They hook some leads up to your head and then have you do some things while they watch what your brain does. It is IMPORTANT to have it be a sleep deprived EEG. If it is not sleep deprived you have a much higher chance of missing something. The sleep deprivation can trigger the seizures so they can be diagnosed.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, welcome. I look forward to getting to know you more!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 281544, member: 1233"] I am so glad she reached out to someone rather than hurting herself!! It sounds like the psychiatrist at the ER was very helpful. Before you put her on ADD medications PLEASE get her seen by a pediatric neurologist. They thought Jessie had inattentive ADD. She most emphatically does NOT. She has Absence Seizures. They only last a few seconds, usually are under 1 minute in duration. But the person is totally unaware of anything during that short time. SO MUCH can happen in that short time. Another mom, who isn't around anymore, tried all the medications for her son. Then she discovered he had a seizure disorder and the medications actually made it WORSE. She pushed me to have a sleep deprived EEG done before we trialed medications for Jessie. We had a great pediatric neurologist and he was astounded by her results. He expected my boys to pop for some seizure activity, but not Jessie. And she was the only one of them to show seizures. If we had gone ahead with medications her seizures could have been a LOT worse. The test is NOT painful. They hook some leads up to your head and then have you do some things while they watch what your brain does. It is IMPORTANT to have it be a sleep deprived EEG. If it is not sleep deprived you have a much higher chance of missing something. The sleep deprivation can trigger the seizures so they can be diagnosed. Anyway, welcome. I look forward to getting to know you more! [/QUOTE]
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