Hi babyjane - I had my first video EEG in 2005 at a huge university hospital. I was ordered to be certain to be taking all my meds as usual including the morning I was to check into the hospital.

When I checked in the first thing was a long series of MRIs, then PET scan, then all the surface veeg "thingys" were glued onto my head. My meds were quickly reduced. They demanded to be the ones doing the reduction and controlling it.

At this hospital I was absolutely confined to the bed. When I needed to go to the bathroom I had to buzz for assistance and wait for someone to "help" me from the bed and to the bathroom. This was to prevent any injury in case of a seizure caused by the sudden radical reduction of meds. I was filmed 24/7 and "watched" by a live nurse too. Weird.

Exercise (riding a stationary bike while all wired up ) caused me to have the seizures they wanted to film.

Best wishes to you. May all go well.