Hi,
One good thing about docs looking for stuff is that after all those tests you find out you are in perfect health. That's good news. (Trying to see the bright side for you. )

Actually, I don't mean to be unhelpful but an EEG can miss stuff.
Too bad you were not hooked up at a time when you fainted.

M.

Collinsc

Mari is so right. I hope these symptoms go away.

I wonder what would happen if they tried one of the seizure meds too.
I know that they are used lots of times for depression and anxiety.

Donna

Dear Collinsc,
Please forgive me for asking. Have you ever taken an antiepileptic / anticonvulsant?
Wikipedia has a list of them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticonvulsant

Mari

Please forgive me too.

Donna

Mari.
I am or have taken klonopin 6mg, Trileptal 1200mg, and lamictal(working up to a good dosage. And you can ask me anything!

collinsc

There is nothing to forgive! Thank you for asking these questions!

collinsc

yeah I have been on seizure meds for my bipolar and am still on a seizure med and it doesn't help. Thanks anyway!

collinsc

Mari,
You made me laugh actually when I read your line about prefect health! 3yrs ago I thought I was in perfect health and then I am not sure what went wrong! Diagnosed with bipolar I raped cycling, started having these pass out spells, couldn't get the bipolar in check, found out heart was stopping so got a pacemaker, still have pass out episodes, still can't get bipolar in check, and I am anorexic.

I have heard that an EEG can miss stuff but my docs tell me that it is my blood pressure and not seizures that are causing this. I would kill to be hooked up to something when one of these things happened.

collinsc

Hi,
When I was in my pdoc/neuro's waiting room earlier today I overheard a patient talking about
severe neuro problems that went on for two years. The docs eventually figured out she had an infection and gave her major antibiotics for like 6 weeks.
She had several docs involved.

Eventually some one fiigured out that she had two infected teeth that had spread an infection to her brain.


The dentist had told her two or three years ago that the teeth were fine as long as they were not bothering her.
Her neuro problems caused her to stop working. It was a horror story -- all because of two teeth that she and the dentist knew about.
As I said I was trying hard not to listen to her story so I am not clear on the details.
The point was that the docs were looking in her head when they should have been looking in her mouth. !!


Ia this what you have been talking about?
Low blood pressure or maybe pooling of blood in the legs.
http://heartdisease.about.com/cs/arr...Syncope3_2.htm

I wish you better health.

M.

I take a directic and wonder if that is why I keep getting dehydrated. The article was interesting Mari, thank for the link to it.

Colleen, do you have a blood pressure monitor that you can check you blood pressure to know when it is low?

barbara