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Are These Fainting Spells Along With Tensed Up Body And No Recollection Of The Spell Mean Epilepsy ?

my daughter was prescribed metoprolol for "fainting".. she had been on lamictal and lamotrigine (sic) for a couple years because she apparently had seizures (epilepsy).. she was just told that she is not epileptic, and she just has fainting spells.. smdh! She loses consciousness for less than a minute, always in the mornings... her body tenses up, she has no recollection of the "seizure" and it takes her a day or two to recover from whatever we are calling these episodes...
Sat, 4 Jan 2014
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hi
welcome to our site

read your query
that is a very significant question
and i appreciate your problem

i will try my best to answer your query

a seizure is best diagnosed by seeing what happens during that phase
i would have suggested a patient an mri of the brain
and an eeg to rule out the condition

the symptoms you described can happen in both
seizures as well as syncope (simply fainting)

the best test to rule out a seizure is video eeg
but then that needs hospitalization for the duration
and is available in few centres

i hope this helps you
inform the reports mentioned above (if any)
so i can be of help further
best of luck

(please do understand that some problem remains as
online texting cuts down history and examination
thereby reducing the effect and efficiency
and increases reliance on tests)

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Are These Fainting Spells Along With Tensed Up Body And No Recollection Of The Spell Mean Epilepsy ?

hi welcome to our site read your query that is a very significant question and i appreciate your problem i will try my best to answer your query a seizure is best diagnosed by seeing what happens during that phase i would have suggested a patient an mri of the brain and an eeg to rule out the condition the symptoms you described can happen in both seizures as well as syncope (simply fainting) the best test to rule out a seizure is video eeg but then that needs hospitalization for the duration and is available in few centres i hope this helps you inform the reports mentioned above (if any) so i can be of help further best of luck (please do understand that some problem remains as online texting cuts down history and examination thereby reducing the effect and efficiency and increases reliance on tests) (If the answer has helped you, please indicate this) dr.saumyamittal@gmail.com