Hi
Have a problem and hoping someone is able to help.
My daughter is a happy 12 year old who has no health problems, easy going and basically unflappable. She has a very good life in a stable loving family she is the youngest of 4 children although i cant say her brothers are children anymore lol. She has many good friends with an excellent social life.
This is where her story begins. In september of this year she began to complain of severe headaches, no nausea,this lasted for 3 days she also was complaining of a heavy right leg unable to step up or down stairs etc. She said she thought she had lifted her leg high enough to step up or down. I took her to the GP who said it could be her eyes, tested them and said no it wasnt that. We were sent home saying come back in a week. That same night i went to check on her as she said she felt funny before going to bed. I entered her room with her having, all i can say was, it looked like a seizure, her breathing was raspy and she was dribbling her lips were blue, i thought she was dying, she was curled up in a ball she was shaking etc. Her dad called an ambulance her 'seizure' lasted 5 mins i talked to her throughout although it looked as though she was totally out of it. Ambulance came they were fantastic.She came round, was very disorientated shaking and unable to stand. She again could not judge where she was stepping. To cut a long story short she went on to have 9 'seizures' in A&E and on the ward. At one time she had 5 one after the other they had to sedate her. She said she could hear us talking to her although she couldnt see us, she asked us if her eyes were closed, they werent. She knew when they about to happen and said at one time that if she concentrated she felt as though she could stop them. When the 'seizures' settled down she was left with all the above symptoms still, but not the headaches, it took another week for her symptoms to stop, although she has twitching limbs now and then ( she had symptoms for 2 weeks in all ). The Doctor put her on epileptic medication although they are now saying it could be panic attacks. When i asked why they thought this they said because if she was having seizures she would not beable to hear or remember them.
She has had eeg's, MRI scan which came back fine although the eeg doesnt prove anything. I have heard that panic attacks can be so severe you can think you are having a stroke. I am not convinced that it is panic attacks, surely you would have to have problems or anxiety to have these ? etc. Any advice would be appreciated. She is such a bright easy going girl. The only thing i could think of is her hormones are all over the place but when i mentioned this to the Doctor he said definately not ! and laughed.
Please help.
Mary