Nervous System Disorders and Diseases

Ask questions and share information about nervous system disorders and diseases here. Talk about vascular disorders (stroke, transient ischemic attack or TIA, subarachnoid hemorrhage, subdural hemorrhage and hematoma, and extradural hemorrhage), infections (meningitis, encephalitis, polio, and epidural abscess), functional disorders ( headache, epilepsy, dizziness, and neuralgia), structural disorders (Bell's palsy, cervical spondylosis, carpal tunnel syndrome, brain or spinal cord tumors, peripheral neuropathy, and Guillain-Barre syndrome) and degeneration (Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Huntington's chorea, and Alzheimer's disease).

Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy and had only 2 seizures in my entire life, I'm on Lamictal

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I was diagnosed with JME in December of 2017 and I'm 19. I've only had 2 seizures in my entire life (one in August 2017, one in October 2017), but I've never had any jerks growing up. I've had 2 EEGS which came back with milliseconds of abnormal activity. I take Lamictal and still...

by Emily over a year ago

i have a lot of cognitive problems, inability to talk, memorize things... but CT is normal

Hello users I am a 17 year old guy.I want to ask something very important.i dont even know where tot start i am Suffering from alot of sympthoms that is cognitive. I noticed that i cant think and plan things like i used to i have lost all my intelligence almost i cant comprehend what people say it...

by Vuurduivel363648 over a year ago

My 4yr old Nisa has a spot on her lower left part of her brain

my nisa is now 4yrs old.She has had medical issues her whole life,some include: abnormal brain waves,abnormal eeg,seizures,epilepsy,colpocephaly,cerebral ventriculomegaly etc & more :-( my nisa has done ct's &mri's every month & not one her whole life has ever showed a spot... til now......

by NikkiGarcia over a year ago

Vertigo & Exhaustion after radical mastoidectomy, tympanoplasty, ossicular chain reconstruction

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I had a radical mastoidectomy, tympanoplasty, ossicular chain reconstruction followed by another tympanoplasty and ossicular chain reconstruction 7 months later. It's been almost a year since the last surgery and recently I've started to get vertigo just as I did before having a cholesteotoma...

by dorisvaz over a year ago

Pressure and light dizzily feeling when sitting

I had the same problem last year and it went away after three months only to return ten days ago after I moved my head while lying down then all the symptoms seem to have came back . The pain is worse when sitting down and better when walking or lying down . It’s a form of pressure on the left...

by Guest over a year ago

Are there reliable Childhood to teenage severe insomnia treatments

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My Dtr was born in 2000 one month primie after my OB put me on breathyn or “adrenaline “ to prevent a2 month premature delivery. My Dtr came out actinly like a “crack” baby. She cried always was irritable “colicky” but from birth to over a year old. She only slept short...

by Guest over a year ago

I am having vision and hearing pulsations at the same time

I am having vision and hearing pulsations at the same time. it gets quite bothersome as I have to stop and sit to avoid falling. it is loud inside my head and seems to go to the beat of my heart beat.

by Guest over a year ago

Dizziness following lumbar punction, it comes in the morning and stays all day

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This past week I had a LP to determine if I had NPH or not. 20 CC's were withdrawn from my brain and the results were felt immediately. Many of the symptoms I was experiencing are gone. One problem I have now is dizziness. It comes in the morning when I get up and stays all day. Is this any cause...

by STURGEON363256 over a year ago

7-8 deep indents in my sons skull. he was born with hydrocephalus

My son Curtis was born in 1994 with hydrocephalus. When he was 14 days old he received a VP SHUNT and has never had to have it replaced or removed. In 2008 I noticed he had a big indent in his scalp. Since then he has produced many more indents in his scalp. After many Images, CT...

by Nancy over a year ago

I sometimes get a little dizzy and lightheaded, I can't concentrate and feel sleepy

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hello so i have a problem wich i have been suffering from for 2 years i sometimes get a little bit dizzy and lightheaded and dont feel like doing nothing anymore all i wanna do is sleep i cant concentrate on anything thats happening i just sometimes stare at the ground becuse i cant concentrate on...

by ieben363066 over a year ago