Posted by gardenergirl on June 28, 2008, at 22:53:37
In reply to Re: Passed out, twitching, jerking, nystagmus??? » gardenergirl, posted by Phillipa on June 24, 2008, at 12:33:45
Well, the neurologist was pretty okay. He either didn't realize my background and education or didn't care, because he was rather challenging when I would use a clinical term versus a lay term. But whatever. He said what I feared, that it's likely we'll never know what this is. He could put me on anticonvulsants or something for just in case, but considering I can just avoid stretching heartily and such and hopefully avoid passing out, I think I'd pass on any more meds. He does think an EEG is warranted since I haven't had one since I was a teen, and the twitching and such is new. I have that next week on Tuesday, incidentally, the day my in laws arrive, something I just found out. (EEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!)
The other interesting thing was his attitude about Nardil and Lithium. He said he'd never seen it used for anyone who wasn't severely depressed and resistant to everything else. I tried to explain the relative safety about them and that it was actually a good choice for atypical depression, but he didn't seem to care, which is fine. But I couldn't tell if he was implying that I must be more severe than I let on or that I was being irresponsible for taking them. It was interesting that he admitted that he didn't really know that much about Nardil's effect on the central nervous system. I felt like saying, "Shouldn't you read up on that, then, for my sake?"
sigh
I'm really not worried, per se. He did say that what I was feeling in my abdomen could be an "abdominal aura", related to partial something seizures. That would be concerning. But really, I'm mostly just curious about why this happens, and I'd be so comforted to know how it happens. I doubt I'm going to know anymore by the time I'm done here, though. :(
gg
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