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mopinko

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2. yeah, mri's didnt detect my kid's epilepsy.
Thu Jul 31, 2025, 12:01 PM
Jul 31

she had a fractured skull at 5. i knew she’d hit her head, but she had no symptoms that there was anything bad going on. she had headaches and sleep issues much later and saw a pediatric neurologist, who found nothing.
she was even dx’d w ptsd, cuz her seizures were causing her to see ppl out of the corner of her eyes, and thought she was being followed.
it wasnt til she started having grand mal seizures that they figured it out. wired her up, and 15 min later came into the room and asked ‘have u ever had a bad head injury?’

took a while to get them under control, but they r now. funny thing- it’s hereditary to develop seizures from a head injury. i was 65 when i realized i’d had seizures for a decade after a bad head injury.

there r soooo many types of seizures. if u think u have some lasting damage, u shd look it up.

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