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Getting tested for epilepsy - what will they do to me? bring on a convulsion?

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Several tests: there will be an electroencephalogram, Pasting wires on your scalp to record the electrical activity of your brain. You will likely have neuroimaging, CAT scan or MRI and a series of blood tests. They will not try to cause you to have a seizure.

Answered 6/1/2015

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