Get Virtual Care
For Businesses
About Us
A member asked:
Can eeg's be wrong when they are positive i had 2 in 98 one nef one positive but never any seizures again?
4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Possibly: Your question is a difficult one to answer. Certainly patients with known epilepsy could have a normal eeg. A positive eeg does not mean you will have a seizure again but it might show a seizure tendency. If your only seizure was 14 years ago and you've been seizure-free off of medicine, then the odds are that you won't have another seizure. Seeing a neurologist for new eeg would help.
Answered 9/23/2013
5.2k views
Only good at time: An EEG is a real time test, only good for the time being done. Many people with epilepsy have normal EEG between seizures. The likelihood of having a sexond seizure after a first non provoked seizure is approximately 50%, so eventhough you had an abnormal EEG, you may never have another.
Answered 4/5/2015
3k views
Related Questions
A member asked:
Can nembutal cause a positive EEG in a teenager who was talking the pills for sleep one pos EEG one neg. Dr said pill caused seizure
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
Can nembutal cause a positive EEG in a teenager who was talking the pills for sleepinf one pos EEG one neg. Dr said pill caused seizure. He was taking?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
If I had 2 normal EEGs and one normal MRI and my Dr. discontinued Keppra is this why I just had seizure or should I suspect syncope. ?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
Were eegs in 1998 less accurate then they are today.I had 2 seizures at age 16 in my sleep EEG was positive but never had them again maybe a false pos?
2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
A member asked:
In 98 an EEG showed I had epilepsy could this have been wrong I have not had a seizure since I was on a high dose sleepin med phenabarbital I was 16?
5 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
People also searched for:
Can one be diagnosed with epilepsy after one seizure in their sleep to later find out they had a wrong diagnosis even though 1 EEG was positive .1 neg?
Are eeg's very accurate or not really i had one negative one then a day later a positive for a seizure activity but nothing more in 17 years?
Had three loss of consciousness events this past year. Two diagnosed syncope and one seizure by ER Dr. Neurologist confirmed normal EEG. ?
When i was 14 and on a sleeping pill for an adult what couldve caused me to have 2 seizures in my sleep just eyes rolling one positive EEG in hospita?
Had a seizure had CT now they want me to have an MRI and EEG what could be wrong help can some one please answer
Didn't find what you're looking for?
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more.
Ask your questionMore of what we treat
Download HealthTap
Video visit and message your doctor
