A member asked:

Help! i have epilepsy absence 30 a day as it's been recorded on a e.e.g but my new neurologist thinks it's non epileptic should i change neurologist?

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Dr. Christopher Wilson answered

Specializes in Sleep Medicine

Pseudoseizures: If you do have pseudoseizures or psychogenic nonepileptic seizures you have to buy into this diagnosis for proper treatment. If you need to hear it more than once and from a different neurologist so be it. It would be highly unusual to have 30 events captured on eeg with no change in the eeg tracing. If that is the case i'd side your current neurologist and the diagnosis.

Answered 4/1/2016

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Dr. A V answered

If you like: If you are not sure about your diagnosis, yes, seek a second opinion from another neurologist. Psychiatrists are also consulted for non-epileptic seizures.

Answered 10/4/2015

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