Guest guest Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 My daughter has had seizures since a trial of Ritalin. They are directly related as we stopped the Ritalin the seizures stopped(we thought they we ticks). We gave it a second try and the seizures returned and didn't go away after stopping Ritalin. She was VERY OVER FOCUSED on Ritalin. A recent EEG showed elevated Beta waves(flight or fight response)(these drugs increase Beta waves to increase attention). I believe we short circuted her brain with Ritalin as her Beta waves were above normal without meds. My understanding is that ADD can be accurately diagnosed with an EEG, but it isn't done due to costs. Its cheaper to do trial and error with meds. In 8 years they have not gone away. We continue hoping. Proceed cautiously with these drugs and request an EEG first.... Lynn Pukylo MOM to Abbey, PDD-NOS, age 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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