Guest guest Posted April 18, 2003 Report Share Posted April 18, 2003 on 4/18/03 4:04 AM, at wrote: >> Well, tonight's the night. I spoke with two people at the EEG > place and they >> said no sleep. >> I have no idea why they want me to torture her for an hours test. We have one scheduled for Panda too. The neurologist said that they need to record data from the child in three states--awake, sleepy, and asleep. D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 The only requirement I know of is no caffeine in the 12 or 24 (not sure) hours before the test. So no chocolate, cola or anything else with caffeine. Both my boy have seizures disorders and have had the sleep deprived EEG. They don't have to sleep for a long time maybe 10-15 minutes. I kept both boys up until 11pm (they usually go to bed at 7) and their tests were scheduled around 10:30, 11am the next morning. The hardest part for us was keeping them awake for the drive to Cedars Sinai, which is about an hour 1/2 from us. I would keep her up for as late as you can and wake her up very early. We had both boys up before 5am. Good luck, Robyn Caroline <carrieps@...> wrote: We are bringing our daughter in for a sleep-deprived EEG in a couple days. We are nervous about it because, when we did one two years ago, even though she was very sleep deprived, it took almost an hour to get her to sleep and then she only slept for a couple minutes. I was wondering if anyone could share what has worked for them. How many hours did you keep up your child the night before. I am pretty sure there is no requirement that she not eat or drink before it. Is that correct?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 , We did one several years ago... we kept our son up almost all night (he had no sleep until he went in for the EEG in the wee hours of the morning). He was thrilled because we let him play video games all night long! One thing that has helped us in the past is to take anything you can to make it feel like bed at home... their blanket, pillow, teddy bear, etc. The technicians were very good about keeping the lights low, etc. to create a quiet mood. About the eating and drinking, I suggest you call the clinic and double check about that part... it may be different for different sorts of tests. Best of luck. Caroline From: Caroline <carrieps@...> Reply-< > Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:16:22 -0700 <tuesdayparentsgroup >, <bayareaprekasd >, < > Subject: Sleep-deprived EEG We are bringing our daughter in for a sleep-deprived EEG in a couple days. We are nervous about it because, when we did one two years ago, even though she was very sleep deprived, it took almost an hour to get her to sleep and then she only slept for a couple minutes. I was wondering if anyone could share what has worked for them. How many hours did you keep up your child the night before. I am pretty sure there is no requirement that she not eat or drink before it. Is that correct?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 My son's EEG study was from 7pm to 7am. Very easy because our son usually goes to sleep at 8pm so the timing was perfect for us. Thanks, > > , > > We did one several years ago... we kept our son up almost all night (he had > no sleep until he went in for the EEG in the wee hours of the morning). He > was thrilled because we let him play video games all night long! One thing > that has helped us in the past is to take anything you can to make it feel > like bed at home... their blanket, pillow, teddy bear, etc. The technicians > were very good about keeping the lights low, etc. to create a quiet mood. > > About the eating and drinking, I suggest you call the clinic and double > check about that part... it may be different for different sorts of tests. > Best of luck. > > Caroline > > > > From: Caroline <carrieps@...> > Reply-< > > Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:16:22 -0700 > <tuesdayparentsgroup >, <bayareaprekasd >, > < > > Subject: Sleep-deprived EEG > > We are bringing our daughter in for a sleep-deprived EEG in a couple > days. We are nervous about it because, when we did one two years ago, > even though she was very sleep deprived, it took almost an hour to get > her to sleep and then she only slept for a couple minutes. I was > wondering if anyone could share what has worked for them. How many > hours did you keep up your child the night before. > > I am pretty sure there is no requirement that she not eat or drink > before it. Is that correct?? > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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