Guest guest Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Since going off the fish oil (4 weeks ago for school evals), we and the therapists have noticed big regressions in all areas. I expect Maddi to go back to normal once we resume the oils in about a week or so. Another somewhat disturbing thing we've noticed is blank stares. Maddi will stop what she's doing (walking, eating, playing) and just stare and be completely unresponsive for about 10 seconds or more. When the episode is over, she resumes what she was doing. These episodes have gotten more frequent and the therapists are noticing them too. It happened at least 5 times during the 15 minutes of PT today that I was watching her closely. She will be having an ambulatory EEG next week to check for seizure activity. She has other issues going on besides apraxia, but this is new to us. Does anyone else deal with bank stares or absence seizures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Yes - you can contact me offline if you want. - srsilvern@... Sherry and Josh > From: modelmomnyc <elee1222@...> > Subject: [ ] blank stares? > > Date: Thursday, March 17, 2011, 1:43 PM > > > > > > Since going off the fish oil (4 weeks ago for > school evals), we and the therapists have noticed big > regressions in all areas. I expect Maddi to go back to > normal once we resume the oils in about a week or so. > Another somewhat disturbing thing we've noticed is blank > stares. Maddi will stop what she's doing (walking, > eating, playing) and just stare and be completely > unresponsive for about 10 seconds or more. When the episode > is over, she resumes what she was doing. These episodes have > gotten more frequent and the therapists are noticing them > too. It happened at least 5 times during the 15 minutes of > PT today that I was watching her closely. She will be having > an ambulatory EEG next week to check for seizure activity. > She has other issues going on besides apraxia, but this is > new to us. Does anyone else deal with bank stares or absence > seizures? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 My niece had absence seizures. The EEG did not catch it right away because she didn't have one while hooked up. She also had speech delays...I wonder if there is a correlation. > From: modelmomnyc <elee1222@...> > Subject: [ ] blank stares? > > Date: Thursday, March 17, 2011, 1:43 PM > > > > > > Since going off the fish oil (4 weeks ago for > school evals), we and the therapists have noticed big > regressions in all areas. I expect Maddi to go back to > normal once we resume the oils in about a week or so. > Another somewhat disturbing thing we've noticed is blank > stares. Maddi will stop what she's doing (walking, > eating, playing) and just stare and be completely > unresponsive for about 10 seconds or more. When the episode > is over, she resumes what she was doing. These episodes have > gotten more frequent and the therapists are noticing them > too. It happened at least 5 times during the 15 minutes of > PT today that I was watching her closely. She will be having > an ambulatory EEG next week to check for seizure activity. > She has other issues going on besides apraxia, but this is > new to us. Does anyone else deal with bank stares or absence > seizures? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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