Petit mal seizures or day-dreaming?

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Hi, just wondering if anyone here has any knowledge of petit mal

seizures. How do you test to see whether your child suffers from the

condition? Would the child have to be anaesthesized for the tests?

A friend has picked up on (what I call) our son's daydreaming - he is

2y10m old and goes in to a trance like state a few times a day (I

guess 2, 3 or 4 times a day) for about 10-15 seconds and then snaps

out of it - I've always just thought he was daydreaming, I do it

sometimes, my sisters do it, my nephews/nieces do it too, in fact most

people I know seem to do this every now and again?? Anyway, my friend

believes it's more than just daydreaming. I looked it up and it seems

magnesium deficiency can cause these symptoms. My son is low in

magnesium, and we are currently trying to find a magnesium which

agrees with him. Just wondering if in other's personal experience, a

magnesium deficiency is more than likely the cause of these trance's,

or whether they have visited a neurologist or had tests done.

Thanks very kindly for any advice/info.