does anyone know what pseudo seizures are?

Question

my partner has been suffering from fits since july last year and the dr thinks it may be this that is causing them can anyone tell me where to find out about them.

Answer 1

Unlike epileptic seizures, pseudo seizures do not result from an abnormal electrical discharge from the brain. They are usually a physical manifestation of a psychological disturbance. They are a type of conversion disorder or, more broadly, a type of somatoform disorder, and they are usually involuntary. Pseudo seizures can be voluntary for example feigning, or malingering. This cause is thought to be rare, and also difficult to prove. Physical and neurological findings are usually normal.

The presence of specific triggers that are unusual for epilepsy may suggest pseudo seizures, eg, emotional triggers such as stress or becoming upset are common in Pseudo (non-epileptic) seizures. Other triggers that suggest pseudo seizures include pain, certain movements, sounds, and seeing of lights, especially if they are reported to consistently trigger an apparent seizure.

The circumstances in which attacks occur can be helpful. Like other psychogenic symptoms, those of pseudo seizures usually occur in the presence of an audience, and an occurrence in the physician's office or waiting room is highly suggestive of pseudo seizures. Similarly, pseudo seizures usually do not occur during sleep, though they may seem to and though they may be reported as such.

Details of the episodes often include characteristics that are inconsistent with epileptic seizures. In particular, some characteristics of convulsive phenomena are associated with pseudo seizures. Common and helpful symptoms include side-to-side shaking of the head, bilateral asynchronous movements, weeping, stuttering, and arching of the back.

Answer 2

Pseudo Fits

Answer 3

Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures are a manifestation or a form of conversion disorder.[1] They take many forms, and particularly can mimic any sort of epileptic seizure; they are distinguished from epilepsy only in that they are not associated with abnormal, rhythmic discharges of cortical neurons.[2] The condition is not benign; people have broken bones, crashed automobiles, bitten off parts of their tongue, and even died from injuries sustained during non-epileptic seizures.[citation needed]

An older term for these, pseudoseizures, should not be used. While it is correct that a non-epileptic seizure may resemble an epileptic seizure, pseudo can also connote "false, fraudulent, or pretending to be something that it is not." Non-epileptic seizures are not false, fraudulent, or produced under any sort of pretense.

Answer 4

Pseudo means untrue or not real...... seizure is what it it and so a pseudo seizures means unreal seizure.

Answer 5

From the Dr. that diagnosed him,at least his office staff should point you in the right direction.

Answer 6

fits of some sort