"Description: No sedation was used and no sleep obtained. It is a moderate voltage recording with a basic 7 per second activity. On pp. 490; 503 and 513 there are some higher voltage bursts. Hyperventilation was done fairly well with constant urging and produces some higher voltage 3 to 4 per second waves bi-temporal, maximal right. No mental activity was attempted and photic stimulation produces some higher voltage bursts at 15 flashes.

Impression: Dys. grade 1 bi-temporal. There does seem to be a preponderance of high voltage slow waves from R temporal and parietal areas. This is an abnormal record."

Reaction: None--no diagnosis made, no treatment recommendation made, no follow up made.

This was an eeg done when i was five years old. i was referred by a pediatric specialist to a neuropsychologist to rule out petit mal seizures due to a change in behavior that followed a stay in the hospital. The behavior described was staring off/seemingly out of touch with reality and shaking my head, along with perhaps more general activity and me staying up later. The hospital stay was for acute pharyngitis and a fever of 105, the cause of which i question (and can't prove). The quote is from the eeg report. The neuropsychologist actually administered the eeg yet never mentioned his own test results in any follow up letters or actions.