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Aug 23, 2012, 04:20 PM
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Member Since: Apr 2012
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Originally Posted by costello
Fascinating stuff, Crescent. I often wondered if Tsunami was having seizures, and his doctors must suspect it too, because they keep running tests for it.
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Well.. and like I said.. a lot of sensory symptoms are caused by deeper structures in the brain. Seizures that have symptoms of sudden and extreme changes in emotion (like fear, panic, rage, and elation) are seated in the amygdala.. very deep spot. In order to diagnose (which might definitely be worth it if you're thought to have schizophrenia, it doesn't respond to treatment, and they suspect seizures) they may have to take a section of the skull off and place grid electrodes - often even stimulating different parts of the brain in an attempt to provoke the symptoms in order to identify it (and yes, the patient is kind of awake). A little less invasive of a test would be an EEG recording done from electrode needles inserted in the temporal lobes in front of your ear).
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