please help !

[samp53]

My son had what we think was a seizure in December. The day started out as normal for him and he was taking exams at school, he started to get vague through one exam and then got worse, the school rang and when I got to the school my son had blue lips, rosy cheeks,  he wasn't able to answer easy questions. We then got him to our local gp who said it was like he was on drugs and we should get him to a and e. They done blood tests and kept him in over night all the blood tests were good, and by about 11pm he was out of the episode altogether and was chatty and how he normally is.
The doctors decided it would be a good idea to do an Mri that morning and everything came back clear and we were allowed to go home.
Everything was going back to normal, but then 7 weeks later he had another episode we couldn't get him to hospital as we were snowed in so we just rode it out, the episode again lasted from about 11am to 11pm. And he has now had another episode, he had an eeg and there were some abnormalities but the Dr didn't go into depth about what the abnormalities were.
I am pulling my hair out not knowing why this would happen,and why they last so long as any time I have seen anything about seizures they only talk of them lasting a few minutes at the most.

[caregiver222]

In the United States, many physicians do not start treatment with anti-siezure drugs until there are at least three episodes. I am not suggesting your son is on drugs, however certain street drugs can increase the probability of a seizure. The best course of action is to locate a facility that specializes in evaluating and treating seizure patients. Often there is an "aura" that patients sense before an episode. It is important that he not drive and be very careful about his activities until a definite diagnosis is made.

[samp53]

Thank you so much for replying, I feel sometimes im on my own with this but it's nice to hear from someone who has/is going through the same thing, and I will try and take it each day at a time :) thank you again x

[concernedmom111]

I am sorry to hear your troubles. I know what you are going through. But please know that with abnormalties on an EEG you have more answers than some people that go years before finally having them. When it comes to seizures or epilepsy...neurologist act casual while US as parents tend to feel devastated and NEED answers. But The doctors realize that there is no BIG rush for appropriate care. At this point they need to take it slow in treating symptoms and it takes time. In the mean time know that this is not a overnight fix but rather a part of how life is going to be from now on. :(....with proper medication you will be able to get control of symptoms and things will slowly return to calm around the house. Hope you have a good support system in place cause these things can be stressful...Best of luck to you and yours.   :)