Are these seizures

New behaviors look like his old seizures but the eyes aren't affected.

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• infantile
• spasms
• seizures

[hashim745]

hi I wanted to ask if I can use your video for an IEP Meeting that my son will have. I have a son who has the same symptoms... I wanted to ask for your permission to use this video. Is it okay?

[cordis7]

@hashim745 - You are welcome to use the video, hopefully it will be helpful.  Just an FYI that his diagnosis was Infantile Spasms from the age of 4 months. The video above was after we had his seizures somewhat under control, but they appeared to come back. Good luck in the IEP.

[DrCGS]

I think this this could very well be an exaple of an Atonic Seizure (Head drop seizures). I would suggest taking him to see an epilepsy specialist to get and EEG but that depends on how many seizures he is having a day.

[sgibbons3]

Looks like a drop attack.. also known as a drop seizure.. My daughter has these though hers effects her entire body.. Though just the head dropping is more common... And the length of his.. (a few seconds) is common as well.. ( my daughter has a rare case that has been timed by the Dr. up to 20 min) Let us know what you find in Neuro!

[amysarahh]

I saw that you had mentioned he had been diagnosed with infantile spasms. They look just like what my daughter use to do with the head bopping over and over. They were IS also. Vigabatrin stopped them. She was diagnosed with TSC.

[cheekychops1377]

@elamorro it affects both. Ant kind of seizure can effect any age.

[elamorro]

those this affect to older people or just children?

[SuperMissblueeyes]

It looks like cataplexy, a sudden loss of muscle tone associated with emotion. I've seen it before (I used to work in neurophysiology in Birmingham Children's Hospital UK & I've since studied neurological & other medical conditions as part of my health & social care degree & in my own time). It's not unknown for cataplexy to be associated with epilepsy (but less common the other way round). I'd recommend getting an EEG done, but it's difficult to diagnose cataplexy as you have to EEG an attack.

[16Mind]

why would u ask Youtube?....every1 is giving you different answerzs.."it looks like" ...take him to more than one doctor....Hope it isn't anything serious...bless

[rose198320102011]

These look like infantile spasms or west syndrome, they are just very mild. It all depends on when this started and whether they are repetitive or not. Usually there is a developmental delay associated with infantile spasms. I am no doctor, but they are mild seizures for sure. He needs an EEG and an MRI for diagnosis. The EEG should show hypsarrhythmia if it is infantile spasms. The MRI could show up completely normal with infantile spasms or there could be visual abnormalities.

[MrMcshane70]

@paganwitch666 are you writing in english? or did you have a seizure while responding? There's a whole basket of crazies in your response.

[MrMcshane70]

Speech delays also sign of severe autism and mental retardation.