Premonitory symptoms in epilepsy

Hughes, John; Devinsky, Orrin; Feldmann, Edward; Bromfield, Edward B

doi:10.1016/s1059-1311(05)80128-1

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“…Directed aggression is also reported in some patients during a prodromal state of increased irritability, mood lability, or depression in the hours to days before a seizure (31,32). The intensity of the prodromal symptoms varies, often increasing up to the point of having a seizure, when the symptoms usually resolve (18).…”

Section: Periictal Violencementioning

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Aggression and Violence in Patients with Epilepsy

Marsh

Krauss

2000

Epilepsy & Behavior

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Section: Periictal Violencementioning

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Aggression and Violence in Patients with Epilepsy

Marsh

Krauss

2000

Epilepsy & Behavior

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“…1 Likewise, surveys of patients with epilepsy reported 6%-39% of patients recognize premonitory changes occurring in advance of impending seizures. [2][3][4] Anecdotally, premonitory symptoms have been noted by both patients and outside observers (e.g., family, friends, or coworkers). The advantage of being able to successfully predict impending disabling symptoms while still being relatively asymptomatic and unimpaired has led to the training of medical detection service dogs to alert their humans to impending problematic symptoms, such as hypoglycemia 5 and seizures.…”

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Survey of Migraine Sufferers with Dogs to Evaluate for Canine Migraine-Alerting Behaviors

Marcus

Bhowmick²

2013

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

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Objectives: Anecdotal reports suggest that changes in dog behavior might be used to predict impending migraine episodes. This survey was designed to investigate how companion dogs react to migraines that occur in their owners. Design: Online survey was available from January 4-31, 2012. Settings/location: Survey was conducted through SurveyMonkey, with links to the survey posted at Migraine.com and promoted through social media. Subjects: Adults ‡ 18 years old who experience migraine episodes and live with a dog were eligible to participate. Interventions and outcome measures: Participants completed an 18-question online survey that asked about participant demographics, migraines, and their dog's behavior before or during migraine episodes. Results: The survey was completed by 1029 adult migraineurs (94.9% women), with migraines typically occurring £ 8 days per month in 63.4% of participants. A recognized change in the dog's behavior prior to or during the initial phase of migraine was endorsed by 552 participants (53.7%), most commonly unusual attentiveness to the owner (39.9%). Among the 466 participants providing details about their dog's behavior with their migraines, 57.3% were able to identify dog alerting behavior before symptoms of a migraine attack would typically begin, with changes usually noticed within 2 hours before the onset of initial migraine symptoms. The dog's behavior was considered to be often or usually linked with the development of a migraine for 59.2% of migraineurs, and 35.8% of migraineurs endorsed beginning migraine treatments after the dog's behavior was recognized and before migraine symptoms had started. Participant demographics, migraine frequency, and breed of dog in the home were similar between the 470 participants with no alerting behavior endorsed and the 466 participants providing detailed alerting information. Conclusions: About one in four migraineurs living with a companion dog endorsed recognizing a change in their dog's behavior before recognizing initial symptoms of a migraine attack.

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“…This might be explained by the fact that patients with epilepsy have difficulties in separating their seizures and panic attacks. Furthermore some anxiety symptoms, especially that of fear, are part of the seizure itself (30). Indeed, panic disorder and some partial seizures may show several similar symptoms: patients with epilepsy may have prodromal symptoms of tension, as well as the fact that temporal lobe seizures commonly include affective symptoms, and autonomic features, including changes in skin colour, blood pressure, and heart rate (31).…”

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Anxiety in adolescent epilepsy. A clinimetric analysis

Carrozzino

Marchetti

Laino

et al. 2016

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

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Background Anxiety and depression have been considered to be neglected disorders in epilepsy. Because panic disorder is one of the most important anxiety disorders, it has been problematic to use very comprehensive anxiety questionnaires in epilepsy patients, as panic attacks and epileptic seizures, although two distinct clinical entities from a diagnostic point of view, show a significant overlap of symptoms. Aims We have focused on single items for anxiety and depression as screening candidates in adolescent epilepsy. Methods The individual panic attack item in the Screen for Children Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders Scale (SCARED) and the single depression item in the Kellner Symptom Questionnaire were tested. Our samples consisted of adolescent patients with epilepsy and a matched control group with healthy participants, as well as two numerical groups acting as controls. Results The single panic attack item identified panic anxiety in 24.1% in the group of patients with epilepsy and 0.0% in the matched control group (p = 0.01). The single depression item identified 52.2% with depression in the epilepsy group and 6.2% in the matched control group (p = 0.001). Conclusion As screening instruments, single items of panic attack and depression are sufficient to screen for these affective states in adolescent epilepsy. The clinical implications are that it is important to be quite specific when screening for depression and panic attacks in adolescent patients with epilepsy.

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Premonitory symptoms in epilepsy

Cited by 73 publications

References 2 publications

Aggression and Violence in Patients with Epilepsy

Aggression and Violence in Patients with Epilepsy

Survey of Migraine Sufferers with Dogs to Evaluate for Canine Migraine-Alerting Behaviors

Anxiety in adolescent epilepsy. A clinimetric analysis

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