My adult daughter has, after five years of history, a pending
diagnosis of acute confusion migraine. Virtually all information I
have thus found refers to this syndrome in children only. She is a
healthy 32-year-old without other illness other than depression which
is also a diagnosis for her sisters and mother. She has given birth
to four healthy children, although one is since deceased, and her
children are all healthy except for minor problem like tonsillitis.
Her symptoms are headache, sometimes mild, involuntary body movement
(such as uncontrollably hitting herself in the face and uncontrollably
moving her arms and/or legs rapidly) lasting from five minutes to one
hour, inappropriate utterances (rarely), and mild confusion during an
episode. She has never lost consciousness or been unable to
communicate during an episode. Following an episode she is extremely
exhausted both mentally and physically. The current diagnosis is
pending psychological testing, although past psychological testing has
proven to be without merit. It is especially frightening because so
much focus seems to be on insanity rather than the physical symptoms.
The only valid information found thus far is from a study in Italy,
professionals.epilepsy.com, and postgradmed.com. Any help learning
more about this syndrome would be appreciated. |
