The Hidden Connections Between Epilepsy and Autism (Frances Jensen, MD, FACP)
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- This talk is from the Penn Neuroscience Public Lecture titled "The Autistic Brain: Piecing Together the Puzzle" held on March 31, 2016 at the Smilow Center for Translational Research at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Frances Jensen discusses the relationship between epilepy and autism.
Excellent information. It's insane and frustrating how few doctors understand autism and epilepsy. And how little research is done on effective treatments for intractable epilepsy in autism. It's all in the brain.
Explains me perfectly. My sister is Epileptic (w Autistic traits) and I am HFA (with petit mal seizures in the past). Thanks for strengthening my knowledge on this topic.
I have controlled epilepsy thru the modified Atkins diet and was recently diagnosed with autism. This was extremely helpful. Thank you.
My 4 year old daughter has nonverbal autism, GDD with neurological regression and temporal lobe epilepsy...I find it incredibly frustrating that the doctors brush everything as "oh that's just autism". Its the easy answer for the doctors because then they don't have to do anything...
Agree i have the same issues with my kid
Thank you ❤️ this describes me perfectly
Thank you . . .
hmmmmmmmm, I have autism but I was also diagnosed with epilepsy in high school(November 2019), I feel like this might be interesting
I have autism and epilepsy as well movement disorders like Tourette and Dystonia. My autism also causes me movement difficulty like making a fist and controlling my strength. I break things by squeezing my hands but I have weakness in my legs and I am slowly losing my ability to walk. I move around a lot but it doesn't matter my legs are losing the ability to move. I also have an unknown neurological condition that the doctor's are trying to figure out. They have to treat my symptoms the best they can without knowing the cause. The epilepsy is the worst. I was a yoga therapist for 15 years and epilepsy took it away slowly. My brain can't regulate itself so I have seizures. Medication is the only way to help me with the seizures. I don't know if I will be able to do my exercises again. I can't bend over or do a lot of activities without having seizures. Even my sleep patterns can effect my epilepsy. I have seizures in my sleep too and I hurt my left shoulder and neck because of seizures in my sleep. I can feel the seizures before and after an episode. I feel like a battery being charged and then I feel like I am wearing a furry suit with needles poking my body. My tongue and limbs tingle and feel like I am shaking uncontrollably from being cold but I am not cold. My body hurts really bad after a big seizure. I have bruises from the stupid seizures. I just started new medication and I am hoping it keeps helping. I will need to adjust the medication as I age. The epilepsy has gotten worse as I got older. I am 41 years old and I was seizure free for four years after a brain surgery for deep brain stimulator implant for Dystonia. I thought it stopped the epilepsy but it returned.
I would like to hear opinions on the following 2009 study from Iran. The Effects of Sodium Valproate in Improving
Developmental Delay in Seizure-Free Children
with Abnormal Electroencephalography
Very interesting reading.
My daughter has been diagnosed with autism and I see symptom of invisible seizures in her. She also said she has black out
I find this video very helpful as a parent.How do we reach Dr Frances ? Is it possible to have my daughter (17 years old)to see her?
Does anyone know resources on getting professional evaluation of autism if you have epilepsy?
I’ve been clinically diagnosed with epilepsy since I was a toddler but never been diagnosed with autism, even though I’ve shown symptoms for many years. I’m trying to get one myself.
Sigh, great information but your slides are going way to fast and your talking wayy to fast. Slow down. Be aware that autistic people also watch these and your hurting the sensory part trying to follow along.
If fast talking messes with your sensory processing you can slow down the speed of any videos on YT. Just click the 3-dot icon (mobile) or settings icon (desktop) on the video screen. It’s been a lifesaver for me lol, I’m the same way with struggling to take in too much info at once
Its all good. She's just excited about teaching others about excitatory and inhibitory neurons.