Consultation

Consultation

DR: Okay, all right, so, are you aware that you’re having any spells?
PT: Yes.
DR: Okay, what do you experience?
PT: Uh, what do I experience? Um, Um, I just feel, I guess spacy. Um, sometimes I feel like my temperature rises. Yet, um, it’s hard to describe.
DR: When did these usually occur?
PT: At night. While Sleeping.
DR: While you are asleep?
PT: Yes
DR: Okay, have you had any in the day that you are aware of?
PT: Yes.
DR: Have you ever lose the ability to stand or anything like that when something like this happens? Or do you?
PT: No, not that, not in a long long time.
DR: How long do you think they last?
PT: 30 seconds to a minute.
DR: Okay, have you injured yourself in any way during any of these episodes? Bitten your tongue? Um, you know bumped anything?
PT: No, not
DR: Okay.
PT: recently
DR: Okay and if you, do you have an awareness that it is going to happen? When it starts?
PT: Yes.
DR: And what do you do?
PT: Um, during the day if I’m awake I’ll sit down.
DR: Okay.
PT: During the night I’m usually flat on my back in bed.
DR: All right, and does it awaken you in the night?
PT: Um, yeah.
DR: Okay, so you’re sleeping and you come out of the sleep?
PT: Yes.
DR: And you know something has already happened or it happens at that time?
PT: It happens at that time.
DR: Okay.
PT: I’ll usually look at the clock to see what time it is.
DR: Okay.
PT: I’ll say something to my wife.
DR: And you may have a couple of these in a night?
PT: No
DR: Or just one?
PT: Just one.
DR: Just one. Okay. All right, Um, any description of what you see?
CG: He’s on point, uh when he has them at night he’ll wake me up and just, he’ll nudge me, I, I can’t recognize him as well because he gets competitive most. But if I’m not awake he’ll just keep having one. And then I always remind him to please find the middle of the bed and roll to your side just in case it manifests into a larger event. And uh, he typically...

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