Table 2.
Ictal EEG activity and clinical symptoms recorded during long-term monitoring.
| Scalp EEG | Digital time PM | Time PM, recorded by patient | Ictal symptoms verbatim reported in writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ictal activity | 03:48:41–03:49:54 1 m, 11 s |
03:50 | Reading and writing: Difficulties; the letters rearrange. |
| EEG not saved | 3:55 | Writing SMS: Difficult, letters appear misplaced; they look like different signs. | |
| EEG not saved | 04:02 | Reading book: Letters change place; move – understand the word, but misspelt. | |
| Ictal activity | 04:05:58–04:07:06 1 m, 8 s |
04:06 | Visions, predominantly to the left, but then all over the table in front of me/to the side/the room looks different – also some flashings, just lasting ½ min. |
| Ictal activity | 04:21:59–04:22:39 38 s |
04:20 | Awakening from nap: Very strong sunshine up to the left. Water, beach, boathouses, beautiful places. Everything within 1 min. Difficult to read what I am writing now. |
| Ictal activity | 05:40:36–17:41:39 1 m, 3 s |
Seizure not reported | |
| Ictal activity | 07:14:13–19:15:32 1 m, 19 s |
07:15 | Visions, seeing myself in bed – up to the left – boathouses, less than 1 min. Watching TV: Lots of flashings up to the left; first visions on the screen; the notepaper looks different. Visions on the wall lasting about 1 min. My sight is very poor; cannot read what I am writing. |
| No ictal activity | 07:35 | Watching TV/looking out of the window: Poor vision, as if I am not wearing lenses, but they are both in place. | |
| No ictal activity | 08:30 | Lots of hallucinations in my entire visual field; scenery etc.; mixed with what is actually in the room. I know what is real, as I recall how it looked like a couple of minutes ago. The room changes – gets smaller and darker, then bigger and brighter, but I know what is real. The hallucinations last less than 1 min, but come and go with short intervals. Poor vision makes me unable to control my spelling. | |
| Ictal activity | 10:59:43–11:01:14 1 m, 31 s |
11:00 | Surfing on the mobile: Hallucinations appear as soon as I start reading. See many things on the walls for about 30 s. My eyesight gets worse. Difficult to read, even large font. |
SMS, short message service (cell phone).