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What Causes Tiredness, Drowsiness, Unsteady Gait And Slurred Speech?

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Posted on Sat, 20 Jun 2015
Question: I have epelepcy since 15 now 63, lately feeling very tired and have to fight to not fall a sleep and walking becomes off balance and speech is off. My children have seen it happen today. I think no one believed me at first.
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Answered by Dr. Ajay Panwar (1 hour later)
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Hi XXXX,
Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com.
I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist,here to answer your query.

If you would have presented to me as an outpatient,I would have asked you the following details in order to answer your query well-

1)Are you on any medications for epilepsy?If yes,please give detailed medication history?
2)What do you mean by 'fight not to fall asleep'?Everybody sleeps at night.Is it day time,that you are fighting not to fall asleep?I just did not understand this statement.
3)Walking becomes off balance-Is it episodic?If yes,for how long does the episode last?Please describe this in detail.
4)Speech is off-What exactly happens?Is it episodic too?Tell details.

Please follow-up with details so that I can answer your query well.

Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
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What Causes Tiredness, Drowsiness, Unsteady Gait And Slurred Speech?

Brief Answer: Please follow-up with some details: Detailed Answer: Hi XXXX, Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com. I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist,here to answer your query. If you would have presented to me as an outpatient,I would have asked you the following details in order to answer your query well- 1)Are you on any medications for epilepsy?If yes,please give detailed medication history? 2)What do you mean by 'fight not to fall asleep'?Everybody sleeps at night.Is it day time,that you are fighting not to fall asleep?I just did not understand this statement. 3)Walking becomes off balance-Is it episodic?If yes,for how long does the episode last?Please describe this in detail. 4)Speech is off-What exactly happens?Is it episodic too?Tell details. Please follow-up with details so that I can answer your query well. Regards Dr.Ajay Panwar, MD,DM(Neurology)