Living with Autoimmune Encephalopathy

This video interviews patients and family affected by Hashimoto's Encephalopathy. This cruel condition affects children and adults alike. Symptoms can be progressive or have a slow, sub-acute onset. These symptoms can include the following:

Symptoms:
confusion and disorientation
concentration and memory problems
personality changes
speech difficulties (usually transient)
tremors
muscle jerking (myoclonus)
impaired coordination and balance (ataxia)
headaches
disorientation
seizures or seizure-like events
partial paralysis (transient)
sleep abnormalities
psychosis
coma

For more information about this disease and Hashimoto's Encephalopathy/SREAT Alliance, please visit http://www.hesaonline.org.