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Caffeine and seizures

Tue, 01/30/2007 - 16:16
Do all people with E get triggered by stimulants like caffeine? and if not, why would only some people have it as a trigger...why wouldn't be a universal trigger like sleep deprivation?

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Re: Caffeine and seizures

Submitted by jasmine11 on Wed, 2011-10-12 - 02:16
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Re: Caffeine and seizures

Submitted by wakim82 on Tue, 2011-07-12 - 17:17
My most recent seizure seems linked to caffiene.  I have juvenile myochlonic epilepsy and when am having myocholonic jerks sometimes if I take small doses of caffiene the jerks will go away.  High doses of caffiene or other stimulants seem to bring on my myochlonic jerks.  Oddly enough caffiene has been the only stimulant that has been in my system for every one of my seizures.  My last seizure however I had taken a redline energy drink, some zantrex diet pills and some nos blast work out fuel.  Seems to me I'm fine as I keep moving when I load up on caffiene.  If I sit still I might start having myochlonic jerks, which in my case are a bad sign. 

Wow!!! my own post, forgot all about it

Submitted by wldhrt13 on Fri, 2011-07-15 - 20:20

guess my original thoughts were that when I drink any amounts of caffeine either in coke or cofffee what have you, immediately, my heart races, I get loads of PVC's ( pre-ventricular contractions) in my heart, and as soon as it hits my blood stream, I have Seizure actitivy.   been that way since I was old enough to start consuming caffeinated products.  why am I so sensitive and others with Epilespy are not?  why is there a difference?  what makes each of our lowered seizure thresholds different?  why is one persons thing strobe lights but another person alcohol?  why are all of us across the board suceptible to the same things?  but it does appear that most of us can't pull loss of sleep?

 

anyone take a crack at it?  my question was poorly phrased back then and is still probably poorly phrased now, sorry folks I'm brain damaged :(

guess my original thoughts were that when I drink any amounts of caffeine either in coke or cofffee what have you, immediately, my heart races, I get loads of PVC's ( pre-ventricular contractions) in my heart, and as soon as it hits my blood stream, I have Seizure actitivy.   been that way since I was old enough to start consuming caffeinated products.  why am I so sensitive and others with Epilespy are not?  why is there a difference?  what makes each of our lowered seizure thresholds different?  why is one persons thing strobe lights but another person alcohol?  why are all of us across the board suceptible to the same things?  but it does appear that most of us can't pull loss of sleep?

 

anyone take a crack at it?  my question was poorly phrased back then and is still probably poorly phrased now, sorry folks I'm brain damaged :(

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