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Food-Triggered Siezures

Sun, 05/18/2008 - 14:10
Topic: Living With Epilepsy - Adults
So I have never found a trigger my siezures beyond them occuring around my period...but I think I might be on to something. Maybe even something that might give me the origin to my seizures- since they haven't found anything on my CT scans or MRI. I went out for Thai food this week and last to a specific place. I had a small siezure right after eating both times. The first time I didn't think much of it since I was on my period, but it was my only one that week (odd, I didn't have more that cycle) but the second time I looked at my plate suspiciously. I had crab rangoon both times, but I had it once before at this place and didn't react so *scratch*... However, I recalled the number of times in the past four years that my seziues began at the dinner table. Some of my worst ones began at the dinner table. Could I have an allergy to something? Why would I not be reacting to it more often outside the time of my period? Some minor research does pull up that allergies are stronger during menstration. Could I be more predisposed to a reaction then when my seizure threshhold is lower as is? I'm going to have to keep track of what I eat now. Does anyone else have anything similar to this, or heard of it? Is it a possibility?

Comments

Re: Food-Triggered Siezures

Submitted by ROCKNROLL on Tue, 2008-06-03 - 00:31

MAY I ASK WHAT SOY, HYPOTHYROID AND SEIZURES HAVE IN COMMON? I AM HYPOTHYROID. I KNOW WHEN I AM NOT ON THE RIGHT DOSE OF SYNTHYROID, I HAVE MORE SEIZURES, BUT DON'T KNOW CORRELATION WITH SOY. 

SUGAR IS A TRIGGER FOR ME. I DON'T EAT MUCH SUGAR, IT MAKES ME FEEL AWFUL, BUT WHEN I AM SICK, POSSIBLY MS, BUT DONT KNOW YET, IT DEFINITELY TRIGGERS SEIZURES.  I NEVER DRINK ANY ALCOHOL. ONE SIP OF BEER AND I AM SPINNING. AND NEVER, EVER HAVE CAFFIENE!    

 I USE ALL CAPS FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED. I WISH YOU PEACE, LOVE, BLESSINGS, JOY.........JAN

MAY I ASK WHAT SOY, HYPOTHYROID AND SEIZURES HAVE IN COMMON? I AM HYPOTHYROID. I KNOW WHEN I AM NOT ON THE RIGHT DOSE OF SYNTHYROID, I HAVE MORE SEIZURES, BUT DON'T KNOW CORRELATION WITH SOY. 

SUGAR IS A TRIGGER FOR ME. I DON'T EAT MUCH SUGAR, IT MAKES ME FEEL AWFUL, BUT WHEN I AM SICK, POSSIBLY MS, BUT DONT KNOW YET, IT DEFINITELY TRIGGERS SEIZURES.  I NEVER DRINK ANY ALCOHOL. ONE SIP OF BEER AND I AM SPINNING. AND NEVER, EVER HAVE CAFFIENE!    

 I USE ALL CAPS FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED. I WISH YOU PEACE, LOVE, BLESSINGS, JOY.........JAN

Re: Food-Triggered Siezures

Submitted by Meow on Tue, 2008-06-03 - 02:21

 

They say that soy has phytohormones (plant estrogen esp.) but I suppose it could also throw your thyroid system out of whack too. It is worth testing on your own, at least.

 

They say that soy has phytohormones (plant estrogen esp.) but I suppose it could also throw your thyroid system out of whack too. It is worth testing on your own, at least.

Re: Food-Triggered Siezures

Submitted by uberzwitter on Tue, 2008-06-03 - 11:32

Well, cutting out soy in your diet if your hypothyroid is necessary. It causes your hormone production to drop, as does broccoli, cauliflower, strawberries, wheat, and a whole list that you can find online. Eating these things make you feel better for a while, and used to be recommended to hypothroid sufferers, because it causes the thyroid to grow in an attempt to help itself (e.i. goiters!). What the siezures have in common, I have read research saying that nothing- yet I discovered my hypothyroidism when it took me to the emergency room with severe dizziness and a rapid heartbeat that lasted days until they gave me the synthroid. I had *alot* of seizures in that time frame despite being pumped with a new drug through IV, Dilantin, so I'm skeptical that hypothryoidism can't at least aggravate epilepsy.

I've never considered sugar, however I was in the emergency room again yesterday (picked up from a RESTAURANT!) and the nurse looked at my glucose and remarked "Did you have a slice of pie?" Umm...no. A bite of pancake though and some sugar in my coffee. But not that much...

So yeah, try cutting those things out of your diet so your not working against your synthroid levels. 

 

 

Well, cutting out soy in your diet if your hypothyroid is necessary. It causes your hormone production to drop, as does broccoli, cauliflower, strawberries, wheat, and a whole list that you can find online. Eating these things make you feel better for a while, and used to be recommended to hypothroid sufferers, because it causes the thyroid to grow in an attempt to help itself (e.i. goiters!). What the siezures have in common, I have read research saying that nothing- yet I discovered my hypothyroidism when it took me to the emergency room with severe dizziness and a rapid heartbeat that lasted days until they gave me the synthroid. I had *alot* of seizures in that time frame despite being pumped with a new drug through IV, Dilantin, so I'm skeptical that hypothryoidism can't at least aggravate epilepsy.

I've never considered sugar, however I was in the emergency room again yesterday (picked up from a RESTAURANT!) and the nurse looked at my glucose and remarked "Did you have a slice of pie?" Umm...no. A bite of pancake though and some sugar in my coffee. But not that much...

So yeah, try cutting those things out of your diet so your not working against your synthroid levels. 

 

 

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