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Food-Triggered Siezures

Sun, 05/18/2008 - 14:10
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 Seruzies on Sat, 2008-06-14 - 23:34
Without seeing this topic before, bananas are something I've craved ever since my seizures first started. Another craving is peanut butter and jelly, I hated eating it when I was younger. I usually keep a cut up honeydew mellon in the fridge to munch on, the riper it gets, the sweeter it is.

Re: Food-Triggered Siezures

Submitted by daniesbrwneyes on Thu, 2009-04-30 - 00:04
I started craving banannas to just after getting better and being sick.  When i was kid and my sz started i craved cheese alot though.

Re: Food-Triggered Siezures

Submitted by mattshelley on Mon, 2009-10-19 - 11:54

Bananas are a truly disgusting fruit. Unfortunately I have to eat at least two of them every week to keep my potassium level up. I have had a couple of seizures where I was told that my potassium level was low and maybe that was the cause. Supposedly there are other things you can eat to get the potassium, but it seems that bananas work best and fastest for me. Blecch! If I had a choice, I would rather eat my gym shoes.

Matt 

Bananas are a truly disgusting fruit. Unfortunately I have to eat at least two of them every week to keep my potassium level up. I have had a couple of seizures where I was told that my potassium level was low and maybe that was the cause. Supposedly there are other things you can eat to get the potassium, but it seems that bananas work best and fastest for me. Blecch! If I had a choice, I would rather eat my gym shoes.

Matt 

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