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Can seizures be caused by birth control?

Fri, 02/22/2008 - 17:02

Now, I know some of you may think this is strange, but here goes:

I'm 21 and have had only 2 seizures in my life. One in April of last year and the other in August.  Both were after being on birth control (tri-cyclen lo, to be exact) for 3 months. I stopped taking my birth control after my seizure in April, but I didn't really think anything of it. I wasn't seeing anyone at the time so I just didn't really want it in my system. I started taking my birth control again in June after I met a new guy. After I had the seizure in August (late August) I started to think maybe it was caused by my birth control. The neurologist that was assigned to me said that it was entirely 100% impossible, but my family physician told me there was always a chance. 

I have been completely off my birth control since that last seizure and have not been taking any medications either. I feel a lot healthier and I haven't had a single problem since then, but the neurologist still will not listen to my input about why I think this happened.

I sat down with one of my girl friends that also has epilepsy and told her what was going on. She told me that the same thing happened to her when she started taking the pill but that none of the neurologists here believed her. She went to a husband and wife team in Quebec (way far away) and they told her that it was entirely possible that it was her birth control that caused it.

Anyways, has this happened to anyone else? 

Comments

Re: Can seizures be caused by birth control?

Submitted by acs2008 on Sat, 2009-06-20 - 18:43
Hi pagem.  Yes, I only have seizures in my sleep and I've never heard of anyone else who does.  My experience seems very similar to yours; maybe we should talk?

Re: Can seizures be caused by birth control?

Submitted by JeriP on Tue, 2010-03-30 - 09:41

Oh my god, you have no idea how big of relief it is to me to just now find this!

I'm 23 years old, and I have seizures only in my sleep.

I have never had seizures in my life. My obgyn put me on Yaz. I took Yaz ONCE and that night I had the strangest and most painful migraine I've ever experienced, and immediately stopped taking it. Not long after, I started having seizures at night. I've been so scared over this, and have just today made an appointment with my doctor. Seeing this page I feel so much better, because I bet it's been the pill that has caused my problems. After I find more out, I'll post up more about this issue. 

I can't believe that taking one pill one time may have possibly caused these issues for me!

Oh my god, you have no idea how big of relief it is to me to just now find this!

I'm 23 years old, and I have seizures only in my sleep.

I have never had seizures in my life. My obgyn put me on Yaz. I took Yaz ONCE and that night I had the strangest and most painful migraine I've ever experienced, and immediately stopped taking it. Not long after, I started having seizures at night. I've been so scared over this, and have just today made an appointment with my doctor. Seeing this page I feel so much better, because I bet it's been the pill that has caused my problems. After I find more out, I'll post up more about this issue. 

I can't believe that taking one pill one time may have possibly caused these issues for me!

Re: Can seizures be caused by birth control?

Submitted by JamminJamie on Tue, 2009-06-23 - 02:37
I also only have seizures in my sleep. My Neurologist says he has never seen anyone like me before, nor have I ever met anyone like myself. So, i guess we're not alone :)

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