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Food-Triggered Siezures
Sun, 05/18/2008 - 14:10Comments
Re: Food-Triggered Siezures
Submitted by gerling on Sat, 2009-12-19 - 22:41
Every time I pass a fast food resturant I have a seizure. It might be due to the various creepy mascots associated with them, particularly Ronald McDonald, Big Boy and the unsettling, acid-dropping Buger King man. No wonder I'm prone to frequent status epilepticus, considering the ubiquitous nature of these icons of American dining. My advice is to put on blinders as you board the bus.
Every time I pass a fast food resturant I have a seizure. It might be due to the various creepy mascots associated with them, particularly Ronald McDonald, Big Boy and the unsettling, acid-dropping Buger King man. No wonder I'm prone to frequent status epilepticus, considering the ubiquitous nature of these icons of American dining. My advice is to put on blinders as you board the bus.
Re: Food-Triggered Siezures
Submitted by maBenzi on Sat, 2009-12-19 - 08:05
I have found that recently red meat gives me absence seizures!! I really, really wanted a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich. I enjoyed it . Had an absence seizure as I sat down after and started knitting. So my husband thinks it is the knitting. No. The knitting calms me. I am vegetarian with fish and ocassionally chicken. Lots of greens, folates, seem to help me feel better, too. Thai food has a lot of potassium in the sauces that is used as flavourant. And their flavourings are high in MSG. I ask for the food without the sauce...they bring mine on the side. I ask for my salads without dressing unless the chef makes it without flavoured sauces.
It makes me sound like a pain in the ... but it is easier than explaining my condition. Fresh organic food always helps control my seizures. And coffee is no trigger for me.
If your seizures are in your limbic system, could food smells trigger your absence seizures?
I have found that recently red meat gives me absence seizures!! I really, really wanted a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich. I enjoyed it . Had an absence seizure as I sat down after and started knitting. So my husband thinks it is the knitting. No. The knitting calms me. I am vegetarian with fish and ocassionally chicken. Lots of greens, folates, seem to help me feel better, too. Thai food has a lot of potassium in the sauces that is used as flavourant. And their flavourings are high in MSG. I ask for the food without the sauce...they bring mine on the side. I ask for my salads without dressing unless the chef makes it without flavoured sauces.
It makes me sound like a pain in the ... but it is easier than explaining my condition. Fresh organic food always helps control my seizures. And coffee is no trigger for me.
If your seizures are in your limbic system, could food smells trigger your absence seizures?