Can seizures be caused by birth control?

I have had similar situations! I had my first seizure 5yrs ago before I was on birth control, I then started Nuvaring and I went 4yrs on birth control and with out any seizure medication and i didnt not have ANY seizures or any feeling or ora like i was going to have one! I then took myself off birth control and with in 2weeks of being off i had my first seizure,I was off the Nuvaring for a year and i had 5 seizures in a year. Then i started to get acne, extremely emotional and i started to gain weight. I went to a my doctor and all my hormones where out of wack(which is why i was feeling that way) so i automatically put my self back on birth control and have felt like a million bucks ever since. i didnt even think of putting the two together until recently when i realized that everything in my life is coming back to normal, meaning that i started to feel so much better!!!My neurologist said that the birth control and hormen levels could POSSIBLY not definetly have something to trigger it! So until i decide to have children i am going to keep myself on birth control! my only concern is when i am ready to have children, whats going to happen when i take my self off birth control will i have seizures again! will it effect my having children! oo i was having the seizures off the birth control and on the seizure medication!!!

Yes! I took birth control for 9 years (between ages 15 and 23.) I had never experienced a seizure and I have no family history of Epilepsy. I had my first tonic-clonic seizure 3 MONTHS after getting off birth control. Considering I had no family history, I thought the birth control was the obvious cause. However, the doctor I had at the time disagreed and insisted that my E was hereditary. He told me that the only reason I had my first seizure after getting off the pill, was because my body was returning to its natural hormonal level. Basically, that the pill had kept my E under control and I didn't even know it. (I was on progesterone.) All my seizures occurred 1 - 5 days prior to my period, so the pill regulating my hormones had prevented me from having seizures. I got off the pill because I would forget to take it on time and would use condoms to prevent the possibility of getting pregnant, so I figured what's the point in spending the money on it. I totally regret making that decision, especially because I fear now that getting back on birth control would cause me to have seizures again. I've been seizure-free for 2 years now and I really want to keep it that way. But I plan on discussing birth control with both my neuro and gyno soon, even though I'm still apprehensive about the whole thing. I currently take 450 mg of Lamictal daily; brand necessary. Generic prescriptions can come from different manufacturers, and the most minute differences in dosages that result from buying from different manufacturers, can lead to seizures in some people. So, my doctor chose to avoid that possibility, and writes on all my Rx's "Brand Necessary". That way my insurance will cover the ridiculous cost of the pills. So, in my case, it wasn't that coming off birth control caused my E, it just revealed it. Which sucks. I haven't tried any creams or treatments other than taking my Lamictal, and for a little while, taking Keppra. I plan to ask about taking progesterone, since several women have noted that taking estrogen brought on more seizures.