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Red Bull
Sat, 01/07/2006 - 21:45Topic: Living With Epilepsy - Youth
I am a student obviously and i drink a lot of Red Bull can that affect me and my meds?
Comments
Re: Re: Red Bull
Submitted by Seruzies on Wed, 2007-09-05 - 18:49
I drink a lot of Coke and coffee. Along with my meds, I still have seizures.
Re: Red Bull
Submitted by Emma_Elfeirr on Mon, 2007-07-30 - 17:44
I've read a lot of places that caffeine can have a bad effect on seizures, but my person experiences haven't always matched up with that. During this past school year, I'd buy a chocolate bar everyday which actually seemed to help with headaches I'd get and I actually had no seizures between Spring Break and the very last week of school. That last week, however, I had multiple seizures everyday. Caffeine made 2 of them a lot worse. The first of those two was after I had RockStar, Coke, candy, etc. and my best friend had a tonic clonic seizure. (I'd never actually seen anyone having a seizure and it wasn't until VERY recently that I finally accepted that I've been having seizures for nearly 2 years) The second was in the class I always bought a chocolate bar. It was our last real day in the class so I ended up having a lot more caffeine than usual and within a few minutes, my entire right side was seizing. Those two were my absolute worst seizures I've ever had and I think overdosing on caffeine played a part. In moderation, caffeine seems to be fine for me, and actually lowers my seizure frequency and intensity. So I'd say just be careful.