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Caffeine and seizures
Tue, 01/30/2007 - 16:16Do all people with E get triggered by stimulants like caffeine? and if not, why would only some people have it as a trigger...why wouldn't be a universal trigger like sleep deprivation?
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Re: Caffeine and seizures
Submitted by captain101 on Mon, 2008-05-05 - 11:46
about this caffeine. my friend had at least 8 cups of coffee at night and I know that is not good for a 16 year old. I found the studies that caffeine is a stimulant and can calm down the ADD and ADHD people. my friend has changed and he had played video games all night and drank coffee. in the morning on sunday may 4th at sunny's, he fell into a seizure. I found further studies that too much caffeine can cause seizures if in large doses at young age and don't dose a lot before. I went to the hospital and did a cat scan on my friend and every test they did came back normal. if the caffeine has been doing this to people, then they need to put warning signs on the coffee containers about the wareabouts on caffeine. I don't want to have my friend drink more coffee. and if he has at least 2-4 cups, then i would get up and take it somewhere that he will never know where it is, even though he's my friend, i need to protect him always. I want people to understand what dangers it can cause to people with ADD and ADHD like me about overdose in caffeine.
Re: Caffeine and seizures
Submitted by captain101 on Mon, 2008-05-05 - 12:25
I'm saying that we can retaliate about putting warning signs on coffee products to tell them that they should have this many cups of coffee eveery day or every hour only if used to treat ADD and ADHD for speacial reasons and used for adults supervising. like I do, i get like 2 ever morning but the max. i can bring is 4-6 then I'm tired out of coffee till the next day. but when my friend started. he was about 15 when starting and he usually gets 1-3 cups every morning and the night before he had a seizure of it, he had about 6-7 cups. that's all I can remember. I only had at least 1/2 a cup that night and he thought i poored it down the drain. it's good that i took the last one becuase there are studies about people dieing on overdose in caffeine. we should bring this the to presidents attasntion or the head of the coffee industry. I just don't want to have my friend in that state any more.
Re: Caffeine and seizures
Submitted by aisteach79 on Mon, 2010-11-22 - 10:51
While I don't think that caffeine has brought on any seizures for me, it has contributed to anxiety and panic attacks since my diagnosis. I have stopped drinking anything with caffeine and cut way down on sugars. It seems to help, but it slows my cognitive abilities and makes me much more drowsy!
While I don't think that caffeine has brought on any seizures for me, it has contributed to anxiety and panic attacks since my diagnosis. I have stopped drinking anything with caffeine and cut way down on sugars. It seems to help, but it slows my cognitive abilities and makes me much more drowsy!