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Smoking ..
Thu, 10/05/2006 - 08:06Me again ..
I was just wondering if anyone has seen a increase of activity or severity when they stopped smoking (ciggis) or similar.
Ta! :o)
Comments
Re: Smoking ..
Submitted by zombo09 on Wed, 2009-05-13 - 04:01
Yes, I did see an increase.
Re: Smoking ..
Submitted by Lovebug on Wed, 2009-05-13 - 09:52
I smoked a pack a day x 5 years and my neurologist told me not to quit. He said that with my epilepsy being uncontolled it was a bad time to add any more stress to my body. I quit anyway. I did it cold turkey. It was bad but I told my friends and my husband that this is what I wanted and since I can't drive they were the only ones who could get it for me. No matter how much I begged and pleaded 3 days into it they refused (as I requested). I threatened and hated them but within a week I was better. I have been without cigarettes for 2 months now and I am fine. I did not see a big increase in seizures but remember I am uncontolled anyway so I wouldn't know if it was from quitting or not. I figure it is always better to get as much poison out of your body as possible since the doctors like to prescribe their own.
Re: Smoking ..
Submitted by chrys on Tue, 2009-03-10 - 05:22
I started getting tonic clonic seizures at the age of 16. By the age of 18 I had had about 10 seizures. I started smoking and in the following 3 years only had 2 seizures. when i stopped smoking in my second year of university the frequency and severity of my seizures was amplified dramatically. At the ages of 23-25 I was getting about 1 seizure a week! I started smoking again just before the age of 26. I am now 27 and have only had 4 seizures in the last year.
I think that smoking is a disgusting habit and don't want to be a smoker. Does anyone here take anxiety medications that work? I've tried urbanol and herbal remedies, but none of them have worked.
to spcsangel, i am on keppra as well and it affects my moods terribly! I have been very aggressive and irritable, apathetic and nasty. It feels like each medication one takes requires another one just to treat the side effects!!!
I started getting tonic clonic seizures at the age of 16. By the age of 18 I had had about 10 seizures. I started smoking and in the following 3 years only had 2 seizures. when i stopped smoking in my second year of university the frequency and severity of my seizures was amplified dramatically. At the ages of 23-25 I was getting about 1 seizure a week! I started smoking again just before the age of 26. I am now 27 and have only had 4 seizures in the last year.
I think that smoking is a disgusting habit and don't want to be a smoker. Does anyone here take anxiety medications that work? I've tried urbanol and herbal remedies, but none of them have worked.
to spcsangel, i am on keppra as well and it affects my moods terribly! I have been very aggressive and irritable, apathetic and nasty. It feels like each medication one takes requires another one just to treat the side effects!!!