Smoking weed

Hey there By no means a Dr but I have had epilepsy ...Rather sever for 20+ years . On a ton of tegretol to control it . Finally after many years put together on my own that it was actually helping control it ! I attempted to stop and had seziures ! If it is a concern abt smoking pot ... There is always cbd oils which don't have thc in them usually you need to check . And seem to work just as well . I on the other hand enjoy the thc for it's ability to put me to sleep :) but that's personal . Theres much speculation and debate abt it but nobody can convince me that it doesn't help :) it also helped me with a lot of the side effects of the meds ... 1800mg of tegretol a day . A good nite sleep helps with seziure control so being able to get one is amazing :) just wanted to put my 2 cents in ...Any questions pls leave me a msg :)Cricket

I'd say alcohol is higher risk for breakthrough seizures than cannabis but I too am no dr. Cannabis has helped me with pain from my back injury and from seizures and to sleep but it has unfortunately not stopped me from having the seizures themselves. It works for some people including young children though. The specific strain can make a difference as some tend to put you to sleep and mellow you out more than others that can be more exciting and energetic feeling which for some people may or may not be a good thing. For that reason it takes some trial and  error -similar to trying out different anti-epileptic drugs to see what works. This is why pretty much  all medical cannabis clinics offer 100% satisfaction incase a particular strain doesn't work for you you can get your money back or exchange it for another one. I took keppra for about a year and continued to use cannabis daily during that time. For me the cannabis also helped to mellow out some of the side effects I experienced from the keppra which I now know I am allergic to. If you decide to try it, try very small amounts so that at first you don't really feel much of anything so then if it doesn't agree with you, you just won't like it instead of having a really bad reaction to it. Then you can try another strain and/or slightly more to test out how it makes you feel. If it makes you fell better in anyway it is working on some level. Also remember smoking isn't the only option, I quit smoking and only vaporize or eat edibles or use concentrated cannabis oil. Smoking is still very effective and fast but it includes carcinogens from the smoking process.