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Stress how does it effect your epilepsy?

Wed, 04/05/2006 - 04:04
Just how much does stress effect your epilepsy?

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Re: Stress how does it effect your epilepsy?

Submitted by spiz on Wed, 2006-04-05 - 04:34
Gina Marie, In my opinion...alot! Stress can be caused by so many factors that are known triggers for seizures. Such as lack of sleep, not eating correctly, getting too hot, etc. These factors can stress the body as well as the mind. Too often, we tend to forget the body suffers stress also. And with me, whether it's the body or mind, stress contributes to my seizures. Here's a link on stress that may help: http://www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/provoke_stress.html This may help also: http://www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/provoke_seizure.html Take care! -Spiz

Re: Re: Stress how does it effect your epilepsy?

Submitted by terrij on Tue, 2006-04-11 - 22:09
Gina Marie, The year that my mother was dying,my neurologist seen my stress and told me I was not allowed to drive and asked me to turn my drivers lisense in.He allowed me to reapply in 6months as long as I was seizure free.I was,he did,and I got my lisense back.But 6 months later I had high blood pressure and they say it is stress related.I now take lexapro for that. see ya,Terri

Re: Stress how does it effect your epilepsy?

Submitted by Gina Marie on Mon, 2006-05-08 - 09:59
Thank you both for your replies. I had had this notion lately that the increase in seizures from once a year, to maybe once a month, to now daily was because of the medication I'm on messing me up. But it dawns on me, rather belatedly, that maybe it's just my stress level is so high right now the medication can combat the effects of the stress on my brain? Just as an idea of stress level: I work in an understaffed, drug and rehab center third shift. My grandmother is extremely ill and is now on week two in the hospital in congestive heart failure that despite having a shunt put in the sack around her heart she's drowning basically, has had one heart attack while there and one stroke. We're having our house foreclosed on, have to be out by June 4th and have no place to go despite extensively searching for a new place. I have to put my dogs that I love so very much and have had for six years down on May 25th because none of the rescue/shelters.sanctuaries will take them and facing being homeless I can't take them with me. Plus I have to find new homes for the cats I adore. My car that my mother finally registered runs but from driving it (briefly and with someone else in the car to monitor me and take over in case of a problem) I have found the brakes, the exhaust and the horn all need to be replaced and a few other doodads. And somehow I managed to pop my tailbone out of place, my hip joint keeps coming out of the socket and the right side of my pelvis is turned. I'm in Physical therapy for that, which is more money I do not have, but I'm in agony so I have to pay it. Not to mention instead of being able to take my braces off my teeth, I now find out I have to wait longer..... so yeah, there's some of my stress. I thought I was handling my stress well but apparently not. I even get angry and suddenly the "brain shivers/goosebumps" start,and all the other aura and seizure like activities start in my brain and body. Even a simple disagreement aggrivates things, but a full out arguement had me on the floor. I don't know how to live a stress free life, do you?

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