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stress related seizures

Fri, 06/10/2005 - 22:56
Has any one any information on stress related seizures.Has any one had them and what medications are you on with them.Any information will help

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RE: stress related seizures

Submitted by grez-monkey on Fri, 2005-06-10 - 22:56

chips,

Stress is just one of the most common 'triggers' for people to have seizures. Which specific seizure is a multiple guess. You, or anyone, can have a grand mal, or one of the partial seizures, an absence seizure [petit mal]. Again, a multiple guess. It varies from person to person, and from seizure to seizure.

Here's an example about some of mine. I come to a certian time point in a day, become stressed, and an aura [simple partial seizure] starts like a computer pop-up. Once it does I'll just begin to relax, even sit down somewhere and calm down. Then within 5 minutes, give or take, the seizure [pop-up] is over and done.

As for "what medication", a doctor [primarily a neurologist], will need information from you and from necessary tests, to reach a diagnosis if you're having seizures to begin with. If you are, then he or she can prescribe certain medication based on what specific seizure(s) are taking place, along with other considerations of age, gender, if you're on other medications for other current medical reasons. Plus, as needed, making dosage level adjustments to meet the most effective amount.

Have you gone in for any medical visit, tests and received a diagnosis of having any seizures? Any medications? Please feel free to share more about any of this and we'll continue with more explinations.

Hope this helps.

Bruce J

chips,

Stress is just one of the most common 'triggers' for people to have seizures. Which specific seizure is a multiple guess. You, or anyone, can have a grand mal, or one of the partial seizures, an absence seizure [petit mal]. Again, a multiple guess. It varies from person to person, and from seizure to seizure.

Here's an example about some of mine. I come to a certian time point in a day, become stressed, and an aura [simple partial seizure] starts like a computer pop-up. Once it does I'll just begin to relax, even sit down somewhere and calm down. Then within 5 minutes, give or take, the seizure [pop-up] is over and done.

As for "what medication", a doctor [primarily a neurologist], will need information from you and from necessary tests, to reach a diagnosis if you're having seizures to begin with. If you are, then he or she can prescribe certain medication based on what specific seizure(s) are taking place, along with other considerations of age, gender, if you're on other medications for other current medical reasons. Plus, as needed, making dosage level adjustments to meet the most effective amount.

Have you gone in for any medical visit, tests and received a diagnosis of having any seizures? Any medications? Please feel free to share more about any of this and we'll continue with more explinations.

Hope this helps.

Bruce J

RE: RE: stress related seizures

Submitted by chips on Sat, 2005-06-11 - 04:35
Bruce   had a eeg and MRI done all came back normaI a, right now Ativan and Epival are the med i am on but hes told me he thinks mine are more stress related seizures

RE: RE: stress related seizures

Submitted by chips on Sat, 2005-06-11 - 04:35
Bruce   had a eeg and MRI done all came back normaI a, right now Ativan and Epival are the med i am on but hes told me he thinks mine are more stress related seizures

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