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Temperature Triggers?
Wed, 11/29/2006 - 13:37Hi, I was only recently diagnosed with epilepsy, and upon the suggestion of a friend who also has it I have been trying to document different things that could be my "triggers" for seizures and seizure activity. I have been having a lot of myoclonic seizures (mycolonic jerks? myoclonic activity? I'm not sure what the exact terminolgy is) lately and have been using it to try and figure what might be triggering them. So far, the only thing that I have noticed other than the obvious- being tired, lack of food- is that when I get into a car that has the heater turned on high, therefore being very hot, they seem to increase substantially. Has anyone else experienced, or know of anyone who has experienced, temperature fluctuations or high heat as being a trigger for seizures? I would like to have a little more information before insisting that my ride-givers turn their heat down before picking me up! :)
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Yes, my Ward, Anna, is
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2015-06-19 - 21:53
Yes, my Ward, Anna, is definitely more prone to Gran Mall Seizures in the summer when It hits 100 degrees. I have to make sure she stays cool.
I also get cold on my
Submitted by wickedlolita@gmail.com on Mon, 2014-08-18 - 06:52
I also get cold on my sholders, elbows, knees and head when it happens, along with some numbness. The first time was when I was 14 working in a kitchen, second one was when I was pulling a boiling bowl of soup out of the microwave, others were when I washing the dishes, having a shower, washing my hands, cooking, cuddling.... it's really very awful... sometimes before and after it happens I get this awful migraine and my eyes go weird -like I've got oily makeup remover in them... my vision keeps shifting, I see bright spots and blind spots and those nauseating 'falling spots ' I also see the strange squiggles and get this awful taste in my mouth and smell in my nose-like an air conditioner That's been sitting way too long and turned on in a small area. I get sick for days, sometimes without a seizure.
Hi Leeanne, Yes, I do have
Submitted by PippyLongstocking on Fri, 2018-03-16 - 14:48
Hi Leeanne, Yes, I do have similar symptoms before a seizure. Cold, chilled, sweaty, with a sudden need to lie down, and BOOM, seizures come. They are not fun but it is good to have folks like you out here to talk about it. I stop breathing often during my nocturnal clonic tonics.. Every night I go to bed, I wonder, is this going to be my last?