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any advise would help
Fri, 09/05/2014 - 00:24Hello I am william and i am 18 years old. I never have had a seizure that i was aware of until november of last year. First i had to cope without having a car and losing my independance, then in addition i had to deal with everyone in my life being concerned and just genearally sometimes overbearing. I am lucky enough to have a great friends and family so that getting around was less of an issue. However, i am going off to college now and recently i have been advised to stop drinking all together. i didnt take this seriously until i had two seizures in one week. One of which i was lazy tubing in a local river. I am very lucky that somehow i did not fall out of my tube and die. I am going to a huge state college where partying is a way of life. Not going to lie i loved to have fun, which often involved binge drinking. all of the changes have been hard to deal with. As soon as i have gotten used to one thing another changes. I know that i have to do what is right for my health, but suddenly stoping typical recreational activities right before going to your freshman year of college is very hard. I have to sit in bars or houses resisting temtation almost everyday. I know that i cant, and ultimately in the end i will not give in to peir pressure. However, it is still very hard to deal with especially considering the timing. please, does anyone have any advise that would help me make it through my day by day? because the feeling of being left out and knowing that you are dragging down other peoples nights has just put my mind in a very depressed state. So once again please if anyone hase any expiereince with this and any advise to give please write, any advise would help.
OK I understand your issues.
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2014-09-11 - 16:04
OK I understand your issues. I too went to college and also wanted to go have fun with friends. I also knew I needed to keep from going too far. Drinking is supposed to be a NO_NO. But you will hear different things from different neurologists. I know I have heard it from almost all of my neurologists and that would be about 12-15 in the last 50+ years. A lot will say NO DRINKING, Which is fine. I have also heard a drink now and then will not hurt but to watch the amount you drink and when you drink it. If you want to have fun with your friends by all means do. I went to clubs and bars with mine and danced and had all kinds of fun. My drinking was limited to alcoholic drink or 2 beers in 4 hour span. OK I know that a person will want to by a drink for you now and then just like mine did. I told the bartenders my alcoholic limit and that after that drink all the others would have to be non alcoholic. Hey your friends wouldn't know unless they drank from your glass. Shirlet Temples look just lie everybody elses but have no alcohol. They also have a thing called Near Beer. Looks like a beer but no alcohol. Get to know the bar tenders and you can have fun with your friends. Also let at least 1 of them know your alcohol limits so they can watch out for you. Besides there should be 1 person not drinking so everybody can be driven home.