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Food-Triggered Siezures

Sun, 05/18/2008 - 14:10
So I have never found a trigger my siezures beyond them occuring around my period...but I think I might be on to something. Maybe even something that might give me the origin to my seizures- since they haven't found anything on my CT scans or MRI. I went out for Thai food this week and last to a specific place. I had a small siezure right after eating both times. The first time I didn't think much of it since I was on my period, but it was my only one that week (odd, I didn't have more that cycle) but the second time I looked at my plate suspiciously. I had crab rangoon both times, but I had it once before at this place and didn't react so *scratch*... However, I recalled the number of times in the past four years that my seziues began at the dinner table. Some of my worst ones began at the dinner table. Could I have an allergy to something? Why would I not be reacting to it more often outside the time of my period? Some minor research does pull up that allergies are stronger during menstration. Could I be more predisposed to a reaction then when my seizure threshhold is lower as is? I'm going to have to keep track of what I eat now. Does anyone else have anything similar to this, or heard of it? Is it a possibility?

Comments

Re: Food-Triggered Siezures

Submitted by maBenzi on Sat, 2009-12-19 - 08:19
Thanks for the research...I love everything on the list.

Re: Food-Triggered Siezures

Submitted by breanna on Tue, 2008-06-03 - 13:12

I read on a fact sheet of the epilepsy.com website that seizures can be triggered by emotional stress. Personally I find eating certain foods emotionally stressful, e.g., anything I know is unhealthy or that reminds me of some event that I found stressful. Also, maybe consider the people you were dining with and how you feel around them. Assess other environmental factors of the restaurant you were in, e.g, was it overly noisy, smelling, crowded, hot, cold, dimly lit or too bright....

Good luck : ) 

I read on a fact sheet of the epilepsy.com website that seizures can be triggered by emotional stress. Personally I find eating certain foods emotionally stressful, e.g., anything I know is unhealthy or that reminds me of some event that I found stressful. Also, maybe consider the people you were dining with and how you feel around them. Assess other environmental factors of the restaurant you were in, e.g, was it overly noisy, smelling, crowded, hot, cold, dimly lit or too bright....

Good luck : ) 

Re: Food-Triggered Siezures

Submitted by daniesbrwneyes on Fri, 2009-04-17 - 23:36
I know emotion does i got rid of 1 big emotion in my life holding me down and was doing better.

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