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Seizures caused by abdominal pain?
Wed, 11/04/2009 - 20:08Has anybody else every experienced a seizure caused by intense abdominal cramping? Every seizure I have ever had, I experienced this prior to the seizure. No doctor has found a reason for this. My first neurologist made the issue very serious and put me on Lamictal. I had no seizures while on Lamictal. My new neurologist (b/c i moved to a different state) thinks i'm just passing out and took me off of seizure medication. I've had three seizures since he took me off(all within a year and a half). My husband has witnessed almost all my seizures and everyone of them has begun with stiffing of my arms and legs followed by convolusion of my entire body. Most of my seizures last 4-5 minutes. Has anybody experienced their seizures being triggered by intense pain?? Does this sound like a seizure disorder or just syncope as my current nuerologist says. Thanks in advance for the feedback!
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Submitted by Love2ridebrandy on Tue, 2018-03-27 - 22:49
Hello friend, I to have the same thing and am seeking help but amongst me doing research I came upon this website from WebMD. I hope this helps and God bless https://www.webmd.com/epilepsy/guide/abdominal-epilepsy-in-children-and-adults
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Ok, it isn't necessarily
Submitted by Vanessa Gallego P. on Thu, 2017-10-12 - 15:14
Ok, it isn't necessarily abdominal epilepsy, which is a regular epilepsy episode (long term diagnosed) precedeed and followed by intense abdominal pain.After my mom presented the exact sort of seizure you and Will Bush discribed, I started research on specifically accute intestinal (not abdominal) pain, urge to defecate and loss of consciousness. I found your comments and thanks to your remark on how you drink water constantly, I added to my research the question "can you drink too much water?", And so, I found out that this is totally possible (to be overhydrated causing essesive urination followed by dehydration), also that there is something called "water intoxication" due to drinking too much water and the main consequences are fatigue, seizures and even death (https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318619.php). My mom has been drinking 20 big glasses of water daily during 35 years (she's 52), even when she's not thristy, her urine is completely clear and she is constantly tired, plus she already had 3 seizure episodes in her life. I don't know if you all drink more water than you should, but if so, I encourage you to read this article, so you can understand about this rare and serious condition. This is the formula to calculate your ideal daily water intake: Weight in lbs. (÷) 2.2 (×) age (×) 35 (÷) 28.3 (÷) 8 = cups of water a day.