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Morning Seizures after Drinking

Mon, 11/29/2010 - 14:34
Hi, To keep it brief, I had my first seizure on May 18 after a night of heaving drinking for a friends birthday. That day I had picked up Red Dead Redemption and was excited to play it, so probably only slept about 6-7 hours before waking and immediately going to the TV. Next thing I know I am surrounded by paramedics and being rushed to hospital. So I have normal CT, EEG, and MRI, and my neuro tells me that I have a mild seizure disorder, and since I had absence as a small child it may just be flaring up because of the partying/videogame combination. He opts not to put me on medication. A month later I had 2 more seizures a week apart, both after a night of partying for my cousins stag and wedding. After visiting my neuro again he still insists that I do not need to go on medication, and should simply curtail my party lifestyle. After that I went a solid 3.5 months before having another one, which was yesterday, again after drinking. To add to the drinking I am also a chronic marijuana smoker in that I smoke daily. I would prefer not to have to go back to my neuro because I have moved and do not want to start the no driving countdown again. Again, all my seizures have occurred first thing in the morning, usually around breakfast. Any advice, help, or similar stories would be awesome. Thank you very much, I am really scared to lose the life I love of extreme sports, fast cars, and living on the edge. Thanks

Comments

You should not sleep 2hours

Submitted by DaveyTaylor on Mon, 2019-01-28 - 22:55
You should not sleep 2hours after getting drunk and smoking because it increases your seizures. If you drink you should only have beer or champagne not some booze,whiskey etc its to strong. In my opinion after getting hammered you should sleep at least for 12 hours and more because you gotta sleep man but drinking is not great for eplipsy but it kind of sucks when everybody is drinking around you.

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