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Coffee and seizures

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 17:35
Is there any relationship between coffee and seizures? I have heard conflicting advice. My doctors say that there is no research that proves there is a direct relationship between coffee and seizures. What do you think? I know that coffee can cause insomnia and anxiety.

Comments

Since I've had seizures for

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2015-05-18 - 11:50
Since I've had seizures for over 20 years resulting from a car accident, for the last 10 years, I've been trying to figure out what triggers them.  Your post was 122 days ago, but I hope someone reads this.  I agree totally with your post...I've always drank/used a lot of caffeine (Pepsi, tea, chocolate, etc) and the only actual substance that I can relate to seizures is coffee.  It is either because of the amount of caffeine in coffee, which is questionable, or something else that affects me.  And even 1 cup, if it's strong, will cause a partial, especially if the barometric pressure is low or going down.Thanks for your experiment...hope you're doing fine. 

Coffee very much impacts my

Submitted by awakeful on Sat, 2020-04-11 - 16:47
Coffee very much impacts my sleep, regardless of when I drink it. Sleep quality very much impacts the chance I will have a seizure. So, yes, coffee does influence seizures and epilepsy for some people.

Hello and thanks a lot for

Submitted by tojoko on Sun, 2020-06-28 - 09:54

Hello and thanks a lot for the input, especially to nicknick119 for the recommandation of having some coffee but not too much and to Jessica for pointing out the difference between coffee and other things with caffeine (being neither so much of a problem nor of help, as far as i got it).However, fyi, there has been a study in the meantime that might be of interest for you:https://www.epilepsy.com/connect/forum-archive/medication-issues/coffee-and-seizures simply https://tinyurl.com/ya2pxrww

Hello and thanks a lot for the input, especially to nicknick119 for the recommandation of having some coffee but not too much and to Jessica for pointing out the difference between coffee and other things with caffeine (being neither so much of a problem nor of help, as far as i got it).However, fyi, there has been a study in the meantime that might be of interest for you:https://www.epilepsy.com/connect/forum-archive/medication-issues/coffee-and-seizures simply https://tinyurl.com/ya2pxrww

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