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do i have legitimate epilepsy or did i just party too much?
Tue, 10/17/2006 - 22:26Comments
Re: do i have legitimate epilepsy or did i just party too much?
Submitted by 74chev on Mon, 2010-07-19 - 23:10
My finance has had two seizures in the past four months. He has never had anything like this before. He is 26 and is healthy. He occasionally drinks socially and has a job that requires shift changes, which often leads to lack of sleep. Since his second seizure, we have been worried about why it happened again. He takes his meds on time, but he was drinking the day he had the second one. He drank two beers (which he drinks occasionally) and two Jack and cokes. So, he wasn't drunk at all.
We know alcohol is not good if you have seizures but drinking beer moderately never was a problem. Has anyone had a problem with hard alcohol like Jack? We think lack of sleep might have contributed too.
My finance has had two seizures in the past four months. He has never had anything like this before. He is 26 and is healthy. He occasionally drinks socially and has a job that requires shift changes, which often leads to lack of sleep. Since his second seizure, we have been worried about why it happened again. He takes his meds on time, but he was drinking the day he had the second one. He drank two beers (which he drinks occasionally) and two Jack and cokes. So, he wasn't drunk at all.
We know alcohol is not good if you have seizures but drinking beer moderately never was a problem. Has anyone had a problem with hard alcohol like Jack? We think lack of sleep might have contributed too.
Re: do i have legitimate epilepsy or did i just party too much?
Submitted by apmast on Tue, 2008-03-11 - 21:58
The truth is that everybody has a seizure threshold. You're seems to be reduced by certain factors, a fast lifestyle, and drugs & alcohol. Alcohol lowers your threshold when it begins to leave your body. Cocaine stimulates your CNS and could potentially trigger a seizure. Coffee can too!
I stopped taking my Dilantin after 5 years of seizure free nights. I lived a very decent lifesyle and still ended up having a seizure and returned to my meds. The question you have to ask yourself is, what kind of life do you want to live? If you want to party, you're going to have to know that you're putting yourself at risk for seizures. Also, once you've had seizures, it's likely that you're have them again, drug-free or not.
I personally chose to clean up my life and focus on my education and family life. But, the choice is always yours!
Cheers, Andrew
The truth is that everybody has a seizure threshold. You're seems to be reduced by certain factors, a fast lifestyle, and drugs & alcohol. Alcohol lowers your threshold when it begins to leave your body. Cocaine stimulates your CNS and could potentially trigger a seizure. Coffee can too!
I stopped taking my Dilantin after 5 years of seizure free nights. I lived a very decent lifesyle and still ended up having a seizure and returned to my meds. The question you have to ask yourself is, what kind of life do you want to live? If you want to party, you're going to have to know that you're putting yourself at risk for seizures. Also, once you've had seizures, it's likely that you're have them again, drug-free or not.
I personally chose to clean up my life and focus on my education and family life. But, the choice is always yours!
Cheers, Andrew