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Marijuana Induced Seizure?

Thu, 01/10/2019 - 11:31
So, I've been experincing some pretty weird feelings that I think are seizure related, Brought on by Marijuana, It is not the first time that this has happend. So I am currently 18 and I had my first "Seizure" when I was 15. Why I put quotation marks is because. I'm not totally sure what happend. So lets go back to when I was 15, I was watching a movie and smoking some bud. By myself, I felt fine at the time. I smoked a full bowl, So I got up and again, I felt fine, I got to the kitchen which was right outside my bedroom and got some ice and filled up my water and got some pizza, My brother was also in the kitchen, I went to go back to my room (5 feet or so away from the kitchen) and once I got to my door I got an overwhelming buzzing in my whole entire body. Very heavily in my head. It was too much. Felt like a million wasp were inside my head/body. Best way I can describe it, Anyways I sat down on the ground right there infront of my door and grabbed my head and breathed. My brother asked if I was okay I said yeah when I really wasn't, That's the last thing I remember while in consciousness. I went through a whole bunch of memorys and everything I thought about, I seen. I geuss you could say. It was a strange feeling to say the least. Meanwhile in conscious world my brother said I was sitting down and he asked if I was okay and he said I responded "yes" and then immediately slammed my head on the ground in front on me and then I went back and hit my head on the wall and back to the ground again and then started convulsing for about 3-5 seconds, It was so loud that my parents thought we were fighting and came in there. Next thing I remember is waking up to my family standing over me asking If I was okay and trying to get me to snap out of it. I was very confused and in a almost dreamy like state. I eventually came to it after about a minute or two minutesof sitting there and got off the ground and went and sat on my bed. I was very weak for about 30 minutes, Having trouble standing and not talking very clearly, Slurring. From then on it was hell. Whenever I would smoke I would get that "Seizury" feeling. Sometimes it wasn't as bad. Sometimes I thought I was going to die. (Also note I would take 1 hit and feel overwhelmingly high. Everytime) I'd sometimes feel this way sober. Not nearly as bad though. It got so bad one time I begged my family to call an ambulance. I was at the hospital for hours, They ran EEG's, Blood test, Cat scans, Etc. Everything came up normal. Everything. They sent me to a neurologist and he came to the conclusion that I just. Passed out and hit my head and had a seizure from the force of me hitting my head, At that point I didn't know what to do. So I quit smoking at the end of a June. Said I'm done if I'm going to feel this way. I was good from then on. I was scared to smoke and I hated that I was scared to smoke. Fast forward to February. I was hanging out with my girlfriend and she had some weed and asked if I wanted to smoke. I was like. Only a small hit. Did it. I felt fine. I smoked alot that day because I missed it so much. I felt fine. And then I didn't smoke too much after that. Only a hit like once after that a month later. Felt fine then too. So fast forward to June of 2018 (or somewhere around there) I start smoking again, Full-time. Everyday. Felt fine up until about a week ago. Around January 3rd, I was hanging out by myself listening to music. Smoking. Felt fine and then 4:20 came along and I took about 3-4 hits, One after another. Then I felt very Disoriented, Clamy and mild buzzing throughout my body. I calmed down and layed down flat and just breathed. It eventually got better. But now. Everytime I smoke. Even the tiniest amounts. One hit and I'm almost too high. And I get that seizury feeling. But lately I've been feeling this way all day everyday ( I still smoke daily but cut back alot, Maybe half a bowl throughout entire day. Even if that) It is over whelming. I've done some research and I get that "Aura" feeling. I feel like I'm not there. Feel out of body in a way. My ears will ring.  Almost like a warning sign I geuss you could say. I can't explain the feeling. Can't really explain it at all. I don't know how to tell people what's wrong with me. Almost feels like De Ja Vu. I get lost in thoughts, Simply by the way my fingers feel to one another will make me feel this way. I wake up everyday now feeling drained of energy. I don't know how to explain. I feel fatigued. I'm not sure what's wrong with me. Not sure where to post this really. I just really want help. Marijuana is very benificial to me in many ways which is why I am here. I do not want to quit but I also don't want to feel this way. I want to know how I can fix this. If I can fix this. Talk with anyone who may have experienced the same feeling. Any responses would be GREATLY appriciated. Any personal experiences are also very appriciated. Any input on what I should do is also appriciated (P.S. Sorry for the very long post. Didn't expect it to be this long. I could still add more but. I'll just cut it short here) Thank you in advance! :)

Comments

Are you using an indica,

Submitted by willjer27 on Wed, 2019-04-03 - 02:27
Are you using an indica, sativa, or hybrid?  It has always been the indica that has worked for me.  the Sativa and hybrid always have given me the symptoms that you speak of.  I was diagnosed when I was 15 I am now 33.  Congrats on saving all that money on bud though.  lol

I did experience something

Submitted by BlueTrane on Mon, 2019-05-13 - 12:38
I did experience something similar to what your describing. I was about your age when it happened and I`m 50 now. Never smoked much weed back then, about a gram a week or less. I had a pretty steady dealer at the time who always had the same weed. One day he got some new stuff and offered me some and after one puff the same thing happened to me kinda like you described. I do have epilepsy and I was having seizures at the time. It felt just like one. I don`t know it was the potency or sudden change in strains or what but I quit smoking weed all together after that until about 3 months and it`s never happened again. Back then I used to take a big puff and hold the smoke in my lungs thinking it would get me higher. I was recently advised not to do this. Another thing I was warned about was clogged pipes or joints that are rolled to tight. Breath it in, don`t suck it in. Staying well hydrated seems to help to.   

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