Overheating as seizure trigger

I have been told not to get overheated, it can cause breakthrough seizures, originally I had petite, or simple partial seizures, now I get tonic/ clonic seizures, right temporal epilepsy. I hate it, often I come out of seizures crying.

My daughter and I live in Alvin,Tx. She works at WalMart and the Store Mgr. keeps the temp. at 80 degrees to save on elect. and increase his bonus. Customers complain & the workers also. Has that heat increased her seizures and strokes ?

Hello Judy! I've had seizures from being overheated since I was 10 and I'm now 33. I can't work around fire, heat, in the sun, or even just working out will trigger a seizure for me. Even in cold temperatures when I work hard enough it triggers a seizure since my body is overworked I guess. I have never figured out what I can do for a living other than live off of a SSDI check each month. But I've had 4 jobs in my lifetime. 3 out of the 4 jobs I had laid me off from having a seizure on the job within the first 2 weeks of hiring me. For the last 12 years I've been volunteering at a local hospital ER, EMU and Physical Therapy Unit since I haven't been able to get a job even when I hired 2 job seekers years ago. But I live in 1 of the worst cities in the U.S. if not the worst now. I grew up having from 1-8 grand mal seizures a day till I was 23. Had brain surgery ( Right Temporal Lobectomy surgery) when I was 13 that the neurosurgeon messed up on and instead of erasing my seizures, he erased my entire memory. It took 6 years for me to learn just my name back because I woke up from the brain surgery still having grand mal seizures, not knowing a word of English, who I was, where I was, who my family was, etc.etc. I went through high school not knowing anything while being bullied the whole time. About a year and a half later I had my first VNS put in me and on my 3rd one now. I'm down to having only 1-5 absence seizures a month instead of having 30+ grand mal seizures a month like I use too though. But I learned on my own that it is me being overheated that causes me to seizures while none of the many neurologists that I have seen over the years! My first step dad forced me to play baseball and football in Louisiana when I was one of the smartest kids in each of my schools. So for 5 years I played baseball and 2 years of football unless helping manage the football team counts as a 3rd season. But I was always passing out on the mound when pitching and during football games and practice.