Epilepsy Triggers

[Woodland]

I've noticed that the scrolling of the computer screen/page gets to me as well. Not the flashing lights or the brightness of the screen, but the quick scrolling from the top to the bottom of the page.

Steven

[Crystal11]

I have complex partial seizures and over the years I have noticed a more sensativity to seizures if i haven't eaten in a good while- i noticed this in college when i chose not to eat a real meal in the cafeteria! LOL There are just some things you cannot eat! Hehehehe.
Getting 3-4 hours of sleep a night for a fews days does it for me.. I am almost sure a seizure weather shorter or long complex partial will happen.. I try to rest when I can without taking too many naps- but neurologist told me never to take naps since it messed up your night time schedule and you don't ever really sleep.
Caffine gives me tachycardia which makes it hard to breath but not a heart attack or anything- just fast heart rate that I take medication to stop the episode. Sometimes I go to ER for Ativan which really sucks..
Anyways, slow moving light or patterns can do it but not very common to see things like that plus i have limited vision..

I hope everyone is well- take care
-CM

[AJsmom]

The majority of my daughter's seizures coincided with illness - as she is 12, sickness is her biggest stress. Could be your immune system or just the stress of an "alien" attacking your body. The brain is such a mystery!

[Chris515]

For me it is lack of sleep. A night with less than 5 hours will certainly give me trouble... plus returning to locations or situations where I had a seizure previously. I had a partial simple while looking at a flashing yellow traffic light once, traffic lights have caused me trouble ever since.

[LuvMyTwins]

Lack of sleep is by far the greatest trigger that I have. Stress, I'm usually able to handle, but am finding that the "pent up" stress catches up with me after a while. Most recently, my stomach has been a trigger. I have some form of either parasite, candida, or virus (for 8 months) and it definitely puts stress on my body (causes hypoglycemia, etc.).---LMT

[brain]

Bumping this thread back up!
Great discussion here! For all of our new
folks who've walked into our doors in CWE!

[McGill]

That's what my PCP and neurologist are looking
at now, it seems mine are all tripping just before
mine starts - but I've been bouncing back and
forth between menopause and menses ...

NOTICE the word "MEN" in it?

Do I have a reason to blame them?

You're not being fair!! You're looking for political correctness when, in reality, many medical terms have Greek or Latin names as their origin!