Seizure Triggers

[KKaayyllaa:)]

So i got diagnosed about 2 months ago... and the doctor im going to didnt tell me what kind of epilepsy i have or anything but kept me on a 1000 mg a day of keppra. that stuff made me insanely depressed and suicidal so he swiched me to Vimpat about 3 weeks ago. I lost 10 lbs just since i started vimpat because it caused me to lose my appetite. i think from not eating enough, i got sick. this last weekend it was like i had a cold and like 10 or 11 of the listed side effects for vimpat. I got really annoyed at having to take medication with all these horrible side effects so I havent taken in to for 2 days. since I dont have seizures very often, It luckily hasnt impacted me yet but sleep is definitely a big factor in my seizures. For me, i only have seizures when I havent slept enough, Im hungry, and I have a headache, THEN something can trigger it. like strobelights or someone lightly touching my skin will trigger one for me.

[Malla]

I have a few clear triggers; watching PC/TV screens. If there's a backlight - I can endure it a little longer. Also the motion of driving fast in a car, or even walking fast. Caffeine and cigarettes trigger my seizures if I am in a bad phase. My menstrual period. And mental stress. I also have a very "loose neck" from two car accidents - so whenever it "falls out of place" I get bad series of seisures with loud buzzing sounds in my head - that in turn (I believe) gives numbness, needles & pins sensations in the skin and terrible headaches.

[Wally]

I've often thought that my neck problems had something to do with my seizures. My Neurologist and Chiropractor don't agree with me though.


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[Malla]

It may well be.... as for me, after having been in here a couple of days now, learning about epilepsy the REAL way.... and not from any book, I am starting to wonder if i have had a very mild epilepsy since my first car accident when i was 16. I am now 38 and after the last accident in 2001, it's only got worse. I remember when taking my drivers licence, my mom was terrifide because the instructor had been watching my eyes while driving and he told me I would "space" out now and then. I, on the other hand felt I had full control. I did not notice. Also I have had periodic jerks in arms and legs since then. Also that's when the sleep paralyzis started, the vivid dreams and the "bad moods" in the morning. A feeling of dread when waking up. Maybe I already back then started to have nightly seizures. Hugs!

[PhylisFeinerJohnson]

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[rousseaux19]

I don't know my trigger(s). I've had epilepsy for 8 years now, and I have yet to figure out what a specific trigger is. I am not photosensitive and sleep deprived EEGs with flashing lights have shown nothing. However when I was at Mayo clinc, after four days of being sleep deprived and off of medication, I had a seizure. But I feel like anyone would have one at that point.

I hope to figure out something specific someday!

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