Temperature an indirect trigger?

[Torak]

I've identified temperature as one possible trigger for seizures, as in the summer or in hot rooms I very easily fall into a somnolent state, which then triggers partial seizures (or if I fall too deeply into a somnolent state I can have grand mal or complex partial seizures).

Medications that make me drowsy just make it worse.

As for complex partial seizures, i'm not sure if these are seizures or dreams:

When waking up, I have only a very hazy memory of a period where I get an incredibly strong rushing feeling in my head, with a feeling like my head is made of plasticine and being deformed by a huge hand.

I can see vaguely and I get auditory and visual hallucinations together with panic attacks. I am also paralysed. If I relax it makes it worse, if I fight it doesn't seem so intense. Lasts for about half an hour, at a guess, as I have no real track of time when it happens, very little awareness of my surroundings and only vague memories of the event.

I'm not sure of this is a seizure or just a nightmare or lucid dream.

[RobinN]

Just to be on the safe side I would tend to classify these as seizures. I guess you could put any of the classic labels on it.. fit, episode...(can't think of other terms at the moment).

There are a few here that have similar "seizures" upon awakening. I am not aware of my daughter having anything like this so I can not speak with knowledge.

Do you get seizures during exercise that raises your body temperature?

[Birdbomb]

This is my biggest trigger. Since I live in the middle of the Mojave desert it gets pretty hot. I got to where I barely went out in the summer because I became so heat sensitive.

In winter if I began to shiver, it would induce a seizure. During my recent surgery I had been on high alert for fear of a seizure. The hospital was FREEZING and you know the OR is always 10-15 degrees colder. I was shivering really bad. Luckly they knocked me OUT before it could get worse.

[TeeTees]

Just to throw a small spanner in the works : do you think it's the HOT temperature that's bringing 'em on, or dehydration ?

It's just a thought, but something I often wonder about

[RobinN]

Or the fact that you just hate a certain temp and the frustration/ aggravation level brings it on?

[Birdbomb]

110 degrees F. When the temp is higher than that, I must use caution being outside. I carry a large drink with lots of ice to keep me from overheating.

[RobinN]

They should make that illegal. I think everyone needs to be careful in that temp. I carry water too, though it rarely gets that high here. A spray bottle is a good idea as well.

[Birdbomb]

Some summers it get over 125! Ma! now that is HOT. We keep towels in the car to cover the stearingwheel and seatbelts. The buckles get so hot they cause burns. Can't even touch a dark colored car.

I just stay indoors now when it's like that. There was a time, we'd be out drinking beer and having a great Bar-b-Cue waitng for the 4th of July fireworks in that heat, but not anymore.

At least the humidity is in the single digets otherwise people would be dropping like flies! Not unusual to see people pass out from the heat. They hit the ground just like a drop seizure! BAM!

[brain]

I can't tolerate cold weather at all,
once the temps fall below 72* I freeze!
I'm known to wear jackets and it be 78*
outside!


And drop in temp and coldness does seem to
trigger seizures for some reason. I'm just a
genuine 100% tropical sunbird!

[speber]

I gotta have fresh air...temperature isn't a problem for me IF IT'S OUTSIDE (and within human limits of course!).

If it's INDOORS and it gets warmish....I'm headed downhill quick.....I start feeling like I have the flu....a head cold....then HELLO BIG E!

FRESH AIR....I'll stick my head outside the car window going down the road like a dog in the middle of winter if that's what it takes to escape the enclosed\heated space!



Peace

[TeeTees]

If it's INDOORS and it gets warmish....I'm headed downhill quick.....I start feeling like I have the flu....a head cold....then HELLO BIG E!

Yeah, now that ^^ I can relate to. I hate stuffy hot places....probably why I feel so ill in Hospitals (off all places !)

[Megan]

I know for me, I get a severe migraine and get really bad virtigo. I don't really have a fever though.

[Belinda5000]

Heat & humidity can definity bring on my seizures if I let myself get over heated.
It's happened plenty of times and I've gone down in my seizure's ended up busting my head open and even breaking my collar bones .

Belinda

[hawke86]

Heat and humidity can trigger my seizures also.