Weird Seizure Triggers! Do you have any?

[herbjordan]

Meetz1064- Interesting thought... thanks. It is hard to be totally sure, but I believe the tripping/stumbling is a trigger. I've had 5 incidents in as many weeks.
1: stumbled going down a flight of stairs (that has no railing) when heel of foot landed on edge of upper tread instead of on the lower tread where I intended/expected it to land;
2: tripped stepping over rope 6" off ground on golf course;
3: tripped on edge of 1" thick mat outside kitchen door;
4: lost footing when stepped on wet rock in middle of small stream;
5: tripped on a root protruding from a woodland trail.

There has been no incident while walking or standing on level ground with no obstacles. Other people seem to have triggers that have been classified as "startle" and "reflex," and I sort of think maybe that's what I'm dealing with: either a startle seizure when experiencing an unexpected loss (or threatened loss) of footing, or a reflexive seizure in response to the same.

[djimbeau]

im assuming youre big by youre name like me, and wondering if you could have sleep apnea? anyways if this class was at the same time of the day everyday then its possible you have the same cause i do, when the body doesnt get enough oxygen while sleeping it leaves you with low blood oxygen almost like you went jogging all night long instead of getting good rest, ever wake up sweatting? well my nuerologist didnt figure anything out forme just gave me drugs.... anyways its something to think about a good sleep doctor will tell you that you could have high blood pressure and lots of other serious problems including sudden death from the slightest sleep problem if you work or go to school on a steady schedule, mine started when i was working doubles never had sezuires as a child ever.used to always be worried about triggers and foods and crap but now i know what my sezuires are from low blood oxygen and it seems to build up after a couple days when im not on any meds. and happens at the same time every time and i assumed there was all kinds of triggers for ten years.BUt i dont have head injurys, brain tumors or any other explanation for my condition do you?

[elizzza811]

Solar/geomagnetic activity is my seizure trigger, and I've been checking these 4 websites daily for years...

Seizures and...Solar and Geomagnetic Activity?

Magnetic filaments erupting on the sun just about kill me.

[C0urt]

Adrenaline used to be a seizure trigger, but i have learned to build up a tolerence,
would have been no good to have an adrenaline junkie with stress s a seizure trigger.
was a bit of a problem at first though .

[DayDreamer]

About ten years ago I confirmed that music had become/or been a trigger for my seizures. They feel somewhat different than my other ones and I wasn't sure at first that they were seizures.

It seems as though I am quite capable of developing new reflexes in epilepsy as now within the past two years either watching or listening to previews of movies also triggers seizures.
Sometimes even looking at the pictures of movies or reading their titles for too long doesn't feel safe, like when you are in a video store or on a website for movies.
When we are driving and I am looking around at houses or the areas I sometime feel unsafe too.

I wonder if it is the speed my brain changes thoughts/or possible memories are brought to mind.

Music triggered seizures are the easiest ones for me to control: either by not exposing myself or having an alternative music on hand if the music triggers me. I love music too much to give it up. Many altered/fake voices irritate me to high heaven. I carry earplugs and an music with me.

[Bhayes61]

I have played in bands over the years and up until recently I was playing in several capacities in various line ups of the same crew. I ended up as the bass player and we had one guitarist that had two triggers me- he didn't understand the meaning of the word 'stop' and the phrase-'turn it down'. As the nights would get later in rehearsals, his hearing would diminish, he would get louder till I was feeling his guitar throbbing in my head. I had to leave the room and go lay down for awhile. I had to ask my Dr. if certain people can be triggers. I told him about the experience and I feel that it is possible it is the musicogenic seizures. I had nothing personal against the guy, but as I got older, I started to wonder if this condition has robbed me of the one thing I loved . What's weird is I can listen to it all day long, but go to playing it for anytime and the vibrations from the strings or something after a time period, get you to feeling kind of strange. When this happened, I was like 'No, don't rob me of this!'
The band fell apart and I finally resolved myself to the fact that maybe it was time to hang it up- the epilepsy wins, sigh. Sorry for the long post, but I can relate to this in a big way.