Hi My name is nicole and im 38...have had epilepsy for 10yrs. Last week I had an out of town guest and we drank every nite for ten nites...he left on a thurs and on sat i had a seizure. The reason im confused is bc ive always been a drinker...on weekends and some weekdays...why wud i suddenly start having seizures from drinking NOW?? I have about one grand mal a year. pls let me know if anyone has any insight on this....also, I tool nyquil on friday nite bc i was sick.
seizures from alcohol
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epileric
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Welcome Nikki
I guess the best way to look at it is that it wasn't the liquor that caused you to have seizures, you've always had that ability. It was the liquor (& probably various other things like Nyquil, lack of sleep & lack of or unhealthy food) that actually triggered the seizures.
A lot of people get seizures from what seems out of nowhere in the middle of their life. It is often very hard to find what triggered them at that time yet not at any other time previously.
Take a look around the site, especially here in the foyer where a lot of people talk about discovering their epilepsy.
I guess the best way to look at it is that it wasn't the liquor that caused you to have seizures, you've always had that ability. It was the liquor (& probably various other things like Nyquil, lack of sleep & lack of or unhealthy food) that actually triggered the seizures.
A lot of people get seizures from what seems out of nowhere in the middle of their life. It is often very hard to find what triggered them at that time yet not at any other time previously.
Take a look around the site, especially here in the foyer where a lot of people talk about discovering their epilepsy.
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Sometimes withdrawal from alcoholic drinks can induce seizures. I no longer drink alcoholic beverages. I get that reservatrol that's in red wine from red grapes now.
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As Eric says, it could be a combination of things that triggered the seizure (the kind of alcohol, the fatigue, dehydration, electrolyte imbalance, lowered seizure threshold due to infection or other physiological stress). And as we age, our metabolisms change, so what wasn't a problem before might become one later.
My first seizure happened when I was 35. It most likely was caused by a combination of lack of sleep, low blood sugar, and lots of aspartame -- no big deal for me when I was younger, or when they occurred separately. But together...BOOM.
My first seizure happened when I was 35. It most likely was caused by a combination of lack of sleep, low blood sugar, and lots of aspartame -- no big deal for me when I was younger, or when they occurred separately. But together...BOOM.