Can we go diving?..

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Can we go diving?...
Hi there people.
I've lived with epilepsy now for 6 years and have been seizure free for four of them (this February!! Wtg! )
I have question to ask that neither my neurologist or other doctors can answer, so I hoped on finding an answer among my fellow epileptics, if thereis such a name for us

I plan on going to Australia in a few weeks time and I'd love to go diving! But I don't know if I can..due to this cronic illness.. :-/ so my question is; have any you "been there, done that"? Is there any known risks of getting a seizure? Thinking of pressure or other factors.. I would really love to give it a go(!!!) and all my doctors say is it's really up to me, my own choice if I'm willing to take the risk. Because they cannot tell me whether it really IS a risk or not... What do you think?
 
Lepene,

Welcome to the forum!

I'm with your docs. It's up to you. You've been seizure-free for a long time now. But water pressure, stress, changes in breathing, all could cause a seizure. It really depends on what diving is worth to you, and whether it is worth risking your life. Maybe you feel the risk is low, maybe you think the risk is high. Your decision.

I'm not seizure free yet, and my doc said "NO," even to snorkeling or open-ocean swimming.
 
When I first got diagnosed I was told that the only thing that should be out of question is diving.
 
My brother went on a scuba diving trip where the dive leader had epilepsy -- a professional diver with epilepsy, the tonic-clonic variety. So the pressure isn't usually an issue, it's primarily a matter of seizure control, as with swimming in general.
 
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