My life has become very restricted over the last 10 years and it has got worse and worse and worse of the years. I seriously can't exert myself (eg get out of breath for a sustained time, probably over 5 minutes) without suffering at least a complex partial seizure but a few months ago it resulted in a 20 minute generalized secondary tonic clonic seizure when I was having a light jog in the gym. I can only really say I am so relieved it didn't happen when I was out in public (eg, jogging and crossing a road for example). Basically now I have been told by the Neurologist to stop exercising and it has taken away so many of my favourite hobbies.
Everywhere I look on forums, sites etc, it says exercise is a good thing for people suffering from epilepsy. Any scans or other tests I've ever had have come back problem free.
I don't drink alcohol at all, can't drive due to the condition and even get worried about going out walking on my own.
If there's anyone else out there with this trigger of seizures, please let me know and also let me know if you have had any success in combatting it.
I'm a 28 year old male living in Glasgow, UK currently taking 2000mg of Epilim chrono split in two doses daily combined with a morning only dose of 250mg of Lamotrigine and the high dosage of these two together have many effects but that's a post for another day...
Thanks for reading and to everyone out there with any form of epilepsy, I wish you all the luck in the world in getting things under control.
Everywhere I look on forums, sites etc, it says exercise is a good thing for people suffering from epilepsy. Any scans or other tests I've ever had have come back problem free.
I don't drink alcohol at all, can't drive due to the condition and even get worried about going out walking on my own.
If there's anyone else out there with this trigger of seizures, please let me know and also let me know if you have had any success in combatting it.
I'm a 28 year old male living in Glasgow, UK currently taking 2000mg of Epilim chrono split in two doses daily combined with a morning only dose of 250mg of Lamotrigine and the high dosage of these two together have many effects but that's a post for another day...
Thanks for reading and to everyone out there with any form of epilepsy, I wish you all the luck in the world in getting things under control.