This is a good point to bring up. My son, and one of my nephews, were
both given long term EEG monitoring because they were having seizure
like symptoms for months. It turned out, for both of them thankfully,
that what they actually had was an electrolyte imbalance that caused all
the symptoms. When your sodium levels are off, it can effect your
cadriology and neurological functions. It was an easy fix, and for both
of them all symptoms went away immediately. We added more salt to his
diet, and he drinks more water! For some people, their body needs more
sodium then others, but without the additional water it doesn't help
just to add the salt.
The problem si the symptoms mimic seizure activity--lightheadedness,
shaking, "drop" attacks including shaking when it is way off, fatigue,
and even deja vu due to lighheadedness. Once they both started adding
salt to their food and drinking 8 ounces of water 4 times a day, they
got better. My son actually knwos now how to spot the warnign signs and
knows he hasn't had enough to drink. Interestingly enough my husband
always drinks a lot of fluids, and once we knew bout my son he knew why
he did it as well.
So it is an interesting point, and something to think about if you don't
drink much water, or have a low sodium diet.
kelly
On 4/28/2012 11:23 AM, Tom wrote:
>
> When electrolytes get critically low a person can suffer headaches,
> vomiting, and seizures as well, so how can we tell if the seizure we
> had last night was from our epilepsy or if it was caused by an acute
> case of low sodium brought on by long term use of a medication?
>
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