Thursday, February 7, 2013

RE: [epilepsy] Re: CAUSES AND SYMPTOMS OF SEIZURES

 

Hi

This is why they always put an alert on the programs on tv
now that have flashing lights for us who have problems with
them.

Adrien

-----Original Message-----
From: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:epilepsy@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Kelly Porter
Sent: 06 February 2013 05:08
To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [epilepsy] Re: CAUSES AND SYMPTOMS OF SEIZURES

Hormones can cause seizures in women, and if that is the
case they
typically align in pattern with your cycle. Flickering
lights can
causes seizures, and since the computer screen cycles,
flickers, it can
for some people. Newer TV's cylce faster, but your brain can
still see
it if it is sensitive to it. It is not a trigger for
everyone, but for
some.

The best way to find out if you have triggers is to keep a
log. It's a
pain, but if you can find a trigger it's worth it. Keep a
log of how
much sleep you got, what you ate or drank (for some people
there are
triggers, like caffeine) what activities you did during the
day, if you
were sick, tired, felt normal, anything. Log when you have a
seizure.
Sometimes a pattern shows up, for example getting less sleep
the night
before.

The reality is there are numerous triggers for different
people. The
most common are lack of sleep, stress, dehydration, light
sensitivity,
missing meds, and caffeine.

Kelly

On 2/5/2013 5:14 PM, Susan Wain wrote:
>
> What causes night time seizures? My doctor doesnt' even
know but he
> suspended my license for a month and increased my
Trileptol to 1,200
> per day, which is two pills per day, rather than 1.5 per
day. How do
> you prevent seizures as he said that computer and tv time
has nothing
> to do w/it and he said that hormones isn't causing it as I
thought it
> was having night sweats but he said no.
>

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

__._,_.___
Reply via web post Reply to sender Reply to group Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (26)
Recent Activity:
Just a friendly reminder: Please remember to sign your post and remember to clean up messages when you reply to them.  This is especially important if you are on digest.  This not only helps out the list owner but, it makes messages much easier to read when they arrive in our inboxes.

.

__,_._,___

No comments:

Post a Comment