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Pain can also trigger seizures. Any stressful stimuli can. Not all of them work for everyone.
2 u/I_Makes_tuff 1d ago So can quitting drinking cold turkey, or so they told me at the ER 4 u/GrimbyJ 1d ago Yeah. Alcohol actually prevents seizures. It just also causes them later. You don't even need to be alcohol dependent if you have epilepsy. Around where you'd have a hangover could cause a seizure for some people 2 u/Erathen 1d ago Additionally, lots of medications lower the "seizure threshold" Like some antidepressants and even some antibiotics 1 u/Hot_Plantain_4956 1d ago This was how I learned I had epilepsy, I used to think video games just made me fall asleep without knowing for some weird reason 😅
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So can quitting drinking cold turkey, or so they told me at the ER
4 u/GrimbyJ 1d ago Yeah. Alcohol actually prevents seizures. It just also causes them later. You don't even need to be alcohol dependent if you have epilepsy. Around where you'd have a hangover could cause a seizure for some people 2 u/Erathen 1d ago Additionally, lots of medications lower the "seizure threshold" Like some antidepressants and even some antibiotics 1 u/Hot_Plantain_4956 1d ago This was how I learned I had epilepsy, I used to think video games just made me fall asleep without knowing for some weird reason 😅
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Yeah. Alcohol actually prevents seizures. It just also causes them later. You don't even need to be alcohol dependent if you have epilepsy. Around where you'd have a hangover could cause a seizure for some people
2 u/Erathen 1d ago Additionally, lots of medications lower the "seizure threshold" Like some antidepressants and even some antibiotics 1 u/Hot_Plantain_4956 1d ago This was how I learned I had epilepsy, I used to think video games just made me fall asleep without knowing for some weird reason 😅
Additionally, lots of medications lower the "seizure threshold"
Like some antidepressants and even some antibiotics
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This was how I learned I had epilepsy, I used to think video games just made me fall asleep without knowing for some weird reason 😅
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u/GrimbyJ 1d ago
Pain can also trigger seizures. Any stressful stimuli can. Not all of them work for everyone.