LoveAlways
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well the most serious thing is that it could be a brain tumor....
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boodha
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epilepsy ?
how old are you ? but i would be looking into epilepsy it sounds like this is not the first seizure you have had and i know someone who has epilepsy and this rung a bell....
how old are you ? but i would be looking into epilepsy it sounds like this is not the first seizure you have had and i know someone who has epilepsy and this rung a bell....
get an EEG done, they hook your head up to all these wires, and have a strobe light going in front of your eyes, that will monitor your brain activity and let you know if you are epileptic,
hows your tongue ? was it a grand mal seizure, ?
have you been taking a lot of benzos lately and suddenly stopped ?
hows your tongue ? was it a grand mal seizure, ?
have you been taking a lot of benzos lately and suddenly stopped ?
just reread your first post, three days in the hospital damn
did they have you in neuro ward ?
did you get an mri . catscan and an eeg ?
http://www.epilepsy.com/
did they have you in neuro ward ?
did you get an mri . catscan and an eeg ?
http://www.epilepsy.com/
Drownrat
Bluelighter
I had an MRI EEG and one other test done, I haven't heard anything back from the doctors, it is not benzo withdrawl
Oh and I didn't bite my tongue or void my bowels, also only 20 years old
Oh and I didn't bite my tongue or void my bowels, also only 20 years old
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boodha
Bluelighter
a friend of mine has epilepsy he has petite mal seizures, can be brought on by drugs, alcohol, pushing it to hard partying etc, became evident when he was around 19years old maybe a little older.
swilow
Bluelight Crew
Epilepsy
Hello.
Anyone here have experience with this fucking shit? A neurologist that I'm seeing believes I have temporal lobe seizures, ranging from mild/absence to grand-mal (last rarely). It certainly explains why I experience some odd hallucinations, loss of time, strange dissociation and the like every day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporal_lobe_epilepsy#Symptoms
That basically explains it. Rarely is this getting to the point of status epilepticus (I hope), but its occuring a lot. Now I know why I see god everywhere
It would also appear that extreme stress can cause such symptoms to return after a period of remission. I think I may hvae found an answer to whats been happening....
But yeah, anyone have anything similar? How do you deal with it? I don't feel safe driving at the moment and I have been fired at work for, amongst other things (like drinking energy drinks without paying
), blacking out for periods. Its kind of unsafe- so what can I do to not be a slave to this shit?
Hello.
Anyone here have experience with this fucking shit? A neurologist that I'm seeing believes I have temporal lobe seizures, ranging from mild/absence to grand-mal (last rarely). It certainly explains why I experience some odd hallucinations, loss of time, strange dissociation and the like every day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporal_lobe_epilepsy#Symptoms
That basically explains it. Rarely is this getting to the point of status epilepticus (I hope), but its occuring a lot. Now I know why I see god everywhere
It would also appear that extreme stress can cause such symptoms to return after a period of remission. I think I may hvae found an answer to whats been happening....
But yeah, anyone have anything similar? How do you deal with it? I don't feel safe driving at the moment and I have been fired at work for, amongst other things (like drinking energy drinks without paying
), blacking out for periods. Its kind of unsafe- so what can I do to not be a slave to this shit?Mantis_Toboggan
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Epilepsy and drug use
I have partial complex seizures that developed when I was 17, before I started using anything but marijuana. I know the obvious answer is to avoid all drugs entirely, but I just was wondering if people could share some insight on how they or others have dealt with this condition and drug use. I smoke weed fairly regularly, and experiment with L, K, coke, MDMA, and nitros on occasion. Any and all insight is appreciated.
Thanks
I have partial complex seizures that developed when I was 17, before I started using anything but marijuana. I know the obvious answer is to avoid all drugs entirely, but I just was wondering if people could share some insight on how they or others have dealt with this condition and drug use. I smoke weed fairly regularly, and experiment with L, K, coke, MDMA, and nitros on occasion. Any and all insight is appreciated.
Thanks
Mantis_Toboggan
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Im especially interested when it comes to how smoking weed can affect this condition
I was a ridiculously heavy drug user. One day, after a particularly heavy 2 day binge on GBL (crazy amounts), meph, vodka, wine, poppy pods and E,s I had a massive Grand Mal Seizure which nearly killed me.
Since then, I've had 4 other seizures, either brought on through drinking alcohol (which I have subsequently had to stop doing) or opiates.
It seems that Alcohol is the big player. But you can't take what I say for gospel, because they don't know if I am epileptic or if I have brought on recurring seizures (epileptic) through drug abuse or if it's only when i take drugs that it happens, because it happened again 2 months ago when sober (only a tiny, tiny dose of codeine during the day).
So....my conclusion is don't drink, avoid stimulants and avoid all GABA-b agonist drugs, such as benzo's (and booze) and GBL/GHB. Stimulants are one to watc for especially. I feel safe with psychadelics/hallucinogens and opiates feel ok in not-too-large amounts. Cannabis is perfectly safe, in my experience. It's a fairly benign drug, in terms of affecting neurocognitive function
All the best
Since then, I've had 4 other seizures, either brought on through drinking alcohol (which I have subsequently had to stop doing) or opiates.
It seems that Alcohol is the big player. But you can't take what I say for gospel, because they don't know if I am epileptic or if I have brought on recurring seizures (epileptic) through drug abuse or if it's only when i take drugs that it happens, because it happened again 2 months ago when sober (only a tiny, tiny dose of codeine during the day).
So....my conclusion is don't drink, avoid stimulants and avoid all GABA-b agonist drugs, such as benzo's (and booze) and GBL/GHB. Stimulants are one to watc for especially. I feel safe with psychadelics/hallucinogens and opiates feel ok in not-too-large amounts. Cannabis is perfectly safe, in my experience. It's a fairly benign drug, in terms of affecting neurocognitive function
All the best
attempt4, wow, your situation is very similar to my own.
When I was 20 I had my first seizure, on a monday after a kind of big weekend (I was just out drinking and took a couple of e's on the saturday night, and didn't sleep until sunday afternoon. I'd certainly done bigger in the past.) I wasn't diagnosed with anything.
I was fine for 3 years, I went out drinking every weekend, and did drugs every now and then (e, acid, stimulants). But then after a big new years (went out drinking NYE, slept, then went to a festival where I began drinking in the morning, did e's, and was still awake and drinking just over 24 hours later). I went home and slept. After I woke up though I had a fairly big seizure.
After that I took it easy, but then I began having seizures after I'd gone out drinking on the weekend. So I stopped drinking. But then I had my last seizure after a weekend that I didn't drink or do drugs. I was having partial seizures as well (which I hadn't had before this).
So now I'm on tegretol. I haven't done any drugs and I don't drink any more than 1 or 2 drinks. I also make sure to get regular sleep.
It's annoying, because I'd still like to go out with my friends, but I don't even risk going out late, even sober. I believe sleep is important in preventing my seizures. So I just drink 1 or 2 beers and smoke 1 or 2 cigarettes when I hang with my friends who are drinking/going out, and I make an effort to get home at a reasonable time. Although now that I'm on the medication, I probably could have a late night every now and then without too much problem, I just don't want to risk it.
When I was 20 I had my first seizure, on a monday after a kind of big weekend (I was just out drinking and took a couple of e's on the saturday night, and didn't sleep until sunday afternoon. I'd certainly done bigger in the past.) I wasn't diagnosed with anything.
I was fine for 3 years, I went out drinking every weekend, and did drugs every now and then (e, acid, stimulants). But then after a big new years (went out drinking NYE, slept, then went to a festival where I began drinking in the morning, did e's, and was still awake and drinking just over 24 hours later). I went home and slept. After I woke up though I had a fairly big seizure.
After that I took it easy, but then I began having seizures after I'd gone out drinking on the weekend. So I stopped drinking. But then I had my last seizure after a weekend that I didn't drink or do drugs. I was having partial seizures as well (which I hadn't had before this).
So now I'm on tegretol. I haven't done any drugs and I don't drink any more than 1 or 2 drinks. I also make sure to get regular sleep.
It's annoying, because I'd still like to go out with my friends, but I don't even risk going out late, even sober. I believe sleep is important in preventing my seizures. So I just drink 1 or 2 beers and smoke 1 or 2 cigarettes when I hang with my friends who are drinking/going out, and I make an effort to get home at a reasonable time. Although now that I'm on the medication, I probably could have a late night every now and then without too much problem, I just don't want to risk it.
Yeah man, thats pretty similar! My social life has totally gone down the shitter - I used to go out every night and get fucked up daily (whilst still holding a life together, somehow!) but now I never ever go out, I often stay in on a Friday and Saturday (or go for a walk with the dog) and to be honest mate, i've never been happier.
I am going to be put on some medication I think, but was apprehensive. I'm not a fan of many pharmaceuticals and don't like the thought of being on a synthetic chemical for the rest of my life. It's impossible to say whether I will have a seizure again and to be honest, I feel like a ticking timebomb alot of the time, often REALLY paranoid that its about to happen any minute.
I still have partial seizures aswell, like times where I will suddenly totally trip out and feel like i cant see, nothing feels real, I feel kind of out-of-control of my body and like im basically on the brink of collapsing or something. Do you get what I mean?
Does Tegretol feel like it works? Any side effects? I actually got pretty depressed about the seizures sometimes, being unable to drive, unable to socialise as much and have fun. Hell, it was my 21st birthday in June there and I was in bed by 10pm. I mean....our health will thank us, and you are right, it definitely isn't worth the risk, but sometimes it gets me down, yknow?
If you ever need to talk about it or it gets you down, you know where to find me. It can be pretty distressing. I'm thinking i've permafucked my brain from all the GABA drugs, GBL addiction and extreme alcohol abuse. Oh well.....win some, lose some! I had a good run, i'm sure you did too, brother!
I am going to be put on some medication I think, but was apprehensive. I'm not a fan of many pharmaceuticals and don't like the thought of being on a synthetic chemical for the rest of my life. It's impossible to say whether I will have a seizure again and to be honest, I feel like a ticking timebomb alot of the time, often REALLY paranoid that its about to happen any minute.
I still have partial seizures aswell, like times where I will suddenly totally trip out and feel like i cant see, nothing feels real, I feel kind of out-of-control of my body and like im basically on the brink of collapsing or something. Do you get what I mean?
Does Tegretol feel like it works? Any side effects? I actually got pretty depressed about the seizures sometimes, being unable to drive, unable to socialise as much and have fun. Hell, it was my 21st birthday in June there and I was in bed by 10pm. I mean....our health will thank us, and you are right, it definitely isn't worth the risk, but sometimes it gets me down, yknow?
If you ever need to talk about it or it gets you down, you know where to find me. It can be pretty distressing. I'm thinking i've permafucked my brain from all the GABA drugs, GBL addiction and extreme alcohol abuse. Oh well.....win some, lose some! I had a good run, i'm sure you did too, brother!
I know exactly what you mean. Perfect description. If people are talking and I have one, I don't know what they're talking about. I forget what words mean. But then 20 seconds later I know what's going on again, and I can understand them.
I'm on Tegretol, 200 mg. Take it morning and night. It hasn't really bothered me too much. It pretty much stopped the partial seizures, and I haven't had another complex so far, so I'm happy with it. The only annoyance is that I usually get at least 8 hours of sleep a night, but I still find myself yawning a bit during the day. Still far better than having partial seizures all throughout the day though, so it's worth it.
I know what ya mean. I feel a bit annoyed that I may have triggered myself into having a lower seizure threshold by having too many big nights out. The neurologist suggested that the big seizure I had after NYE may have caused some scarring on my brain that has led to me now having an even lower seizure threshold than I had before. Although I had an MRI and it showed up no abnormalities and no scarring (so perhaps the scarring is small - I still have to talk to him about the results).
haha. Hey thanks mate, I will take you up on that offer for sure. I'm glad I found someone in a similar situation to myself. I was searching the net but only found people with fully blown epilepsy who didn't even mind that they couldn't get drunk or party. Where as I've experienced drinking and partying and so I know what I'm missing out on now. I am happy that I experienced the good times. But I am still enjoying life.