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Do You Experience Vomiting Or Nausea As Part Of Your Epilepsy? (and Not Caused By Medication)

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭

I'm interested to know if vomiting or feeling like you'd like to be sick is a known occurance linked with epileptic seizures? And if you have experience of where that might fit in the epilepsy chain? Eg. Aura, seizure, or post ictal.

I know people can be nauseous from medication so I'm only asking if it's specifically related to the seizure itself.

Look forward to replies. Thank you.

October 10, 2021
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I can be very nauseous both pre and post seizure but for me it's due to the metabolic conditions dx that cause my seizures. I remember one occasion I felt that I was suffocating and went out for air. I must have blacked out came round in my garden vomited and promptly blacked out again. The local St John's paramedic trainer found me and it was the 1st person to witness me having several seizures. I didn't know that the blackouts were hypoxic seizures.
The only medication I take is prn Buccolam as I can't take the normal meds due to other dx and meds that contraindicate.

October 13, 2021
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

The only time I ever felt that way, was when I was overdosed on meds.

October 12, 2021
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

On occasion yes

October 10, 2021
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Thank you one person so far 🙃

October 10, 2021
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I usualy don't feel well before a seizure. Usually it just feels like a migraine. Sometimes i will have mild nausea but that almost always occurs with migraines for me. So hard to tell/ distinguish the difference if it's an aura or migraine. I have thrown up after all but 2 grand mal seizures. I tend to have more tummy upsets in general than most people which some epilepsy stuff ive read can be due to brain and gut connection as well dysfunction between the 2. The getting sick is usually worse if i bit my tongue. Usually i just get 2 sick 2 times after each one but on a rare occasion i got sick off and on for 2 days. The center of my tongue tingles like a leg or arm that fell asleep before 2 seizures.

October 31, 2021 (edited)

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