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During The Last Year My Seizures Seemed To Have Increased. What Are The Most Common Epiletic Seizure Triggers?

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Nassau, Bahamas
January 3, 2023
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Stress

January 5, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Stress, anxiety and sleep for me. When I go in for long-term EEGs, those are what they try to implement.

January 3, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

The common Seizure Triggers are……..
1. Lack of sleep
2. Late on Meds
3. Stress / anxiety
4. Alcohol / caffeine
5. Strobe light effects ( strobe lights of course, video games, tv and all computer formats)

Those are the top seizure triggers.

January 5, 2023 (edited)
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Totally to all of this. In addition to what’s been mentioned above, caffeine triggers me. Others are triggered by heat or alcohol.

January 4, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Diet can also play a role in your triggers also.

January 3, 2023

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