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Can Weight Have Something To Do With Seizures?

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
Clintonville, WI

After digging through many theories and routes never even considered by "modern" medicine, I've started to wonder if weight/fat has something to do with epilepsy
I've read that visceral fat has something to do with health in other areas such as increasing the chances of getting diabetes or alzheimers or several other things. Well, if that's the case, I've been wondering if the 40 or 50 pounds I've put on since H.S. 30+ years ago is affecting the fact that, not only do I have more… read more

February 24
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member Same here, they don't do it as often as they did back then.

February 25
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member , same with me. Every 3 - 6 months they wiegh me . They don’t check my height.

February 24
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member It does. The best example of this is when I first got epilepsy as a child and had to have hight and weight taken every 6 months while at the same time I was effectively out growing the dosage.

February 24
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Seizures don’t have anything to do with weight . I know meditations have a side effect of gainin or losing weight.

February 24
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Your weight normally does have a impact on most things related to health so I wouldn't be surprised if your weight went up or down then this may influence how your seizures go.

February 24

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