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So I been trying to figure out why i usually seize a half hour after dinner. Switched to wheat bread and brown rice
Then I narrowed it down to spaghetti and sauce or Chinese food (specific pepper beef and rice from Tai Pei foods
Started making my own pasta sauce.
All good on spaghetti. Common denominator: msg. A web Search showed it still is in use, but by at least 20 other names. Found hydrolized soy protein in jar sauce and peppered beef.
Msg and anti convulsive meds can cause seizures!
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Jeff, Triggers do vary for each person. I alternate my medication dosages. However, the magnesium-650mg, the Caltrate with Vitamin D, and an Iron Supplement are part of my medicine each day. The… read more
Driving
I want to learn how to drive but am unsure of the rules for my type of epilepsy I get absences and am sometimes unaware they happen so not sure how that would affect things does anyone know the rules on this?
Depending where you live, the laws are different. The absence seizure are what I had. The correct term for them is temporal lobe seizures. Like any other type of seizures their are,this is hard, to… read more
Does Anyone Ever Feel Similar?
Does anyone ever just feel like giving up? Seems like epilepsy had taken over my life. One minute I'm fine next minute I I wake up in floor or in hospital with a new cut or my teeth hurting and no memory. I'm just asking.
I'd like to ditch my med. too.I keep asking my doctor. .She said nope and that it all could be worse. True and I just let it be.
Does Heat Trigger Your Seizures?
I was wondering if You get too hot does it trigger a seizure? I was sitting at home tonight and I got really hot and felt one coming on and I got it stopped before it was full blown.
Yes! I was just about to ask this but decided to check if it was already on here. Being overheated or very cold are definitely triggers for me. I was in the kitchen earlier with the oven on, and… read more
After Seizure Feeling
It seems like after my daughter has seizure clusters, she acts more aware and organized with her thinking. It appears that she gets "reset" or something. Does anyone experience this too?
Yes. Sometimes there is like a switch that goes off. Cannot explain it, but something changes drastically when a seizure happens.
What Does VNS Mean?
@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member Oh please I would really rather Elon musk was not involved.
Does Anyone Wear A Medical ID Bracelet?
I wore a medical necklace until it broke not too long ago
Does Anyone Have Good Advice For Frequent Partial/focal Seizures? My Memory Doesn't Want To Work
@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member
I’m over 40 years and I’ve lived with my parents all my life. There’s no way I could live a life by myself either. Thank God my parents are still alive. I have focal onset… read more
What Is The Best Way To Deal With Memory Loss From Epilepsy/medication?
I agree you and your post and the other people's posts here, I think it's dif per person, I take into consideration what the cause of it is in my life with and it's not something I let's say like and… read more
Has Anyone Done A Video Eeg Study Before? I Am Wondering How They Are And How They Go.
Epilepsy
Hi AwesomeMellisa, There is no reason to be scared of them decreasing your meds or anything at all test does to cause seizures. I say that because they take you off the med in portions, as if you were… read more
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