Seizures

[Kari7495]

A family member had a seizure and now I'm very concerned I will have one. I did read that anxirty can cause them from numerous articles. I'm starting to have a bad headache and I'm very tense

Does anyone else have this fear ???

 

[Jennycard]

A family member had a seizure and now I'm very concerned I will have one. I did read that anxirty can cause them from numerous articles. I'm starting to have a bad headache and I'm very tense

Does anyone else have this fear ???

The headache is likely from anxiety. People with anxiety have headaches way more frequently. Do you feel tension in your neck and shoulders? Also from anxiety. I have headaches almost every single night.

Also to ease your mind a little, I looked into stress induced seizures, what you’re describing is called PNES. Not sure if you’ve already looked into it. But it’s a non epileptic. Meaning it does NOT affect the brain. It’s caused by stress and it’s not dangerous like a regular epileptic seizure caused by abnormal brain function. Now I’m telling you all of this to hopefully ease your mind. Unless you have ever been diagnosed with epilepsy, you can put this worry out of your mind. PNES is rare and is really only seen in patients already diagnosed with epilepsy based on what I looked into. But again, PNES is not considered dangerous.

Also, I think if stress alone could cause a seizure, I myself probably would’ve had one! Lol


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[Kari7495]

The headache is likely from anxiety. People with anxiety have headaches way more frequently. Do you feel tension in your neck and shoulders? Also from anxiety. I have headaches almost every single night.

Also to ease your mind a little, I looked into stress induced seizures, what you’re describing is called PNES. Not sure if you’ve already looked into it. But it’s a non epileptic. Meaning it does NOT affect the brain. It’s caused by stress and it’s not dangerous like a regular epileptic seizure caused by abnormal brain function. Now I’m telling you all of this to hopefully ease your mind. Unless you have ever been diagnosed with epilepsy, you can put this worry out of your mind. PNES is rare and is really only seen in patients already diagnosed with epilepsy based on what I looked into.

Also, I think if stress alone could cause a seizure, I myself probably would’ve had one! Lol


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Thank you. No one in my family is even epileptic and i feel like if I had epilepsy I would have has one by now. You know how anxiety is LMAO
Working myself up over nothing.

 

[Jennycard]

Thank you. No one in my family is even epileptic and i feel like if I had epilepsy I would have has one by now. You know how anxiety is LMAO
Working myself up over nothing.

I feel you! I struggle with a lot of brain phobias myself. If you have no family history and like you said, you would’ve known by now if you were epileptic. We’re here for you!


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