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Originally Posted by Mojo
Thats the question.
There seems to be no trigger I or a doctor can nail down for it. There never has been. Around a year or 18 months ago my doctor said he was wondering if what I was having these days might not be more blackouts than seizures. They definitely were seizures at one time, but he's thinking that may not be the case and without getting into it, I can at least see why he may be wondering.
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I'm not sure what sounds worse blackouts or seizures. I'm guessing you're not allowed to drive or do anything that requires you to be in complete control.
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Anyway, he told me that as seen as I can feel a seizure about to occur (I can now, but thats another recent change in my behaviour) he asked me to lie down whenever I can and he says that if that stops it from happening, we could be looking more at blackouts, and blackouts could be stress and blood pressure related.
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I'm guessing you've looked at diet, alcohol consumption and your levels of stress. Exercise can actually be a good remedy for these things if they are stress related.
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Certain things about my behaviour, and changes in my behaviour, would suggest that he could be right. However I had this seizure yesterday when I was already lying down, and far from stressed about anything.
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I wouldn't imagine lying down to be the solution anyway, it's just something that you've been doing and has worked but now you've found that it doesn't work.
If I were you, I actually work up a log of when these seizures/blackouts occur. The day, the time, the place and how you were feeling prior, what you'd eaten and drunk that day etc. I know this sounds like hard work, but self-help in these type of things can reap dividends