Comments on: mental health week: alcohol and epilepsy

By: Ellie - Alcohol Effects Expert

Ellie - Alcohol Effects Expert — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:15:58 +0000

Yes my Uncle suddenly developed epilepsy shortly after turning to alcohol to cope with his messy divorce. I did try to warn him of this but unfortunately he was too depressed to take note

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By: health leader

health leader — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:08:09 +0000

I had a good friend that has had a long bout with alcohol. He started having seizures a few weeks ago and has had to start taking steroids to reduce swelling in the brain.

Thanks for your post. Gives me some answers.

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By: Catherine

Catherine — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:09:01 +0000

I can completely idenity with everything you have said. Have had years of binge drinking and “having fun” burning the candle at both ends and holding down succesful career. What some would call a “functional alcoholic” I had my first seizure 2 weeks ago at the age of 32 after a big night out, and weeks of sleep deprivation and not eating properly…was very scary…awaiting an EEG. I hope it was a one off and the universe was telling to slow down. People need to be aware of the devasting effects of long term alcohol abuse.

By: flimbo

flimbo — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:48:24 +0000

I think probably more research and more education is needed

By: isabella mori

isabella mori — Wed, 07 May 2008 04:13:09 +0000

@gillian who is or isn’t allowed to have children is an interesting ethical question. i personally think that all in all, it’s a good idea for governments to stay out of it. and doctors always have the option to say, in all honesty, i can’t countenance helping you with this, here’s a doctor who i think CAN help you.

@phd i’m not sure whether the writer is implying that the epilepsy comes from being born to mothers who were drinking, or that it comes from their own drinking. i personally am only familiar with epilepsy in FAS/FAE children, not adult children but i’m certainly not an expert in that specialty.

@evan yes, the effects of excessive alcohol intake can truly be devastating. i wouldn’t want to engage in a “this vice is worse than that vice” contest but it is worthwhile noting that a significant percentage of crime is directly related to excessive alcohol intake, as well as, obviously, many car accidents.

By: phd in yogurtry

phd in yogurtry — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:00:03 +0000

Is the writer of this letter implying that the onset of seizure disorder relates to her mother having been alcoholic? I didn't intone that... and I am not aware of this connection. I am, however, well aware of seizures due to years of heavy drinking. A point worth emphasizing. Yet another arm of the devestation that is alcoholism. Thanks for printing the letter phd in yogurtry's last blog post..finding mona

By: Evan

Evan — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:14:46 +0000

And smoking doesn’t contribute to domestic violence or public violence.

And the anti-smoking lobby are very silent on care exhausts.

Which is all pretty annoying.

I hope the consequences of excessive drinking (including seizures for some) become much more widely known. It would improve our society’s health enormously – it is probably the single most important health issue (from the remedy side of things).

By: gillian

gillian — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:49:12 +0000

I was talking with a doctor friend of mine yesterday, about how it’s a PR/human rights snafu for a doctor to tell a woman that she shouldn’t be having children if she’s on drugs or alcohol; or more that he/she can’t stop the woman. He was discussing specifically having treated a 21-year-old morbidly obese unemployed woman who was getting $50K+/year hormone injections (paid for by Ontario) to get pregnant, because her body wouldn’t otherwise get pregnant since she was in such poor health. It’s not quite the same, but it boils down to babies being born with potential health risks because people aren’t getting the right guidance from their doctors.

This is a sad situation, but I’m glad this person shared it, because I wasn’t aware of late-onset effects of being born to alcoholic mothers. I figured it was something that was obvious in childhood only.

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