Seizure Triggers | Epilepsy Foundation
Common seizure triggers include specific times of day, sleep problems, flashing lights, & more. Knowing what triggers seizures may help reduce frequency.
Managing Triggers - Epilepsy Foundation
In this section, you will find information on how to identify seizure triggers and how to include ways of including trigger management in your seizure preparedness plans. For more information: Missed medicine; Sleep deprivation; Stress; Alcohol; Drug abuse; Menstrual cycle; Nutritional factors; Over-the-counter medicines; Flashing lights
Stress and Epilepsy - Epilepsy Foundation
Stress is a common trigger, some research links reduced stress to lower seizure risk. Learn more at Epilepsy Foundation. How often does stress trigger seizures?
Photosensitivity and Seizures | Epilepsy Foundation
For about 3% of people with epilepsy, exposure to flashing lights at certain intensities or to certain visual patterns can trigger seizures. This condition is known as photosensitive epilepsy.
Types of Seizures - Epilepsy Foundation
Types of seizures are classified by onset or beginning of a seizure: focal, generalized, or unknown. Learn about the new classification of seizure types.
Other Illnesses as a Seizure Trigger | Epilepsy Foundation
A common seizure trigger in people with epilepsy is being sick with some type of acute illness or infection. Head colds, lung infections or sinus infections (caused by viruses or bacteria) can often lead to a change in seizures.
Menstruation as a Seizure Trigger | Epilepsy Foundation
Approximately half the women of childbearing age who have epilepsy report an increase in seizures around the time of their monthly menstrual period. Seizures that occur around the menstrual cycle are called catamenial epilepsy.
Epilepsy Due to Rasmussen's Syndrome | Epilepsy Foundation
Recent studies suggest that the cause of Rasmussen's syndrome is an autoimmune disorder (antibodies are produced against the body's own tissues) directed against receptors on the brain cells. The process may be triggered by a viral infection, and possibly other triggering causes.
Lack of Sleep and Epilepsy - Epilepsy Foundation
If you have epilepsy, lack of "good sleep" makes most people more likely to have seizures. It can even increase the intensity and length of seizures. Some forms of epilepsy are especially prone to sleep problems.
Over-the-Counter Medications as a Seizure Trigger - Epilepsy …
A few medicines that you can get without a prescription (called over-the-counter or OTC medicines) can potentially increase seizures in people with epilepsy. They could even trigger a seizure for the first time.