Seizures and Barometric Pressure

[Donna Johnson]

John...

Your email is very informative because I have tried to relate my seizure activity to the weather in many ways.  Of course, since I'm on meds, I don't have full-blown seizures unless something is very wrong.  However, we all know how we feel and it seems that barometric pressure has a lot to do with my seizure feelings...the humidity affects the other parts of my body, but doesn't seem to affect my head.  As I probably mentioned, I tried to keep a list for at least a month, but got busy with other things and haven't gone back to it.  There is one detail that I've always noticed and that is the heavy, pushed down feeling that I get right before it rains...after the rain starts, the feeling goes away.  This is 1 important reason that living in Oregon (even Central Oregon) is sometimes difficult...I usually feel much better in a warmer (hotter) climate and eventually plan to move back to Las Vegas or Apple Valley in California.

Take care and stay safe.....

"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on.....or by imbeciles who really mean it"     -     Mark Twain

[Ulla Raisanen]

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Ulla Raisanen

Ulla Räisänen
Senior Researcher
DIPEx Research Group
Department of Primary Health Care
University of Oxford
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