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Epilepsey and Weed
Tue, 04/24/2018 - 23:16Topic: Epilepsy.com Help
Im a 16 year old male and I had my first sezuir June 2017 and had at 5-7 ones during the next 3 days. I take two 750 Kepra once a day (long release). The past weekend is the first time I've smoked weed since I was diagnosed wirh epilepsey. On Saturday we sat in a forest behind a skateing rink and toke small hits off a tint mushroom pipe. All Saturday I felt fine and we all spent the night at my friends place and I did take my kepra at the time Im supposed to everyday. Sunday morning we got a bigger pipe which aloud us to get larger hits and get high quicker. After takeing about 5 hits 20 minutes later while playing a video game I felt my left hand tense up ( when I have a sezuir my left hand sezes up and than i fall ) and then my entire body went numb and I felt as of I was gonna go into a sezuir. I laided down and told my friends I might have a sezuir but I just ended up passing out. Is this normal for other people with epilepsy to feel like they're going to have a sezuir while smokeing than not? Is there a way I can avoid this feeling about I enjoy smokeing with my friends.
I have never felt that with
Submitted by frozenjoker.tm@gmail.com on Sat, 2018-05-12 - 17:06
I have never felt that with smoking. I'm personally a huge advocate for medical marijuana for seizures. I've been smoking a mostly cbd blend from CO for more than a year now. I used to take 750mg Keppra twice a day, and I got every side effect that came with it.However I still smoke, I don't smoke to get high. So perhaps that's the feeling you get when you get high? I'd just play it safe if I were you. Everything in moderation. :)