a mild form of epilepsy runs in the family and i have migrains is there a chance i might have it too?
2007-02-16 08:03:49 · 7 answers · asked by ally4253 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
Interesting . . . I was just talking to someone at work who has suffered with debilitating migraines for years, and she is finally getting some relief from epilepsy medication. Her new doctor said that her headaches are actually seizures.....
2007-02-16 08:07:11 · answer #1 · answered by bibliophile31 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My ex-wife has epilepsy and she would often have a migraine like headache after a seizure. I don't know if there is an actual link between the two or if the headache was a result of the seizure rather than an actual migraine. However migraines can be preceded by an aura as can seizures. I get migraine auras from time to time but I don't know how similar they are to the auras my ex would have prior to a seizure.
2007-02-16 08:09:39 · answer #2 · answered by Justin H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I personally think there is a genetic relationship between migraines and some types of epilepsy. There is also a known risk of people with migraines to have either IBS or depression or both in addition to their migraine attacks.
Oliver Sacks wrote an entire book called Migraine which is excellent.
"For centuries, physicians and migraineurs have been fascinated by the many manifestations of migraine, and especially by the visual hallucinations or auras- similar in some ways to those induced by hallucinogenic drugs or deliria--which often precede a migraine. In this revised edition of his first book, Dr. Sacks describes these hallucinatory constants and what they reveal about the working of the brain, drawing on recent advances in chaos theory and neural simulation. Migraine, he writes, can give us a most direct and privileged view not only of the secrets of neuronal organization, but also of the self-organizing systems of nature--recently described by chaos theorists--which often remain hidden in our daily lives.
Beyond this, Dr. Sacks finds a fascination in the multiple forms of migraine and the many triggers which may set them off--and of the crucial importance of considering the role played by migraine in each individual's life."
2007-02-16 08:14:16 · answer #3 · answered by Haley 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Migraines are due to vascular disturbance in the temporal areas of the head, and epilepsy is a neurological disorder. I don't know if there's any cause and effect relationship between the two. Ask the expert on such matters-- your doctor. He or she can tell you better than anyone on here.
2007-02-16 08:10:21 · answer #4 · answered by gldjns 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is a very challenging question. It has been asked before, but never really answered to my satisfaction. Do you have the herbal protocol for epilepsy? If not, get it, and if so try taking some and see if it makes a difference. I think it is pretty likely that it would help.
2007-02-16 08:08:43 · answer #5 · answered by hasse_john 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have a childhood of seizures,
I started gettin migranes in 8th grade.
Try to ask a nursepractitioner bout
that or a nuerollogist such as Dr.Capps
in Tullahoma,Tennesee.
He helps me a dog gone bunch!
You might want 2 consider that!
-Mrs.Sarah Lynn Holt
2007-02-16 10:06:24 · answer #6 · answered by Sarah 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i wouldnt think too far into it until you talk with a doctor because your migrains might be from stress due to worrying about it too much
2007-02-16 08:07:43 · answer #7 · answered by strgazer9113 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋