Cold Turkey and Seizures

[Crusty]

Okay, last Tuesday after a full day of being sober and walking round the zoo with a friend I was coming home on a peak hour bus, one second i was standing the next I came to in the hospital.

The friend I was with said I had a seizure. She said I was so rigid and biting through my tongue, bleeding from the mouth and what not.
When I woke up I was talking about things I had done years before...but I wasnt aware I was even awake at that point.

The doctors scanned my head and wanted to do a lumbar puncture which I refused. I also have to go to an epilepsy clinic but atm they don't know what caused it..unless it was sudden withdrawl from benzos and alcohol of course..which is what I have my money on.

My question to you guys, as I sit here scattered, is has this ever happened to anybody here and can ANYBODY shed some light on the situation?

[Token Smoker]

I cant shed any light, but i give you my sympathy man, that sucks. good luck with your question though.

[v3d4]

i heard of a girl having a seizure from cold turkey off xanax, so i think your idea is not far fetched...
bless you crust, hows your poor tongue?

[Crusty]

Originally Posted by v3d4

i heard of a girl having a seizure from cold turkey off xanax, so i think your idea is not far fetched...
bless you crust, hows your poor tongue?

Thanks v3d4 and token, my tongue bounced back great...my face and arm are still pretty beaten though.

All I can say about the whole experience is I woke up very greatful for what I have in life...it's given me a great deal of strength so maybe this time I'll actually beat what's beating me.

[thc_404]

Alcohol is a devil.. you better quit that shit now before it gets any worse.
Having cold turkey from alcohol is no joke.. I speak from experience.

[Crusty]

Originally Posted by thc_404

Alcohol is a devil.. you better quit that shit now before it gets any worse.
Having cold turkey from alcohol is no joke.. I speak from experience.

I don't have much choice man but yeah I've learned the hard way and now im just hoping I beat it.

[30_Units]

benzos (habitually) lower seizure threshold. yep, you were sober...you're addicted man. seizure when abstaining from benzos is classical addiction modeling...and horrible stuff to boot....

do you have any medical resources available to you? Detox at the very least so you can get weaned off on diazepam over a matter of weeks?

You need to stop now man.


if you don't, they're simply going to happen more frequently, even if you keep upping dose. and it's not a nice place to be when you've just eaten ten bars, stash is empty, you're broke, and you still feel withdrawl creeping up....makes me shiver thinking about it

Once i started having seizures on benzos, they just got worse and worse unless i kept incrementally increasing dose, usually by the week.

it's very possible for you to get brain damage during these episodes, and judging by the fact that you don't remember having a seizure it means their complex (simply a categorization.)

I remember my first seizure. Sitiing in a booth at a diner, woke up very nauseous in an ambulance with tubes in most any vein that bled....horrible headache



And now i take carbamazapine (tegretol) or else they say i've got a good chance of seizing again

Seriously. benzo addiction a'int worth it man...i spent 4 years constantly on either clonazepam or xanax....after 3 months off them i'm finally getting to normal again

fuck, i lost almost a whole year of my life fucked on those things. memory is still fucked, anxiety is worse than ever (but not skyrocketing anymore) and i don't have any sort of coping mechanisms that normal people develop during those times i decided to take a vacation in my head

fuck crust, you're in a bad place. I don't pray or believe in god, but i'm sending positive vibes in your direction.

get better for you man. ask for help if you need it, this is serious business.

good luck.

[Crusty]

Originally Posted by 30_Units

advice...

Thanks man, I made the decision to quit many times but it wasnt until I woke up in that hospital that I really said "fuck this", I've never felt so positive..I'm aware the addiciton will have it's moments but I'm also aware I can beat it which is, suprisingly, a new way of thinking for me.

[30_Units]

That's the first time i've smiled in awhile crust.

Thank you.

[Lions & Christians (PB)]

... please do quit, but dont go cold turkey.

benzo withdrawel is agony, even without seizures. probably one of the top 3 withdrawels.

certainly dont attempt it without your doctor perscribing you some form of anti-seizure medicine like dilantin or something of that elk. just take it easy, sure in the long run clean is the way to be, but right now just try to make it through the week.

also try to have someone by you most of the time, your at high risk for it happening again.

godspeed, and dont torture yourself too much.

[Peace seeker]

good luck Crusty

i ve had seizures before (not due to benzo withdrawl though) and i know it aint no joke

sincerelly i wish you to come clean and over this thing

[The seizureboi]

I can't shed light but I can sympathize somewhat. I've had seizures before, but for me I was always at home alone. I remember once I came home from school and all I remember was closing the door and then waking up an hour or so later with saliva all over my mouth. My parents don't believe I had them, I even got an eeg and they said my brain is better than average. I'm almost certain that's where my screen name came from but at this point I can't remember. Luckily I didn't need to go to the hospital during the seizure, otherwise I might not be here now.