Reduce Stress Causing Seizures

It is the impact that stress has on the body that is the problem with it causing seizures.

Here are some basics of how the stress response functions. The "fight or flight" response IS the stress response. This is an automatic alert system that is part of our brain, and when triggered it effects every part of the body.

So, in relationship to a seizure, stress creates an increase in the electrical functioning of the brain and nervous system. People that are susceptible to seizures can be impacted by this increased firing of neuron activity.

The body also responds to an activated stress response by releasing an array of stress hormones. Stress increases the release of a hormone called cortisol which can also impact seizure activity.

Stress can also affect an area called the limbic system of the brain. This area regulates emotions, and is where seizures often start. Seizure activity can increase with prolonged or chronic emotional stress.

Becoming more aware of the physiologic balance in our body is important.

Each person carries their own wisdom for what is needed to avoid chronic stress...or, living in a chronic out of balance lifestyle. For those who are impacted by seizures, coping with stress is an important part of a daily wellness plan.

While no one can fully predict what your signs of seizures will be, they can cause involuntary changes in body movement or function, sensation, awareness, or behavior.

Many people have shared what their warning signs were prior to having their seizure:
Dizziness
Lightheadedness
tightening of the chest
a rapid heartbeat
things in slow-motion just prior to the seizure

There remains much that is yet unknown about the onset of a seizure. In addition to emotional stress causing seizures, here are some other common causes: sleep deprivation, brain injury, drug toxicity, infection, fever, hemorrhage, tumor, or stroke.

If you have found that seizures are more frequent with stress, it is very important to learn some new coping with stress strategies to minimize its impact on your body.

Learning a meditation technique that works for you or other stress relaxation techniques will be important to minimizing the risk of seizures.

By: CChurchill

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Learning how to cope with stress from a holistic perspective is important. Coping with stress is unique to each one of us, and is experienced each time the brain encounters something that threatens ones survival. That threat can be real or perceived. Each facet of who we are, thoughts, physical, emotional, and spiritual function optimally when in balance. Chronic stress, or being chronically out of balance, is what harms the body. For more information, visit: www.controlmystress.com