For those of you that have stress as a trigger:
How long does it take after the initial stressor for you to have a seizure?
Instantaneous? Hours? Next day?
Stress is one of my biggest triggers and sometimes is a matter of hours. Sometimes days.
I would have to be super stressed , angry , and frustrated .
Average stress doesn’t trigger my seizures
It depends on the stress. If it's related to anxiety or OCD, it can be immediate or it can be a few days after the anxiety builds up. If it's stress from PTSD, it depends on what type of trauma caused the PTSD flare up.
This is a pretty good question. The only time I have had this happen was when I had my last TC. When it happened, I found the anxiety to seizure took just over 13 hrs to play out. I don't mean that as in I had a 13 hr seizure I basically had anxiety the night before (I won't say why) then woke up it was better but not great, I fixed the issue then got the sudden relief feeling you get, but I didn't realize it was far to late and a few hrs later I had the TC. At the time I didn't even think about risks or anything until after it happened.
I will say though the main reasons I had this happen looking back:
- at the time it was a long period of very high anxiety
- poor sleep and poor sleep habits
- dehydrated (never had enough water)
Suffering stress, my seizures, start immediately. From N. Ireland