Seizure Control Made WORSE by Marijuana
by Paul Ruiz
I was injured in the right temporal lobe during the Gulf war of 1992. I had
smoked marijuana off and on since I was about fifteen years old. I won't deny
that I enjoy getting stoned regularly, but after being on various medications
without seizure control (while smoking at the same time), I decided to stop
smoking for a while and see what would happen. I was amazed to find out that my
seizures became controlled after not smoking for a few weeks.
I was a little skeptical and thought that a change of medication (Trileptal) had
brought my seizures under control. I decided to smoke again casually. After
smoking a few times I began having seizures again. It broke my heart, since I
had thought from the onset of my seizures that cannabis would help. I stopped
smoking and once again I was seizure-free. And once I got high I would have a
seizure. I would assume that every person reacts differently to a substance, but
for me, (unfortunately) cannabis only serves as a trigger for seizures. Cheers
to all of you out there who have a positive reaction from cannabis. I have to
stay clean if I want to be seizure-free, and to me not having seizures after
having an average of twelve a week is much more valuable that a occasional buzz.