It was a theory from the emergency room that pot could have caused my seizure (at the time i wasnt on any meds, only the mirena, which they say had nothing to do with the seizure, none the less i had the mirena removed) but the hospital also said it could have been due to stress. They gave me hydroxizine at the hospital for my axiety from the seizure and i took that and continued smoking pot. I met with my regular doctor who didnt believe pot caused the seizure as its often used to treat seizured, the same thing my t said. My gp said the seizure was either psuedo or from migraines, t thought psuedo or DID. Then 3 weeks (all the while still smoking pot and taking low doses of the hydroxizine) i met with pdoc. T didnt see a problem with the pot as he says some patients use it for anxiety and thought it could help me.
But because i drank accesively as a teenager (almost 10 years ago) pdoc figured my pot use was a warning sign of my addictive personality or something so she gave me more hydroxizine and said she wouldnt give me better anxiety meds until i could pass a drug test. She also believed the seizure was psuedo or DID related.
So i stopped smoking pot and even stopped the hydroxizine as it was only making me sleepy and thats it. My anxiety never got worse, but it has gotten better due to therapy and positive affirmations, changing my thinking process that was learned as a child.
But pot made me dissociate quite a bit more than i realized so now that i havent smoked in six weeks, with no upcoming drug tests and the pdoc dismissed me as i dont want meds, im trying to deal by changing my mental state, i still dont think i will smokw. But only becauses it increases my dissociation so much and the dissociation is so similar feeling to seizures, i never know what it will be.
Both seizures happened while i was very anxious though, i think thats a little connection ther at least
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