Living with Epilepsy - Seizures, Doctors & Anxiety - This is one of the best videos I’ve seen to describe the epileptic experience (it aligns with mine, especially with how psychedelic my seizures feel, the feeling of increasing inescapable “impending doom” & what my triggers are).

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Thank you for posting that video. I had no idea deja vu could be related to epilepsy, too. I get it in some migraine prodomes.

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Migraines and epilepsy are kinda similar in some ways! They’re glitches in certain parts of the brain brought on by negative stimuli and usually involve swelling. Meds that work for one or the other, also usually help interchangeably, especially drugs that are anti inflammatory like cannabis or Diclofenac.

This drug is not well known in the US, but it’s the only NSAID that crosses the blood brain barrier, enters the CNS, and reduces brain swelling (which is involved in both seizures and migraines), I love it honestly (the lowest dose, 50 mg, literally gets rid of brainzaps/partial seizures within 15 min, and better than klonopin/benzos for sure). It’s just very strong so the max dose is 150 mg a day, which is fucking high; that’s the equivalent of your daily dose of ibuprofen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diclofenac

If you’ve never heard of this medicine, it could help you!

An additional indication is the treatment of acute migraines.[15] Diclofenac is used commonly to treat mild to moderate postoperative or post-traumatic pain

Studies are also coming out on its anticonvulsant properties:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/306922538_Effect_of_diclofenac_sodium_on_seizures_and_inflammatory_profile_induced_by_kindling_seizure_model

The treatment with diclofenac sodium, in the PTZ induced kindling model, decreased severity of seizures and interleukin-6 and TNF-α levels in the hippocampus of animals treated with doses of 5 and 10 mg/kg. New studies are needed to investigate a new therapeutic approach in the treatment of epilepsy with this anti-inflammatory non-steroidal drug.