Poisoning

Someone can develop seizures if he/she was exposed either to lead, carbon monoxide or several other poisonous chemicals. It can also be triggered by such factors as: stress, lack of sleep, hormonal unbalance associated with the menstrual cycle, stress and consuming alcohol.

All these factors are also called triggers which mean that they can cause seizures. These triggers do no cause Epilepsy but can cause seizures for someone whose seizures are usually under control by his/her medication or be responsible for someone's first seizures.

When someone is affected by an important lack of sleep, the chances are greater since it is one of the important seizures trigger. This is why someone that is suffering from Epilepsy should rest appropriately and be on a regular sleep pattern to prevent to be affected by this trigger.

Other people's trigger is called photosensitive which means that rapid flashes from a light or the flickering from a computer might cause them to suffer from seizures.

Cigarette smoking can also be a trigger since the nicotine excites the neurons to a point that the stimuli transmitted are increasing the speed of the transmission which can create and unbalance and seizures.

Sexual activity is not considered a trigger as in only a few cases did it cause seizures.