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Hi guys,

sorry if this is in the incorrect area but im hoping someone can help me. Since around October last year I have lost a total of 24kgs. Ive always been rather big im not huge im rather proportional if there is such a thing.

Around Easter i stopped gymming as I had a family death and had to do a bit of travelling and sort out some things. I then had a seizure which made me tired and lost a lot of confidence in weither or not it was the intense gym workout or something else. long story short ive been in and out of the gym and with my 2nd seizure im doubting myself in the gym, if I should continue etc. Im trying to do different stuff ie. swimming.

My question is has anyone heard of, or been through the same thing? I am planning on doing whats called xFit 30 which is an imitation of crossfit. Its Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and on Tuesdays and Thursdays id be hitting the pools.

Do people think this is wise? I was thinking of doing a few days to see how I go but the problem with that is once i stop i find it hard to get back into it (like now)

Any help, advice would be great. Feel free to ask questions or if anybody knows someone I could talk to then that would be great.

Thanks.
 
Seizures are a pretty big deal. Lifting weights and swimming are inherently good, but depending on the cause of your seizures (in particular, what triggers them, and that's if there are any predictable triggers), this could range anywhere from therapeutic to a reckless idea. I know because I had epilepsy as a child, and it excluded me from a lot of otherwise good activities, because the potential for me to have a seizure meant that I could easily drown or die under some weights in the gym. By contrast, CrazyOldMan here currently has epilepsy and some nasty seizures, but he does train a lot. This is definitely something to be talking to a doctor about, and making sure that your health is under control, before proceeding. Ultimately, that's a call that none of us are in a position to be making.
 
I was going to say get to a competent doctor ASAP too.
I have symptomatic epilepsy, meaning the epilepsy is due to brain damage, in my case trauma but so much can cause brain damage this has to be taken really seriously.
I am more fortunate than most, my seizures come with plenty of warning, usually a day or more, and happen at night. My training is lousy for up to a week later, because I am too stupid to rest fully. that takes proper injury.
Some of what I do is not totally smart for someone with symptomatic epilepsy anyway but I take my meds and refuse to let one moron driving on the phone destroy my life. That said I have put limits on what I do and have built up to the stupidity I do after a period of loathsome moderation, without which I wouldn't be able to do what I do now.
Refusing to take this seriously will put your life and potentially others at risk, so yes I am saying see a doctor or you could die or worse kill someone else through stupidity.

I have a history of proving doctors wrong and I have little doubt my neurologist reckons I don't take this seriously enough and do too much, but he also admits that without my fitness I wouldn't have survived the seizure that brought my epilepsy to his attention. This is because I know me better than he does, but I would never recommend not getting their advice first.
 
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