Consult your neurologist before consuming any flu medications containing diphenhydramine (such as Benadryl) and phenylpropanolamine (PPA). These medications, especially cough syrups, could trigger seizures. There are some flu medications out there that are known to leave behind neurological symptoms such as shaky hands, drowsiness, paranoia, irregular heartbeats, and restlessness. The best way about this would be by consulting your doctor and increasing the dose of your seizure medicine. However, there are plenty of medicines out there that are safe to use with seizure medicines. This could result in dizziness and/ or a potential seizure as well. The science behind this is that flu medications could cause the blood levels of your epilepsy medications to drop. Moreover, most medicines for other conditions can potentially react with your seizure medicines. It is known that seizure medicines of different types tend to react with one another. Your flu shot should not react with your epilepsy medication and will keep you safe from cases of flu, but you should always discuss such matters with your physician All individuals living with a chronic condition are advised to get one. Research has shown that the safest way for dealing with the flu season is by getting the shot. Most people don’t experience any side effects and it will keep you stress-free for the rest of the flu season.

To avoid seizures induced by stress or an irregular medication intake, you should speak with your doctor about receiving a flu shot. It is also important to know that flu can cause nausea and vomiting and this could affect your seizure medicine’s schedule and intake. Moreover, the stress of being sick could also affect the frequency of seizures. However, neurological conditions such as epilepsy can make it difficult to fight the flu and regulate body temperature.

Research says that people living with epilepsy are not at any added risk from flu. However, here are some things that could help you stay prepared for the flu season. Your neurologist would be the best person to answer this. You could have questions and concerns over whether your flu and epilepsy medications will react or if it’s okay to take a flu shot, and so on.

The flu season is something we all need to deal with every year and, usually, some over-the-counter medication or a routine flu shot will help you through it.

It’s that time of the year when it seems like every other child and adult will be seen with a sore throat and a runny nose.

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