Epileptic seizures are caused by abnormal electrical activity in the brain, but they are not the only cause of seizures. People can experience non-epileptic seizures for a whole host of reasons.
Alcohol, low blood sugars or low blood pressure or sleep disorders can all cause non-epileptic seizures. I experience non-epileptic seizures as a symptom of a condition called functional neurological disorder, or FND for short.
FND occurs when the brain’s messaging system malfunctions and doesn’t work as it should. As FND affects the whole brain, it can cause many different symptoms, and no two people with FND are the same.
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