Rick Ross blames lack of sleep for seizures

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From Huffington Post:

Rapper Rick Ross opened up on BET’s “106 & Park” yesterday, discussing, for the first time, the two seizures he suffered on an October 14th flight to Memphis. “It was a case of me not getting enough rest, enough sleep,” he said.

According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, seizures are often triggered by factors such as lack of sleep, alcohol consumption, and stress. For women, hormonal changes associated with the menstrual cycle can also act as a trigger.

While these seizure triggers do not cause epilepsy, they can cause breakthrough seizures in people who otherwise experience good seizure control with their medication. “Sleep deprivation in particular is a universal and powerful trigger of seizures,” NINDS says.

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