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[quote=Anonymous]I have known a handful of addicts (opiates, Xanax, alcohol) over the past few years, including one close friend who died from an accidental overdose. Each one of them had starting having seizures and claimed their doctors have no idea why. They've even had extensive follow up care and testing to find the cause of the seizures.

Does anyone have experience with this? I can't figure out if they're telling the truth. To me, the seizures are obviously drug related. Either from withdrawal, or from heavy use of oxy or alcohol. But then why continue with the testing if doctors know what caused the seizures?

The reason this bothers me is because addicts cling to their mystery "seizure disorder" diagnosis as a way to deflect from their addiction, use it as an excuse for their behavior, and even a reason to keep using - my friend had a seizure in rehab and claims they told her she had to leave rehab and get her seizures under control before coming back. I said wait, wasn't the seizure caused by withdrawal? And she said "the doctors don't know." My coworker admitted she was addicted but insisted her doctor wanted her to do more testing for the seizures before weaning her off the opioids. 
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