User:DrJLLewis

Hello

Under the section

Seizure types

" Conversion disorder (flailing and jerking of the head, often in response to severe personal stress such as physical abuse)"

Do you mean convulsion rather than conversion?

This comment could lead the reader to conclude that physical abuse is the main trigger for grand mal seizures. What evidence is there for such an inference? While stress can be a trigger, there is ample evidence that the core the problem is biochemical, for example an excess of glutamate. There are many ways to arrive at an elevated and uncontrolled glutamate excess,for example physical, pathogenic or toxicological brain injury and genetic variation. Stress and diet can exacerbate the condition.