Myspace pages are now private, pictures on there show possible recent drug use. In addition to signs that she has displayed in the first week or so of Haleigh missing.
Just as it has been discussed over and over that Ron appears stoned in this interview or that interview or Ron is a drug dealer all because of his past. There is nothing that says Ron is a current drug user, but we still have to consider drug use may have come into play with Haleigh missing.
multiple substances and Haleigh disappeared from his house where his GF had apparently just spent some quality time with a known drug dealer. To me, drugs are relevant insofar as they can be viewed in light of Haleigh's disappearance. Just yesterday RC's attorney released a statement that had a carefully worded drug acknowledgment "Ron Cummings takes prescription medication for accidental injuries, but denies a drug problem." Of course , "taking" prescription medication can be a drug offense if one is not in possession of the prescription for the prescription drug one is taking and he has been charged with "POSSESSION OF DRUG WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION" and there is a lot of money to be made in selling prescription drugs. Also, denying one has a drug problem is not the same as actually NOT having a drug problem. Attorneys are good at wording things very carefully.
Crystal, to my knowledge, has no history of drug arrests and drug dealing and I have read no theory that links some drug activity of CS to Haleigh's disappearance. So, to me, her seizures call for no more than well wishes that she is OK. Speculating about why someone has a seizure may be amusing but ultimately pointless as we are not Dr's and have no access to her medical records and tests. I also don't see how her seizures and/or their causation are relevant to Haleigh's disappearance.
I think I had read that CS had been to the hospital sometime recently because she hadn't been eating? Lack of nutrition is a possible cause of seizures too just like a host of other things. But I have no way of concluding that any cause is the cause no matter how much I talk about the causes.
There are also many different types of seizures and it's possible CS had them and did not know so the report she only had one previously may not even be true.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003200.htm
"There are a wide variety of possible symptoms of seizures, depending on what parts of the brain are involved. Many types of seizures cause loss of awareness and some cause twitching or shaking of the body.
However, some seizures may be hard to notice because they consist of staring spells that can easily go unnoticed. Occasionally, seizures can cause temporary changes in sensation or vision.
Seizures are classified as involving a small part of the brain (focal) and then spreading, or as involving the whole brain (generalized). Focal seizures can be "simple" (there is no change in memory or awareness) or "complex" (there is loss of memory or a change in awareness) . Seizures may also be classified as generalized (whole body affected) or focal (only one part or side of the body is affected).
Some of the more common causes of seizures include:
Developmental problems, genetic conditions present at birth, or injuries near the time of birth (seizures usually begin in infancy or early childhood):
* Brain injury (see:Injury or trauma to the head)
o early seizures (within 2 weeks of injury) don't necessarily mean that a seizure disorder (epilepsy) will develop
o most common in young adults
o seizures usually begin within 2 years after injury
Metabolic abnormalities (problems with the body's chemistry) can happen at any age and can result from:
* Complications of diabetes
* Kidney failure and uremia (the toxic accumulation of wastes in the body)
* Liver failure
* Nutritional deficiencies
* Phenylketonuria (PKU) -- this can cause seizures in infants)
* Use of cocaine, amphetamines, alcohol, or certain other recreational drugs
* Withdrawal from alcohol
* Withdrawal from drugs, particularly barbiturates and benzodiazepines
Other causes include:
* Infections
o acute, severe infections of any part of the body
o brain abscess
o brain infections such as meningitis and encephalitis can produce seizures
o can happen in people of all ages
o chronic infections (such as neurosyphilis)
+ complications of AIDS or other immune disorders
+ may be a reversible cause of seizures (not continue)
* Tumors (see:brain tumor) and brain lesions (such as bleeding in the brain)
o may affect any age person but are most common after age 30
o may lead to generalized (tonic-clonic) seizures
o partial (focal) seizures are most common to start with
And BECAUSE I suffer from seizures, I also KNOW I did not have a seizure until age 42--and I have had multiple seizures in ONE DAY.
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