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A member asked:

At 16 my son and was limp in his sleep and breathing shallowly and his eyes were rolling couldnt wake him up was this a seizure.he was on barbituates ?

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Not necessarily: Barbiturates can cause respiratory depression. He could have just had too many barbiturates. It doesn't necessarily mean he had a seizure. Barbiturates are actually used as treatment for some kind of seizures.

Answered 9/28/2016

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