American rap star Lil Wayne says he his Epileptic!
In his first interview since his life-threatening seizure scare, Lil Wayne says he is epileptic and blames his health issues on stress.
"The bad news is I'm an epileptic. I'm prone to seizures," he tells radio's Power 108 (via rap up). "This isn’t my first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh seizure. I’ve had a bunch of seizures, ya’ll just never hear about them. But this time it got real bad ’cause I had three of them in a row and on the third one, my heart rate went down to like 30 percent. Basically, I could’ve died, so that is why it was so serious."
Recently, the 30-year-old rapper was released from Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai hospital after several days of treatment that included a stay in the intensive care unit. Reports surfaced that he was near death after suffering from seizures and speculation also grew that his ailment was the result of a ‘sizzurp binge’-fueled codeine overdose.
But Lil Wayne insists "the reason being for the seizures is just plain stress, no rest, overworking myself. That’s just typical me though."
Meanwhile, he's apparently Zen about the breathless media coverage that he had been on his deathbed. Referring specifically to TMZ, he observes: "That’s what they do. I can’t be upset at that. I get upset at my kids when they do things that I tell them not to do. I can’t be upset at TMZ for doing what they do. They gon’ probably come out tomorrow and say something else about somebody else that ain’t true."
The rapper's 10th studio album, I Am Not A Human Being II drops March 26, on Cash Money Records. This summer, he embarks on his
America’s Most Wanted Music Festival tour alongside T.I. and Future.
Epilepsy is a neurological condition, which affects the nervous system. Epilepsy is also known as a seizure disorder. It is usually diagnosed after a person has had at least two seizures that were not caused by some known medical condition like alcohol withdrawal, extreme low blood sugar, heart problems or some other medical conditions.