Lifestyle and avoidance of seizure precipitants are important. Patients should avoid other precipitants including hormonal triggers. Proust went further, singling out absence, inaccessibility or jealousy as the necessary precipitants of love. Avoiding precipitants, such as pollen or mold can be preventative. Notably, the influence of various precipitants varies with the epilepsy syndrome. Recent life events can act as precipitants. The precipitants and the manifestations of reflex anoxic seizures may change with age. Some less common precipitants are micturition, coitus, and painful stimuli. And lastly, frivolous lawsuits have been cited as major precipitants of increasing healthcare costs. For example, decreasing stress to avoid precipitants can help patients decrease the number of attacks. There are also non-physical precipitants, such as the thought or sight of food. Other recognized precipitants of stable angina include cold weather, heavy meals, and emotional stress. Attack precipitants are usually physical in nature, such as defecation, eating, or taking medicine. Mineral acids, such as hydrochloric and sulfuric acid are used as precipitants. Finally, other precipitants can facilitate, rather than obligately trigger, seizures in susceptible individuals.