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If feeling tired or not getting enough sleep are triggers for your seizures, or if you have seizures when you are asleep, you may find that shift work increases your risk of seizures. This is because your normal pattern of sleep is disturbed.

If you find that this happens to you, it might be helpful to talk to your employer about changing your shift or work schedules. Changing your work hours to help reduce the risk of seizures happening could be considered to be a reasonable adjustment under the Disability Discrimination Act in the UK. 

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