Epilepsy and sleep
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Last updated 23 Mar 2010, review date due 23 Mar 2011
Acknowledgement
Epilepsy Action would like to thank Dr Henry Smithson, Academic Unit of Primary Medical Care, Sheffield, UK, for reviewing this information.
Contents
- Links between epilepsy and sleep
- Stages of sleep
- Seizures during sleep
- Epilepsy treatment and sleep
- Lack of sleep as a trigger for seizures
- Epilepsy with other sleep disorders
- Sleep studies
- Detecting sleep seizures if you are alone
- How to get a good night’s sleep
- Conclusion
- Further information
Introduction
Most people have more energy, think more clearly and react more quickly after a good night’s sleep. For some people with epilepsy, sleep is especially important. This is because not sleeping for long enough, or not having enough good quality sleep, can make their seizures more likely.
In these web pages, we look at the different ways that sleep and epilepsy are linked.
Links between epilepsy and sleep
Different kinds of epilepsy and their relationship to sleep
Epilepsy is not one condition. There are lots of different types of epilepsy, some of which are related to particular stages of sleep. These are some of the more common ones.
Epilepsy grand mal on awakening
In epilepsy grand mal on awakening you will have tonic-clonic seizures either just before, or just after, you wake up. This may be in the morning, after a night’s sleep, or during the day when you have a nap. Tonic-clonic seizures are the ones most of us think about when we imagine someone having an ‘epileptic fit’. They are sometimes called grand mal or convulsions.
Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME)
If you have this kind of epilepsy, you will usually have a combination of three different kinds of seizure.
- Absence seizures: you may appear to be just staring or blinking.
- Myoclonic seizures you have short jerking movements of different parts of your body.
- Tonic-clonic seizures these involve the whole of your body. They are the type of seizure most of us think of when we imagine someone having an ‘epileptic fit’.
These seizures may happen shortly after waking up. Or they may happen when you are awake, but very tired.
If you have Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy, you could find that not having enough sleep can make your seizures more likely.
Benign rolandic epilepsy (BRE)
If you have this kind of epilepsy, you will have partial seizures, also known as focal seizures, in your sleep. Occasionally, you might have seizures when you are awake.
These seizures will affect your mouth and face, and sometimes cause your arms and legs to jerk. You might also dribble a lot of saliva. Some people with Benign rolandic epilepsy also have [tonic-clonic seizures]. BRE affects almost one in five of all children with epilepsy.
Non-specific epilepsies
There are lots of other epilepsies that don’t have a particular name. In these other epilepsies you may have seizures any time, whether you’re awake or asleep. It’s not known why this is the case for some people, but seizures may be related to different stages of sleep.
Stages of sleep
Drowsiness - this stage lasts just five or 10 minutes. Your eyes move slowly under your eyelids, your muscles slow down and you are easy to wake up.
Light sleep - your eye movement’s stop, your heart rate slows, and your body cools down.
Deep sleep - it’s not easy to wake you during this stage of sleeps, If you do wake, you will be groggy and not quite with it for a few minutes. This kind of sleep allows your brain to rest and restore your energy. Your immune system is helped by deep sleep.
Rapid eye movement (REM) - about 70 to 90 minutes into your sleep cycle, you enter REM sleep. You usually have three to five episodes of REM sleep each night. This stage is associated with processing your emotions, filing your memories and relieving your stress.
Seizures during sleep
If you have a seizure during your sleep, it affects your sleep patterns for the rest of the night. Your sleep becomes lighter, and you wake up more often. The most serious effects are on REM sleep. This is greatly reduced, and may even disappear. Seizures when you’re awake can also reduce REM sleep the following night.
REM sleep
Although it’s important to get enough REM sleep, it’s not clear how to get enough, apart from by controlling your seizures. If your seizures aren’t fully controlled, your doctor should refer you to an epilepsy specialist for an assessment of your epilepsy and your anti-epileptic drugs.
If it’s not possible to stop all your seizures, you should try to catch up on missed sleep, particularly in the day or two after a seizure.
Epilepsy treatment and sleep
Most people with epilepsy take anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) to control their seizures.
Like all types of medicine, AEDs may have unwanted side-effects. The following AEDs may have sleep-related side-effects.
Anti-epileptic drug |
Side-effect |
| Ethosuximide | sleep disturbances, night terrors |
| Gabapentin | insomnia (difficulty sleeping) |
| Pregabalin | insomnia, abnormal dreams |
| Lamotrigine | sleep disturbances |
| Levetiracetam, Phenytoin, Rufinamide, Topirimate, Zonisamide |
insomnia |
If you are having any sleep related problems, it’s advisable to speak with your doctor.
Lack of sleep as a trigger for seizures
For many years it has been thought that not having enough sleep makes a person with epilepsy more likely to have seizures. This seems to be the case for some people, but may not apply to everyone.
Instead, it could be that being deprived of sleep, together with other triggers (stress, alcohol, lack of food) is more likely to trigger seizures. In the future, there may be more known about this.
Epilepsy with other sleep disorders
Some people with epilepsy also have other disorders that can affect their sleep. These include sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, narcolepsy and night terrors. Further information about these disorders is available from NHS Direct.
Sleep studies
Sometimes a person will have a sleep disorder that is wrongly diagnosed as epilepsy. If there’s any possibility that you have a sleep disorder, your doctor could refer you for a sleep study.
Sleep studies can take different forms and can help to show exactly what problems you’re having while you’re asleep. Knowing what’s happening in your brain while you’re trying to rest is the first step towards trying to fix it.
Detecting sleep seizures if you’re alone
If you worry about having a seizure and not having anyone to make sure you’re safe, you could consider getting a seizure alarm.
There are different kinds of alarm available. What type you would need would depend on the kind of seizures you have. Some alarms are sensitive to movement, so if you have tonic-clonic seizures (grand mal, convulsions) then the alarm will detect them. There are other types of alarm available.
Alarms would only be suitable if there was someone the alarm could alert, so that they could come and help you.
- More information about alarms is available from the Disabled Living Foundation.
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For details of help with funding for a child's bed alarm, contact the Muir Maxwell Trust
How to get a good night’s sleep
Researchers Ann Jacoby and Gus Baker from Liverpool University, UK, are currently researching sleep and seizures. If you have problems falling asleep, or have trouble staying asleep, they offer the following tips.
- Have a regular bedtime and getting-up time.
- Avoid taking naps during the day.
- Make sure your bedroom is at a comfortable temperature.
- Make sure the bedroom is dark and free of noise.
- Avoid stressful activities or situations before bed.
- Avoid stimulants, such as alcohol, caffeine and exercise in the late evening.
Conclusion
From the information available to us, we have been able to make the following conclusions.
- Sleep can affect seizures.
- Lack of sleep can trigger seizures for some people.
- Seizures and anti-epileptic drugs can affect sleep.
- Some people with epilepsy also have sleep disorders.
- If sleep disorders are treated, epilepsy may become better controlled.
Further information
You can get further information about any of the issues discussed here from your own doctor
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Comments
I have been having some kind of 'thing' happen to me in sleeping for years - I've pretended it's nothing as it never happens unless I'm asleep or dropping off to sleep. Sometimes it goes on for hours, sometimes minutes. It's a combination of the things described here - a fizzing / buzzing sound and awake paralysis. It is extremely scary - whenever it's happened when someone else is there I have desperately tried to make them help me, but they are unaware im even awake let alone in trouble.
The scariest feeling, aside from the paralysis, is the feeling that my head is shrinking, that the skin on my head is shrinking to a tight tight fit on my skull - along with a pins and needles sensation - this is always part of the fizzing / buzzing, and it is this im SCREAMING for help with. The other scary part is when it is a prolonged episode, anything over 15 minutes :(
I do not know if it is relevant that my mum has epilepsy.
It was not too much of a suprise for me when I was diagnosed with a brain tumour last year - a meningioma - ive seen the neurolosurgeon a couple of times and he is happy that at the moment and that surgery can be done later rather than sooner. In the meantime im monitored with MRi.
However - I have not discussed these 'episodes' with him - I am PETRIFIRED that i will be diagnosed with epilspsy and have my car license revoked on medical grounds. And so, as they NEVER happen during wake time, I am happy that i am safe to drive. Has anyone ever been diagnosed with epilepsy following these experiences? Has anyone had their license revoked?
I am a single mum of four - i work 25 miles from home - i simply cannot afford to be without my car. I work unsociable hours and so using public transport would not be possible as there are no buses at the times i need.
Im looking for reassurance really that if i tell the neurosurgeon when i next see him (in 2 months) i am not going to have my license revoked. Would these 'episodes' be diagnosed as epilepsy?
Please advise. I am worried sick.
Hi i posted a few weeks back about the strange things that were happening to me during sleep that i though were seizures.
I went to see a neurologist on the 12th April and explained everything to him, he said they didnt sound anything like seizures and that it was sleep paralysis. I asked him if he was going to send me for any further tests and he said he really didnt see the need.
Its really wierd because when i experience sleep paralysis i really feel like im having a seizure, my body vibrates and i have a really loud buzzing sound in my ears, but i can jump myself out of it and make it stop then be ok - the neuro said this wouldnt happen with epilepsy.
It also happened one time when my partner was in bed with me and he said i was just asleep, i wasnt shaking or vibrating and again neuro said if it was a seizure my partner would have felt it.
I was hoping for further tests to rule things out, but the neuro said if he thought for a min that it was epilepsy or i was having seizures he would send me for tests, so i suppose i must trust what he says.
Claire
Hi
I have read your last few comments and this sounds very much like what I have experienced for the last 15 years.
Since I was 13 I have been experiencing similar feelings of uncontrolled movement, dizziness, fuzziness, being conscious but unable to speak during my sleep. I went to see my GP who referred me to the neurologist and after they did some EEGs (one normal one and one after having to stay up all night) and an MRI they concluded I had a mild form of epilepsy. I have been on medication since. (600mg Tegretol retard)
Although most of the time the seizures are very mild (just some dribbling and tension in my face and body and sometimes shaking) and at night, I have also had some more serious ones, like experiencing this for hours on end on and off, being fully conscious but unable to stop it. I have been hospitalised for it twice.
Now my seizures are relatively controlled - I mean I get them maybe only once every six months and really only when I am asleep. Although the doctors have suggested increasing my medication I feel like I can live with having fits like this occasionally (since also I can always relate them to being really stressed at that time or having had a lack of sleep) and would prefer to not take more medication and experience side effects.
I have also found in the past that when I had seizures just before falling asleep in bed I could feel them coming I could stop them with my willpower by really focussing on slowing myself down and calming myself and giving myself trusting, loving and happy feelings. In the past I think sometimes they got out of hand because I was afraid and worried something bad would happen when I felt them coming on - I think it is really really important to be trusting and calm, and calm yourself down and feel positive and protected.
Also I have stopped drinking alcohol, eating heavy meals at night, using cafeine products since all these things tend to cause seizures for me. Also I am really aware of myself now and if I feel stressed I try to calm myself down straight away. Doing these things might help you to control your seizures too.
I've read your comments on sleeping disturbances and remembered similar incidents where I was paralyzed and couldnt speak or move, but there's one particular incident I'm still baffled about. I remember I was seventeen and came home early from work. I went to bed early late afternoon and suddenly woke up when I heard the sound of a whirlwind to the left of my bed. I woke up, or so I thought and realised that I was paralyzed I couldnt move. Then I saw my sister coming into my room and I wanna to indicate to her to close the window because the wind is blowing and the sound of the wind was scarry and loud. She walked towards the window and I tried to indicate to her by using my eyes that I'm scared and that she must help me but she just ignored me. She then walked out and I prayed while lying there that she please don't close the door, but she did and it is then that I jumped of the bed, I think it was my absolute fear that shocked me out of the paralysis, but the mystery about the whole incident was that I immediately went to my sister's room and asked her if she was in my room and she said yes. She saw me lying there, my eyes were closed, I was fast asleep and she said that she did walk to the window and that she did close the door behind her, everything that I saw her doing, she did. The other baffling thing that I remember was that I could see her standing in front of the window and the window is behind me, if I lay in that position on my bed it is impossible to see the window.
Hi Vivienne,
What your partner has sounds exactly what i suffer from. I also get the heavy breathing and dont remember anything aswell as the shaking, tongue biting and nonsense chat etc.
Its so frustrating but all you can do i think is make sure your partner is safe and dosnt harm himself. I had one last week and fell out of bed for the first time!
Anyhow if you want to speak to me and my partner get in touch x
Gareth and Claire - i am experiencing the same thing too!! Mine is usally on a morning after a full nights sleep and when my partner has gone to work so there is no one there to witness.
I can feel myself falling into a deep sleep and then i cant move, one time i thought i was getting out of bed to try and get help, everything was so dazed and very foggy and as i was trying to get out of bed i fell on the floor and knocked everything off of my chest of drawers, i remeber thinking ' oh no i'll have to stay here until my partner gets home' then i heard this weird fizzing in my ears and felt vibrations up and down my back.
When i woke up i was not on the floor i was in bed, and nothing had been knocked off of my chest of drawers!! Most of the time when it happens i can jolt my body really hard and this snaps me out of it. when i wake up I remember every single detail of what happened.
It is so weird and really freaks me out, i mentioned it to my gp and she wasnt sure what it was but did say it sounded very much like sleep paralysis - i wasnt convinced and im now going to see a neurologist in two weeks.
Im wondering if this is some form of epilepsy.. i've had it for well over 10 years now, but it only used to happen 2 or 3 times a year, just recently i've been suffering with anxiety and panic and these 'episodes' have been much more frequent.
omg that sounds just like me! im so terrofied, i have exactly the same symptoms. ive never had anything like this befor but the past two months ive had exactly the same symptoms as youve described about 4 episode in all. the time before the last one i had was extreemly scarey because it lasted for so long. my partner thinks im just dreaming also but it feels to real to be a deam, if you know what i mean? im going to the doctors tomorrow fo sure now!
Hi Guys,
I have mentioned to my partner a number of times the kind of things I experience whilst I'm asleep and he thinks I may just be having a re-curring dream but this morning I had one that lasted longer and now I'm not too sure. My sister mentioned a few years ago that it may be epilepsy.
When I have one of these episodes it frightens me.
I am 28 years old, male and in good health. The first episode that really sticks out hapened about 6-7 years ago. I had just nodded off in bed after a night out and then I felt as though something was pushing me down in my bed and I couldn't move, I was sort of paralysed. I was aware/had a sense of awareness all around me and then the only way that I can describe what happened next is if you imagine just opening a bottle of fizzy pop and then pouring a glass, the frantic bubbles that you see, well that's how my whole body especially my head feels. (sorry there is no other way that i can descrive it). It feels as though my whole body is 'fizzing' and the sound is like a long 'buzzing' sound that goes louder and then quieter. I put this down to the night out before and maybe I was dreaming.
I have spoke to a few people since where they have expereineced some of this where they cannot move and I have thoght well maybe it's quite common.
From then I had these episodeds very rarely.
Over the last 2 years they are becoming very common and are still doing so.
I still feel like I cannot move and in a parlyzed state as though I'm geting pushed down. I have the awareness of things around me i.e I hear people going up and down the stairs. The volume of the 'buzziness' and 'fizziness' are there. During these times I have tried to speak to tell my partner but can't speak and I have tried to will my arm to touch him to make him aware but cannot. My partner hasn't noticed anything either which again leads me to believe I'm dreaming. I only experience these when I just drop off to sleep wake up. I also get a deja vu feeling sometimes as if i can remember a comment/conversation that I've had and that comes and goes very quickly along with my stomach sinks very quickly and my heart sort of skips which wakes me up???
Today I just got back home from dropping my partner at work and fell asleep on the sofa. I had an episode which lasted much longer than normal, (the fizzing and buzzing). I also thought that I had got up and caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror which i didn't.
I wasn't worried about any of this before and thought that I was dreaming? Now because they are increasing, now probably to twice a month I'm starting to worry.
I'm def going to my doctor to discuss this but I was wondering what you guys thought? do any of you have these symptoms and what do you think to the fizzing/buzzing?
Cheers
Hi All...I started with Epilepsy in March 2006 at the age of 27. I had no previous episodes prior to this. I only remember coming round in the ambulance and asked my other half what had happend. After a couple of hours in the hospital i was discharged and advised not to drive (tell the DVLA who revoked my licence) and make an appointment with my GP. Gp advised that it could be 'stress, lack of sleep or too much alcohol, at this point no medication was prescribed, just rest up and take a few days off work.
As i grew tired i decided to have a sleep when i have another episode (round 2) with the ambulance and an overnight stay at the hospital. I was immedietley put on Epilim Chrono 1200mg to stop any further seizures. i was discharged from hospital the next day and over the course of the next few weeks was given a MRI and seen by a Neurologist. He confirmed all was clear but advised to carry on taking the Epilim and organised an EEG. Again given the all clear but carried on taking the medication. Whilst having a conversation with the nurse that performed the EEG she said that these seizures are common and some people simply have one episode and do not have anymore. I then decided to stop taking all medication (very silly) and for three months was seizure free! then back to square one again!
I was due to see the nuerologist for a follow up and he simply confirmed that i do have a mild case of Epilepsy and actually reduced my medication from 1200mg to 600mg per day.
I have suffered 2 episodes since but looking back this has largely been down to sleep deprivation. I therefore stay away from caffene, usually have 1 alcohol night a week and assess how 'good or bad' my previous nights sleep has been. If i feel ive had a restless night i will pop a sleeping pill and have an early night.
I see many people on hear have sought the advice from their Gp but i think you should push to see a neurologist who can provide you with the best possible medication.
I do look out for the miracle cure but unless you are suffering with several seizures a day and medication does not control same you are unlikely to be elligible for intrusive surgery.
Whilst we are normally 'not concious' when our respective episodes occur it can only be a frightening reality for our loved ones.
my advice is to push your Gp into referring you or your children to a neurologist...hope this helps x
Hi there
Who is looking after your boyfriends epilepsy? Is it his GP? Whoever it is needs to reassess him and he must see a neurologist, preferably one who specialises in epilepsy. Not all neurologists are particularly knowledgeable and it varies. If you are not happy with the service you are getting, remember that you can ask for a second opinion. This is not a bad thing to do and we all have a right to be referred elsewhere if we are not happy with the service we receive.
Tegretol is not the only drug available for epilepsy. The neurologist needs to make sure that firstly he is taking a sensible amount and secondly that your partner remembers to take it. Then, if he continues having these seizures, a different drug such as lamotrigine or sodium valproate may be added. Most people do respond to medication, but not always the first one they try. Tegretol can actually be bad for some types of epilepsy, so it is vital that the doctor knows what type of epilepsy he has: generalised epilepsy such as you describe, if idiopathic (with no brain abnormality on MRI), can actually be made worse by Tegretol. This is a well established fact.
If I were in your situation, I would read up as much as possible about what to do when your partner has a seizure, how to keep him safe etc. This will give you more confidence and you will be less scared when it happens again. And again, don't be afraid to ask for a second opinion. Maybe go to the GP together - we all know that men can be a bit reluctant to go to the GP and your support may make all the difference.
All the best.
Hello. This may be a seizure or a sleep disorder. It is difficult to say without more details. Go to your GP and ask for a referral to a neurologist. Meanwhile, ask your Mum to try and record a 'seizure', maybe using a mobile phone if you can? This will really help the neurologist to see what kind of attack you are having.
You may be sent for an EEG recording. This is usually just a 20 minute recording and as it is only a brief snapshot of what your brain is doing it may be entirely normal - just as you are entirely normal between seizures. You may also be referred for an MRI, which gives a detailed image of your brain and which may explain why you are having seizures as well as exclude any possible causes that are worrying you.
Best wishes.
my partner has fits in his sleep, there is no way of telling the night before if he is going to have one, no change in his behaviour or actions...they are irregular and he can remember start to finish shaking, he then falls back to sleep and wakes up not remebering until he sees blood on his pillow or has wet the bed...he has been diagnosed with epilepsy even though all the tests they have done have come back negative... the docotors do not know what causes his fits and have prescribed him with teregterol retard... he had a fit this morning which is the first one i have witenessed (very stressfull and upsetting) after shaking and spitting blood from biting his tounge he was brething very loudly almost like he had a blocked nose and shook iractically but on and off not continually he seemd to come round and pushed himself up. i told him he had had a fit and to jus stay lieing down and relax, he was talking to me, looking at me but it was nonsence (talkin about the door being open and that it didnt look right and it shouldnt be legal.. very odd) then started shaking again and i was able to to keep him concentrating on me and it subsided. He then seemed to come round again and didnt know where he was... he had no idea this time he had had a fit, doesnt remember any of it, doesnt remember coming round from what seemed to be the first fit and talking to me.. he thought i had woken him up jus then... we took him to hospital with it being differant to any other fits he has had..doctors wont try and investigate more but have admitted it is strange he remebers and can feel the fits as they are happening.. anyone out there who can help atall please, we have just moved in together and i want to make sure i can do everything i can for him.
My son, aged 19 has had epilepsy for 6 years. In the last year, these have only been at night, or more specifically, shortly before waking. He has had at least one per month since Christmas. Although I sit with him as soon as I hear the seizure starting, he is usually on his side and, apart from feeling very tired and having a headache afterwards, he has been okay.As he is going to university in September and will be living in halls of residence, I am very worried about how best to help him. I know there are sleep alarms, but there won't be anyone to hear it. We will be meeting with the special needs department at the university shortly, but I wondered what other people have done in this situation?
Thank you for your help.
Dear Sara,I would strongly recommend you see your GP asap (take mum with you as she can tell them what happens).
I have temporal lobe epilepsy,sometimes called Jacksons epilepsy,as seizures only occur when I sleep,and usually on one side of my body.This is because its focal in the left side of my brain and th4 affects the right side of my body,(though sometimes it can spread all over the brain then I shake all over.)I usually wake up just as its ending with my right arm/leg shaking.Important things to consider is how do you feel before?(some people have auras,but not all), and how do you feel the day after???
You may have to have an EEG/MRI scan.They are a bit scary at first but dont hurt.With over 40 different types of epilepsy it may take a while to diagnose you specifically,thats if you have it at all.But all the tests and questions are worth it becuase they are for your own peace of mind,and for your own good,and if you have it,the sooner they start to treat you.
Without trying to put words in your mouth I cant stress enough you must tell them EVERYTHING about how you feel,no matter how silly or mad you might think it sounds.For instance,for years I have heard music when waking,and never told anyone in case they thought I was mad.When I eventually told my neuro she was delighted!It was the missing piece of the puzzle,perfectly 'normal' for my type of epilepsy.Its an aura and a simple seizure in itself...turns out I must have had it most of my life,but the shaking only started when I was 42.
So be brave,and start to get your self sorted.Good luck x
my 7 year old daughter has had sleep epilepsy for a year and a half that we've known about. She has fits around 6 or 7am. She starts with opening her eyes banging her hands off the wall and making funny noises like she@ drowning and can't breathe. She's been on tegratol liquid since being diagnosed but they've changed it to tegratol retard two days ago as she had two fits and was drooling and choking and not breathing properly. her arms and head were jerking badly. I hope the tegratol retard lasts in her bloodstream longer and prevents this early morning sleep fits. She's never had one while awake. I've allso noticed her behavior during the day becoming worse, She seems better behaved when her fits are controlled. She always complains of sore calfs too. I'm thinking of taking her into our room to sleep. I wish I had more info on sleep epilepsy. Could she die having a fit if she's choking??
it happened to me a number of times, my body shakes while sleeping and my mum noticed it, like vibrating, once i woke up during one of those seizures and i remembered i had a nightmare during the seizure can anyone help me please
I started with sleep epilepsy aged 21 and find it strange that the other notes from people say theirs started at 21 too, i am now 51, i have approx 2 in a twelve month period and know nothing until i wake up, I sleep for most of the day after they happen and my legs ache, especially my calves, as i tense/stiffen up during the seizure, i have not taken any medication for many years as it never made any difference and they still occurred, the medication made me drousy and i would be falling asleep at 8 or 9 pm i also felt less alert i felt i could not think properly. In the last year i am experiencing them a little more often but they are very mild and am unsure whether to look into medication again. Is my age making a difference, I could be starting with the menopause, will they reduce once the menopause is completed or finished.
I had my first seizure at 21 years of age during night. then after another one some 10 months later. Then another
2 in 12 month interval. That time i started taking medication. But even now iam getting atleast 1 or 2 every year.
now i am 26.
My doubt is weather my seizure is in control or not? All My seizure i got while sleeping only..And it will
last for 10-15 minutes..I had never known while it is happening. But Next day i feel dizzy & little Body tiredness & Pain. Usually My room partner & others will inform me about what happened to me yesterday.
My doubt is weather my seizure is in control or not?
I had the first seizure at the age of 21 while sleeping and was started with dialantin. Seizure doesn't happened while taking medicines and recurred three months after stopping medicines. My EEG was taken during awake and it was normal. At the age of 27 i again had seizure while sleeping. I went to the doctor he again took EEG and found normal. He didn't started the medicine. After three months i again had seizure and the medicine was started. I had generalised tonic clonic seizure all the times. While sleeping i used to wake up suddenly and i started hearing some hizzing noise for 4-5 sec. and then i used to lose consciousness. I have some questions. Why my EEG is normal? I am taking dialantin 300 mg and folic acid 1od. How long i have to take this medicine? is it compulsory to take folic acid?