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Breakthrough seizure caused by lack of sleep
Sun, 10/12/2008 - 02:58Comments
Re: Breakthrough seizure caused by lack of sleep
Submitted by diana-gaidheal on Sun, 2008-10-12 - 22:08
I don't believe you need to tell the dr. Getting more sleep is the important part, and that's what needs to be worked on. Even meds to sleep for a short time should help reset the clock (which you could get otc). I don't know what meds you're on, so I don't know if any otc meds would interact with you.
A LOT of things cause seizures, especially for us with ep. Lack of sleep, stress (really), lights, music, etc.
Good luck, I hope you have good dreams real soon.
I don't believe you need to tell the dr. Getting more sleep is the important part, and that's what needs to be worked on. Even meds to sleep for a short time should help reset the clock (which you could get otc). I don't know what meds you're on, so I don't know if any otc meds would interact with you.
A LOT of things cause seizures, especially for us with ep. Lack of sleep, stress (really), lights, music, etc.
Good luck, I hope you have good dreams real soon.
I'm on the same medication
Submitted by Peacespirit on Mon, 2017-09-25 - 05:54
I think keppra causes you to stay up. I take 4 of those pills a day, I'm 17. I believe this is happening because I already suffered from depression and have epilepsy . You see when I told my doctor I had depression he just ignore me. So now I can't tell if my pills are hurting me when the side effect is depression. I started noticing that my depression gets worse on rainy days like really bad .Make sure your kid isn't feeling depression or stressed at all (that's what will keep him up because he is trying to unstress himself by playing games or being on the phone late at night )and taking Him out as much as you can (: