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Nocturnal Seizures
Fri, 04/11/2008 - 15:10Hey
I'm new to this forum and have seen a couple of posts where people have experienced some seizures similar to mine.
Has anybody had or heard of seizures that occur when they are trying to wake up, but can't?
It seems like I will have a mild hallucination and I try to wake up, but all of a sudden I can't lift my head up to wake up.
I can feel myself shaking violently, especially in my head and neck. My fiance watches them happen and gets freaked out.
I just had one about an hour ago while sleeping on my left side, I became extremely short of breath and my chest was hurting at the same
time. I've never been to the doctor, but have an appointment for April 21st. Any ideas on what these are?
It seems to happen alot when I am really tired, sometimes when I am just falling asleep. They started happening about 4 years ago,
randomly. They happened once every couple of months and progressed to now occur almost everyday.
Never happens during the day though. I am not on any medications, I am in RN BSN nursing school so I do get limited sleep.
Thanks for your help!
Re: Nocturnal Seizures
Submitted by ali oli on Sat, 2008-12-13 - 14:42
first of all can i say get to a doctor! i can't believe you have put up with this for 4 years (you poor luv)
i have what sounds like the same as what you're having.i get twitches when i'm falling asleep but never in the day.i told my dr about them & he said they are siezures.i never call them that because i'm concious when they happen & they don't last long so i just call them twitches.
if you want to talk about any of this don't hessitate to get in touch. i'm just as eager to find someone with simalarities to mine. Alex :0)
first of all can i say get to a doctor! i can't believe you have put up with this for 4 years (you poor luv)
i have what sounds like the same as what you're having.i get twitches when i'm falling asleep but never in the day.i told my dr about them & he said they are siezures.i never call them that because i'm concious when they happen & they don't last long so i just call them twitches.
if you want to talk about any of this don't hessitate to get in touch. i'm just as eager to find someone with simalarities to mine. Alex :0)