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nocturnal seizures - how do you know you are having them?
Fri, 02/20/2009 - 17:14This is perhaps a silly question, but how do you know if you are having nocturnal seizures if you live alone? I realize that if I wake up on the floor with a bloody nose it would be a good clue, but... I have TLE with one grand mal 15 years ago. Sometimes I wake up feeling like I have been in the boxing ring for an hour, and once when I was waking up I felt really weird (technical term) and the right side of my body jerked downwards.
How can I tell if any of this is seizures, or just tension? Any suggestions? Thanks.
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Re: nocturnal seizures - how do you know you are having them?
Submitted by E_Loner on Fri, 2009-09-04 - 16:09
I knew I had nocturnal seizures due to the fact I would get up and somehow find my mother's room. She would wake up to my moaning. For some reason I stopped going to my mother's room. I purchased a camcorder and record my sleeping patterns. To my surprise I had more seizures on a monthly basis than I thought. Yes, at least once a month I would wake up during the night feeling funny and as I explained to my doctor my bed would look like I was wreslting with the covers the next morning. I also noticed there were mornings I felt tired. That led me to a camcorder.
I watch the camcorder the next morning or night, then I save the seizure(s) to the computer. It takes about 60-90 minutes to watch and a few minutes to save, IF YOUR FRIGGING PROGRAM IS WORKING CORRECTLY(yes, I am have problems right now with my TICK ME OFF PROGRAM).
Good Luck, E_Loner
I knew I had nocturnal seizures due to the fact I would get up and somehow find my mother's room. She would wake up to my moaning. For some reason I stopped going to my mother's room. I purchased a camcorder and record my sleeping patterns. To my surprise I had more seizures on a monthly basis than I thought. Yes, at least once a month I would wake up during the night feeling funny and as I explained to my doctor my bed would look like I was wreslting with the covers the next morning. I also noticed there were mornings I felt tired. That led me to a camcorder.
I watch the camcorder the next morning or night, then I save the seizure(s) to the computer. It takes about 60-90 minutes to watch and a few minutes to save, IF YOUR FRIGGING PROGRAM IS WORKING CORRECTLY(yes, I am have problems right now with my TICK ME OFF PROGRAM).
Good Luck, E_Loner
Re: nocturnal seizures - how do you know you are having them?
Submitted by bookbabe on Tue, 2009-09-29 - 20:43
I haven't been on this site for awhile, so I didn't see the most recent comments until today. Thank you all for your comments. They were very helpful.
bookbabe
I haven't been on this site for awhile, so I didn't see the most recent comments until today. Thank you all for your comments. They were very helpful.
bookbabe
Re: nocturnal seizures - how do you know you are having them?
Submitted by kinderdebt on Thu, 2009-08-06 - 19:52
I think it's a great question. My complex partial seizures are always nocturnal. I kept waking up, feeling like I was "jolting awake", many times during the night. It got so bad, I was only able to sleep for very short periods at a time, and I was exhausted all the time. My husband also reported symptoms to me, but I think that I would have sought medical care anyway, just from what I had noticed. It would definitely be something to follow up on with your neurologist, I would think. Couldn't hurt.