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suddenly falling asleep during the day
Tue, 05/26/2009 - 21:53I have partial seizures that usually involve deja vu and the occasional jamais vu. Sometimes I experience depersonaliztion, but thankfully not much lately.
I am wondering if anyone else fights to stay awake when they are inactive. I have times when I suddenly just can't stay awake. I will nod off after fighting to stay awake and battling the yawns for awhile. There are times when I even have a dream. I don't stay asleep long but I struggle to stay awake and can close my eyes and be out in a flash. The only thing I have found that helps is getting up and moving around. This usually happens when I am inactive and relaxed. Meetings, reading groups (I'm a teacher), reading, doing paperwork, watching tv, etc..... It is getting to the point where I dread reading with the children in class. I just can't stay awake if it lasts more than about 15 minutes.
Please write back if you experience this too.
Thanks!
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Re: suddenly falling asleep during the day
Submitted by coopernicus on Thu, 2009-05-28 - 22:36
Hi Rikk,
Thanks for the response. I am happy to know that I am not the only one who experiences this. Are you on any medications? What kind of seizures do you have? Please keep me posted if you find any answers to this. I have never taken any medications for my seizures but I am so tired of having this happen at work that I am going to see my doctor in a few weeks and am willing to try medicine. Maybe it is just sleep deprivation. I hope to figure it out.
-Coop
Hi Rikk,
Thanks for the response. I am happy to know that I am not the only one who experiences this. Are you on any medications? What kind of seizures do you have? Please keep me posted if you find any answers to this. I have never taken any medications for my seizures but I am so tired of having this happen at work that I am going to see my doctor in a few weeks and am willing to try medicine. Maybe it is just sleep deprivation. I hope to figure it out.
-Coop
Re: suddenly falling asleep during the day
Submitted by loisjd on Thu, 2009-10-29 - 22:18
hi,
I was doing this all the time... I think it must be some kind of seizure...I was having grand mals and abesence seizure... and during the am I would sit down and I would be "sleep"... mine would last for sometimes over an hour... I would wake up confused.. ... at that time I was on the generic Keppra 1500 mg twice a day... I had a couple of bad grand mals and the doc upped the Keppra to 2000mg twice a da y and then 2 weeks later he added a new drug called Vimpat I am taking 100mg twice a day and next week it will up upped to 200mg twice a day. The "sleep" eposodes have stopped and I think I have been for the most part seizure free for 10 days!
talk to your doctor some of the things that were happening to me were seizures... it is amazing to find out the different types of seizures there are...... so far the Keppra and Vimpat are working... the side effects are worth it if I can be seizure free..
Good Luck
lois
hi,
I was doing this all the time... I think it must be some kind of seizure...I was having grand mals and abesence seizure... and during the am I would sit down and I would be "sleep"... mine would last for sometimes over an hour... I would wake up confused.. ... at that time I was on the generic Keppra 1500 mg twice a day... I had a couple of bad grand mals and the doc upped the Keppra to 2000mg twice a da y and then 2 weeks later he added a new drug called Vimpat I am taking 100mg twice a day and next week it will up upped to 200mg twice a day. The "sleep" eposodes have stopped and I think I have been for the most part seizure free for 10 days!
talk to your doctor some of the things that were happening to me were seizures... it is amazing to find out the different types of seizures there are...... so far the Keppra and Vimpat are working... the side effects are worth it if I can be seizure free..
Good Luck
lois
Re: suddenly falling asleep during the day
Submitted by rikk on Wed, 2009-05-27 - 01:49
hi teach.
Yes it happens to me. I have gotten to the point of not reading in a setting position. doc suggestion, it works. i don't know if that is possible for you. if i stop for more than a few minutes I am out. The other thing to consider is that this is a form of the simple partial. The yawning and not being able to stop is the reason i make the question. It is in the process right now for me. blurred vision and sudden onset of fatigue. got to go for a walk. hope it helps. rikk
hi teach.
Yes it happens to me. I have gotten to the point of not reading in a setting position. doc suggestion, it works. i don't know if that is possible for you. if i stop for more than a few minutes I am out. The other thing to consider is that this is a form of the simple partial. The yawning and not being able to stop is the reason i make the question. It is in the process right now for me. blurred vision and sudden onset of fatigue. got to go for a walk. hope it helps. rikk