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Seizures while sleeping~
Tue, 01/25/2005 - 17:03Topic: New to Epilepsy.com
Hello everyone,
I am new to this site... It is late, but I thought I would throw this question out -
Anyone have grand mals only while sleeping?
My apologies if I'm not using the correct verbiage (grand mal, to me, meaning the 'generic' seizures 1 hears about mainly throughout life - full body convulsions lasting a couple of minutes, eyes rolling, etc.).
This encompasses my seizure history, mainly. Quick summary: If I have a petit mal, it starts in my right arm, electric feeling, tone in the ear, still have full control. When sleeping, many times I wake up w/ what seems to have started as this right arm petit mal, but has 'spread' into my chest. Most of the time I can wake myself up out of them...seems if my level of awake/self-awareness is high enough, I can stop a grand mal from happening. However, there are times when I can not wake up enough. I then lapse into a seizure, experiencing/remembering far too much (scary!), & then next thing I know I am waking up very groggy, & so on.
Some may see this as a blessing in disguise, as I have never had a grand mal when I've not been asleep first. I suppose it is, but the experience is no less terrifying.
Thanks for the feedback,
Ache
Comments
RE: RE: Seizures while sleeping~
Submitted by fanourios78 on Wed, 2005-02-23 - 18:01
Dear Belinda, How old are you, how long have you had your condition, what kind of epilepsy do you have? How do you cope on bad days? I'm interested, because I have bad days, your days seem way more rough than mine, but i figured I could learn from how you deal with it.
RE: Seizures while sleeping~
Submitted by batman on Mon, 2005-01-24 - 22:39
Sorry about the mistake I made on my reply about Ache, and everyone else. And thank you Gretchen for catching my mistake.
I rechecked what the petit mals were and saw they were the nickname for Absence seizures, NOT partial seizures.
But, with what you described, Ache, on your first message, appears to be the symptoms for Simple Partial Seizures, NOT Absence seizures. When a person has a simple partial they're aware of what's going on, and it can last for several minutes. But when having a petit mal/absence seizures, the person is NOT aware, and these seizures are quick, like seconds.
To answer your question, because of my own experience of when I had one myself, YES, anyone can have grand mals while sleeping. But at and other times as well.
Bruce J
Sorry about the mistake I made on my reply about Ache, and everyone else. And thank you Gretchen for catching my mistake.
I rechecked what the petit mals were and saw they were the nickname for Absence seizures, NOT partial seizures.
But, with what you described, Ache, on your first message, appears to be the symptoms for Simple Partial Seizures, NOT Absence seizures. When a person has a simple partial they're aware of what's going on, and it can last for several minutes. But when having a petit mal/absence seizures, the person is NOT aware, and these seizures are quick, like seconds.
To answer your question, because of my own experience of when I had one myself, YES, anyone can have grand mals while sleeping. But at and other times as well.
Bruce J
RE: Seizures while sleeping~
Submitted by Belinda on Sat, 2005-01-22 - 18:53
Yes I can had ton-clonics while I sleep.I've had Complex-partial my nocturnal seizures have increased.I wish it was only time I had seiaures .But I have seizures because I have no auras and haven't in years.Belinda