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Benign Rolandic Epilepsy and chronic bed wetting

Thu, 10/26/2006 - 17:47
My 8 year old son was diagnosed with benign Rolandic epilepsy last year after 2 separate seizures during the early morning hours about a year a part. He recently had another, about nine months after the last one. He is also a chronic bed wetter. We have attributed this to how deep he seems to sleep. It is very difficult to awaken him during the night. We purchased a device that will vibrate when it comes into contact with moisture. Our first attempt at using it coincided with his most recent seizure. We have been fearful to use it since. He is embarrassed by the bed wetting and frustrated that his 5 year old brother has no problems at night. Does anyone else have a similar experience and/or recommendation for addressing this? I really believe the 2 are related. We have 4 sons from ages 2 to 10. He is the only one who has these issues. Apart from these, he seems fine. He is a great student, and has no behavioral problems.

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Re: Benign Rolandic Epilepsy and chronic bed wetting

Submitted by grnelson5 on Mon, 2011-03-07 - 16:02

My daughter is 13, and has suffered from bedwetting. Two weeks ago, she had a seizure which lasted about 3 minutes. It happened in them morning. She had an episode several months prior where she woke up sitting on the floor, leaning against a bedside table. She did not remember getting up through the night-possibly a seizure that we didnt know about? After the seizure, she had a CT scan, blood work-all came back normal. She recently had a 24 hour EEG, which came back with some abnormalities. The pediatrician thinks it is the BRE. She has a consultation with a pediatric neurologist next week. She has seemed to have some trouble concentrating in school, no behavior problems, but seems very moody. Can I assume that these are all related?

My daughter is 13, and has suffered from bedwetting. Two weeks ago, she had a seizure which lasted about 3 minutes. It happened in them morning. She had an episode several months prior where she woke up sitting on the floor, leaning against a bedside table. She did not remember getting up through the night-possibly a seizure that we didnt know about? After the seizure, she had a CT scan, blood work-all came back normal. She recently had a 24 hour EEG, which came back with some abnormalities. The pediatrician thinks it is the BRE. She has a consultation with a pediatric neurologist next week. She has seemed to have some trouble concentrating in school, no behavior problems, but seems very moody. Can I assume that these are all related?

Re: Benign Rolandic Epilepsy and chronic bed wetting

Submitted by ekoorb on Thu, 2006-10-26 - 18:58
When you say chronic, how often do you mean? Our 5 year old was diagnosed with Benign Occipital Childhood Epilepsy in February. The doctor also thought it could be Benign Rolandic because of certain similarities but ruled it out. I ask about the frequency because when our daugther had two seizures during sleep, she wet her bed. This was our main indication that she had seizures those nights. Had she not wet her bed, we probably would not have known that she had a seizure because she can sleep through it. Have you mentioned it to your doctor? Is it possible he is having seizures on the nights he has wet his bed? I think (and I may have my facts wrong) that with Benign Rolandic E, around 2/3 of the seizures occur during sleep. I can understand your son's frustration and I hope things get better soon. The good news (as I am sure you know) about BRE is the child is expected to outgrow it in a few years. Take care.

Re: Re: Benign Rolandic Epilepsy and chronic bed wetting

Submitted by rhettr on Thu, 2006-10-26 - 19:06
Thanks for the response, ekoorb. By chronic I mean every night. We have monitored him pretty closely regarding the siezures (baby monitor) and were pretty sure that they have been few, even if we have missed some here and there. The neurologist was pretty confident that it is benign Rolandic. Apparently, there is a specific indicator on the EEG during sleep that classifies it. The doctor suggested the bed-wetting device. We're just afraid to use it again.

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