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How do you know if you're having seizures at night?
Wed, 10/25/2006 - 19:49A week or so ago, I noticed I had a pretty sore bruise on my elbow, and I have no idea how I got it. Then a few days later I found one on my forearm, still, I don't know where it came from. Also about a month or so before that I noticed I had bitten my tongue on the side and it was really sore, and once again, I do not remember doing that. I don't know if it's just my memory loss,a nd I don't remember doing this stuff or am I having seizures at night. All three were different situations. Any comments would be helpful!
Nichole
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Submitted by wichitarick on Tue, 2006-12-05 - 14:13
"it,s not the crazy people you worry about---its the one,s that don,t know it. R.C
hi
I had nocturnal g/m,s for several yrs.
I don,y think I ever had one where I was alone and I make a lot of noise and have hit my wife many times .
I usally walk into the wall when I get up, off balance,, dreamy,
a headache, confused, but I don,t get real sore until the next day and that,s when I feel like others said, beat up real bad, bruised all over,
things like that .
You know for you as dumb as it sounds ,hit the record button on a tape player before you go to sleep, get 120 min tape I think.
its cheap and a solution.
I wish you all the best Rick
Most of my seizures happened
Submitted by mkfarnam on Wed, 2006-12-06 - 23:18
Most of my seizures happened while I was asleep, or 3 days after missing a dose and then I would get this feeling in my stomach. this feeling was unique.There was no other feeling like it and once I felt it I knew a seizure was in progress. Anyway, When I had a seizure while sleeping,I woke up in the morning not knowing where i was. Also I either could`nt speak or if I could a completely different sentence can out of my month than what was meant to be said.
By the way,,,,I`m new to this forum but have been epileptic for close to,if not more than 45years. My seizures have been controled for over 10 years so I have`nt been keepng up with the MD jargin. There are 3 levels or types of seizures that I remember, Pettymal, Grandmal, and one in between those.
"nocturnal" is new to me, could someone please explain it.
Mike
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Submitted by dundee on Tue, 2006-12-05 - 10:56
bitten toungue usually is seizure related.but you look out for headaches also.ive always woke up with migrains lasting forever when i have seizures in my sleep.alot of times i would wake up in the middle of the night and have to stay up all night due to the pain. had many headaches?note them on a calender as well as a notebook for your records.