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Seizures while sleeping? How can I tell if Im having them?

Thu, 04/24/2008 - 14:30
Im 18 years old. I was diagnosed with Epilepsy about 2-3 months ago. I have currently had 4 seizures, all of which were awake. Recently I've noticed that when I wake up Im more tired than usual even with the 4-6 hrs of sleep i get. My blankets are throw around, one ends up on the floor completely which has never happened before. I am sometimes in a totally different position, once I awoke and went to turn my body left to get out of bed only to feel my desk after i turned my body left, my desk is at the foot of my bed. I also keep a set of Ipod speakers on my night stand on the left of my bed. On the stand is a lamp, alarm clock, phone and the speakers. Recently the speakers and only the speakers have ended up on the floor. The speakers are the second farthest thing away on the stand when Im in bed. I suspect that Im having seizures while I sleep but how can i be sure. Please Help me.

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Oh, and one more thing. Once

Submitted by DebiG on Wed, 2018-03-28 - 13:10
Oh, and one more thing. Once you have a pattern of seizures that do the same thing each time, you don't need to go to the hospital. If your seizure pattern changes, say something new happens, call your neurologist and report. Otherwise, keep a seizure journal and share with your doctor at the next session. 

Deborah Lovelace I also have

Submitted by temmick on Sun, 2018-04-15 - 12:37
Deborah Lovelace I also have night seizures. I can always tell cuz I will wake up feeling like I got hit by a truck, confused, in so much pain then I'm so exhausted. And sometimes I'll have woke up and have urinated on myself. And I'm normally just wiped out for a few days and sleep constantly. 

I wanted to ask you a serious

Submitted by dortiz375183 on Mon, 2018-10-01 - 18:13
I wanted to ask you a serious question I have been having really strong electricity pains in my left side of my brain and I have been feeling very very tired the next day waking up with headaches when I went to the doctors they asked me if it's possible that I have seizures well I don't know if I have seizures but I have woken up very very tired the left side of my head hurts I feel very exhausted and also my body is in pain

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