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

Submitted by hoppy2 on Sun, 2011-09-18 - 17:25
I'll wake up in the middle of the night and my hand will be moving by itself. Then the next morning after 10 hours of sleep i'll be exhausted. It feels like i haven't slept at all.

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

Submitted by cmunley86 on Mon, 2011-09-19 - 20:22

The last seizure I had was while I was sleeping. I woke up feeling really light headed and nauseous. I first thought I had a 24 hr bug, but realized that my arms/legs were hurting, and noticed that I had teeth marks in my tongue. :( Luckily, I was still in bed and I didn't need to go to the hospital. But, I did have to go another 6 months without driving. I will say I've been seizure-free for a year and a half now! I would go talk to your neurologist to have him decide. It sounds like you do have seizures at night. And like one person said on here, my seizures didn't have a known cause other than lack of sleep and stress. Best of luck to you!

The last seizure I had was while I was sleeping. I woke up feeling really light headed and nauseous. I first thought I had a 24 hr bug, but realized that my arms/legs were hurting, and noticed that I had teeth marks in my tongue. :( Luckily, I was still in bed and I didn't need to go to the hospital. But, I did have to go another 6 months without driving. I will say I've been seizure-free for a year and a half now! I would go talk to your neurologist to have him decide. It sounds like you do have seizures at night. And like one person said on here, my seizures didn't have a known cause other than lack of sleep and stress. Best of luck to you!

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

Submitted by nicholas47 on Mon, 2011-09-19 - 23:08
My son has the majority of his seizures while asleep.  We purchased an EMFIT Movement Monitor, it is about $500.  You put this machine under the mattress, and it picks up mico-movments (convulsions from your seizure).  An alarm will go off if you are having a siezure.  There is a way to download the data from the machine.  My husband and I haven't tried to download the information because we are always home when it goes off (my son is 6). 

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