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Sleep Apnea causing epilepsy?!
Tue, 01/03/2006 - 23:40Comments
Re: Sleep Apnea causing epilepsy?!
Submitted by dupuisjr on Sat, 2011-10-15 - 00:43
I was diagnosed w/ sleep apnea in 1996 and have been using a bi-pap ever since. I was having at least 60 apneas a night including central apneas. I know this much.When I don't get enough sleep I tend to have seizures. I can't even sleep w/o bi-pap anymore at all w/o waking up gasping for breath and rapid heart beats.
In Christ alone shall I glory.
I was diagnosed w/ sleep apnea in 1996 and have been using a bi-pap ever since. I was having at least 60 apneas a night including central apneas. I know this much.When I don't get enough sleep I tend to have seizures. I can't even sleep w/o bi-pap anymore at all w/o waking up gasping for breath and rapid heart beats.
In Christ alone shall I glory.
Re: Sleep Apnea causing epilepsy?!
Submitted by sherichance on Tue, 2010-03-02 - 17:02
I believe sleep apnea can cause epilepsy. My husband has had 3 sleep seizures in the last 5 months. After the 1st one, they did a sleep study and he has moderate to severe OSA. He didnt get the CPAP because he was too stubborn. But after the 2nd seizure, I demanded that he get the machine. Within a day, he felt so much better, no headaches or anything. He had another seizure 3 weeks ago. At the time I had no clue what triggered it. I figured it out a week or so ago. When his seizure started he threw his CPAP mask off and it wasnt blowing air.
A day or so after the seizure, our TV upstairs shut on and off about 3 times and never came back on. So, I bought an outlet tester. Come to find out, the stupid outlet failed and it shut his machine off.
Since we got all the outlets fixed, he hasnt had another seizure.
Our sleep study doctor and neuro doctor have never said straight out that sleep apnea can cause seizures. But I have read that anyone who goes without proper sleep for a long enough period of time, they are prone to a seizure.
I believe sleep apnea can cause epilepsy. My husband has had 3 sleep seizures in the last 5 months. After the 1st one, they did a sleep study and he has moderate to severe OSA. He didnt get the CPAP because he was too stubborn. But after the 2nd seizure, I demanded that he get the machine. Within a day, he felt so much better, no headaches or anything. He had another seizure 3 weeks ago. At the time I had no clue what triggered it. I figured it out a week or so ago. When his seizure started he threw his CPAP mask off and it wasnt blowing air.
A day or so after the seizure, our TV upstairs shut on and off about 3 times and never came back on. So, I bought an outlet tester. Come to find out, the stupid outlet failed and it shut his machine off.
Since we got all the outlets fixed, he hasnt had another seizure.
Our sleep study doctor and neuro doctor have never said straight out that sleep apnea can cause seizures. But I have read that anyone who goes without proper sleep for a long enough period of time, they are prone to a seizure.
You probably already have
Submitted by Rachel9807 on Wed, 2019-03-20 - 14:30
You probably already have answers at this point, but that sounds like orthostatic hypotension. When you're sitting or laying down and stand up quickly, you can get a sudden drop in blood pressure and pass out. Do you ever get dizzy if you get up or out of bed too fast?