nocturnal seziures

Some types of seizures do occur only at night or upon awakening from sleep. Others may occur during day but occur more often when a person is sleep deprived. And still others, sleep is not a factor. Tracking triggers and patterns such as sleep can be very helpful to the doctor - it may give more information on the type of epilepsy and what to expect or do. For example, some forms of epilepsy with seizures only at night, such as benign rolandic epilepsy, may go away on their own over time. Other forms of nocturnal epilepsy may not resolve as easily and a person may need long-term medical therapy. Here are a few links that may help as you look around. <a href="http://www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/types_epilepsy.html">types of epilepsy</a> <a href="http://www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/epilepsy_benignrolandic.html">benign rolandic epilepsy</a> <a href="http://www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/sleep_epilepsy.html">sleep and epilepsy</a> Hope this helps! Epi_help Epilepsy.com Resource Specialist