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nocturnal seizures
Fri, 03/24/2006 - 14:21Hi all
I hope that you are all ok
I have a question that I hope you don't mind me asking.
When I have a nocturnal seizure I find that it take me 3-4 days to recover. I am physically and emotianlly exhausted. The right side of my ribs hurt and and so do the muscles in my neck and so does my back.
I find that when I have a day time seizure I do not ache quite as much as I do with a nocturnal and it takes me less time to recover.
I was wondering if anyone else finds that it takes them longer to recover from a nocturnal seizure then a day time one. If so could they think why this could be the case.
Sorry if I am not making much sense.
Thanks from
Honeyber
Comments
Re: Re: nocturnal seizures
Submitted by Jana33 on Sat, 2006-03-25 - 09:02
Well my seizure started at night when I was trying to fall asleep or I was sleep. I had a few doing the day time when I was trying to take a nap. I use to be very scare but I know what going to happen so I let it take it's cousre. The seizure I have I never lose conscious I can hear my wife and kids asking me if i'm ok but I can't move or speak and after it happens I go to sleep.
Re: Re: Re: nocturnal seizures
Submitted by spiz on Sat, 2006-03-25 - 09:35
Hi Honeybear,
I have nocturnals also. In fact they have started up again recently. They are very physically and emotionally draining for me. I wake up feeling like I have been beaten to a pulp with a two by four. Every muscle, joint and bone aches. I, more than not, wet myself too. And it's humiliating to me each and everytime I do. That is the emotionally draining part.
I have a hard time getting myself together in the mornings after getting up. I don't know that 'walking it off' in the mornings helps the aching body so much anymore, but it does help me feel better otherwise.
Jana - The type of seizure you describe are the kind I use to have when I first started having seizures. They are soo unreal! I still don't know the name of them. All the neuros would do when I described them was the ever-famous 'Hmmmm'. My first neuro thought they were mini-strokes....I was only 15. If you ever find out the type of seizure, please let me know.
-Spiz
Re: nocturnal seizures
Submitted by Allison on Fri, 2006-03-24 - 18:21
HI! I had one seizure at night. (That I know of). It was my second one just about a week after my first one during the day where I dislocated my jaw. Lets just say that I woke up around 2am with the second one, I had a dislocated jaw again and & felt like my arm was broken. I had not fallen out of bed or anything. It also took me much longer to recover. The next one I had was during the day and I was better in about a day and half. So I have to agree , even though it was only one, with my experience the night one was much worse. Why I have no idea.