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Seizures only during sleep
Sat, 02/12/2011 - 16:03Comments
Re: Seizures only during sleep
Submitted by SagePixie on Sun, 2011-02-13 - 11:33
My daughter is 6yrs old. She has been having seizures here and there since she was about 6mo old. Her seizures are always at night and had been within the few minutes range until last year when she was 5. Her seizures ramped up in pain scale and duration. Also she seemed to be awake during them and trying to talk to me and move. Her seizures last between 10 min and 15 min long. In the begining of a seizure she is pretty aware but then around the 3minute mark the her pupils get REALLY big and she seems to become confused and not making sense anymore. She always goes back to sleep after a seizure. She doesn't seem to have much memory of the seizure and I haven't really told her anything about them. We call it 'that shaky thing'. She has been diagnosed with 'Benign Rotundic Seizures'. She has also had EEG's and MRI the haven't 'found' anything. Until her doctors believe the seizures are causing her harm I won't put her on anti seizure meds as the side effects and possible organ damage freak me out.
My daughter is 6yrs old. She has been having seizures here and there since she was about 6mo old. Her seizures are always at night and had been within the few minutes range until last year when she was 5. Her seizures ramped up in pain scale and duration. Also she seemed to be awake during them and trying to talk to me and move. Her seizures last between 10 min and 15 min long. In the begining of a seizure she is pretty aware but then around the 3minute mark the her pupils get REALLY big and she seems to become confused and not making sense anymore. She always goes back to sleep after a seizure. She doesn't seem to have much memory of the seizure and I haven't really told her anything about them. We call it 'that shaky thing'. She has been diagnosed with 'Benign Rotundic Seizures'. She has also had EEG's and MRI the haven't 'found' anything. Until her doctors believe the seizures are causing her harm I won't put her on anti seizure meds as the side effects and possible organ damage freak me out.
Re: Seizures only during sleep
Submitted by sheezbaak1 on Sun, 2011-02-13 - 02:48
Hi Momo. I am new also and a mom except im the one with the seizures. I have grand mal and abscence and they have been in my sleep alot for the past year and in my sleep here and there throughout my life. I was told I had epilepsy when I was only having the absence seizures at around 12 yrs old. My life has gone from one seizure to adding on another, to getting worse due to body changes and on and on. Mom, make sure you find your own reliable resourses to help continue. You have to also take care of you in order for your baby to be strong. Change doctors if need be. love always