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Seizures while sleeping

Sat, 07/05/2014 - 07:53

Can any parents offer any advice on how to make peace with my recently-diagnosed six-yr-old son, sleeping in his own bed at night? The neurologist hasn't named his type of epilepsy, but he has said that any seizures will occur during falling asleep and/or waking up. So far, they have only occurred during falling asleep. The only way we knew he was having seizures was because he happened to be sleeping in our bed. The very first time it was coincidental. Now, I am very scared to let him sleep in his own bed for fear that I won't know it's happening, and I won't be there to help him. The four times they've occurred, I've either woken up to his body convulsing or I was awake and saw the seizure begin. I am scared. As you can imagine, I don't sleep well even with him next to me. He wants to sleep in his room. How would you handle it? Thank you! 

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