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Seizures only when falling asleep

Thu, 05/23/2019 - 23:51
Hi everyone. Thought I would reach out to the online community and share in the hopes that someone may have a cure or better alternative for me and my seizures and perhaps learn from me as well. In short, I have suffered seizures since I was 12 years old with any number of degree and type of seizures. From grand mal to tonic to abscence. Difference though is that I used to not get any unless I was stressed and exhausted with perhaps no seizure for 12 months. Over the years my seizures have changed and as well as their frequency and type. My problem now is that I only get them at night within an hour of falling asleep for no particular reason. Being very healthy and taking good care of myself, I don’t know where they come from. I can be well rested, relaxed, or tired, with of course stress always looming in the background in my life. I have them 1 once a week but only at night. That makes for a lot of seizures but I can normally control them to only at night. I would love to be seizure free for they drain me no matter if they are grand mal or tonic, the next day I am worn out and spent and I cannot live like this anymore. Lately, they seem to be absence or Focal Onset Impaired Awareness types—always with an aura or nausea as an early warning of an onset. Does anyone have a similar story and a remedy for this? Does CBD work as well as I have heard? Thank you very much for any help or advice you can offer me. Of course, this is the shorten version of it all. Thank you.

Comments

I get the CBD oil on Amazon.

Submitted by MattMullins88 on Sun, 2019-05-26 - 13:49
I get the CBD oil on Amazon. You can get 2 bottles of 1,000mg CBD oil with dropper's for $24.95 on Amazon 

Hey I have been having

Submitted by MattMullins88 on Sun, 2019-05-26 - 13:49
Hey I have been having episodes daily as I'm falling asleep or right after I fall asleep as well. (I take my medication as directed and have spoke with my Doctor as well, He wanted to change my medication. But I'm comfortable with my medication I'm on now. (I can still function normally, & Don't have any crazy side effects) But I have found after dinner, If I do 10 drops of 1,000 MG on my tongue of "CBD oil" After dinner it's helping alot. It took about a week of doing it daily for the effects. (It has to get in your system) Hope this helps.

I have absence seizures and I

Submitted by Anjanna90 on Sat, 2019-06-15 - 12:58
I have absence seizures and I have them like you at night or in my sleep. But I've noticed that when they happen for me if I'm awake I've waited to long to take my meds. Sounds like it's when your body is most relaxed and your body isn't on alert  I guess you could say..I mainly have my seizures at night and it's when the brain is most at rest.  I try to take my meds at the same time every day and getting enough sleep is important.. I know when I don't do those things it happens cause I have huge migraine and I'm nauseated all the next day. 

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