Something I've been meaning to mention...although the Gluten-Free diet is thankfully controlling my seizures (95% GF diet and the other 5% is up to me to control).
Out of the 5% of what I need to control (obviously supplements are included in the 5%) I noticed another trigger which I don't recall reading about. My seizures are nocturnal CP's and 95% of them happen in the early am hours (4am or so). It has something to do with transitioning in and out of REM sleep (which the GF diet seems to be controlling). BUT...a definite trigger for me is being woken up out of a sound sleep (when there's NO chance of properly transitioning out of REM). We all know sleep is crucial for E patients and I found that, at least for me, it's just as important to wake up naturally otherwise I will seize immediately upon waking if woken up out of a sound sleep. I know I'm lucky that I have the luxury of waking up when I wake up, but if you know you require a certain amount of hours to wake up naturally perhaps it might be helpful.
Out of the 5% of what I need to control (obviously supplements are included in the 5%) I noticed another trigger which I don't recall reading about. My seizures are nocturnal CP's and 95% of them happen in the early am hours (4am or so). It has something to do with transitioning in and out of REM sleep (which the GF diet seems to be controlling). BUT...a definite trigger for me is being woken up out of a sound sleep (when there's NO chance of properly transitioning out of REM). We all know sleep is crucial for E patients and I found that, at least for me, it's just as important to wake up naturally otherwise I will seize immediately upon waking if woken up out of a sound sleep. I know I'm lucky that I have the luxury of waking up when I wake up, but if you know you require a certain amount of hours to wake up naturally perhaps it might be helpful.