Hi everyone,
I recently joined the boards because I have a nagging question. I was diagnosed with tuberous sclerosis four years ago. I have two benign tubers in my temporal lobe.
I have had complex partial seizures in the past. My last awake one was in 2011. I'm not sure if anyone can relate, but my seizures tend to look like strokes. My first seizure left me with right-sided weakness, and I needed physical rehab to regain my ability to walk. My third seizure took away my ability to speak and walk. I still use a cane, but my speech has returned. I do have absence seizures about once or twice a week.... but now I wonder if I'm having nocturnal seizures.
I tend to have dreams where I'm trying to walk around with friends but I keep falling down, and all I can do is move on the ground with my hands and knees. I can't seem to get up to walk again, or if I do, I fall down again. When I have these dreams, I wake up extremely drowsy with a headache. And I wake up with jerk and a huge breath - the same way I come out of an absence seizure.
The last time this happened was after a bit of sleep deprivation. I stayed up till around 3am but then slept till almost 1pm. My husband woke me up, and we started talking, but I felt myself fading away, like it was getting darker and darker, and I could barely see my husband. I started calling out his name, but I couldn't hear a response. He said it lasted about 10-15 seconds with him calling my name and tapping me on the shoulder. After, he asked me if I wanted some water and he brought me a coffee mug with water in it. I took one sip, and then the mug fell out of my hands, and I passed out. This is the first time that our ceiling fan bothered me with its spinning around and around. I felt incredibly groggy the rest of the day - but because there were no changes in my physical or motor skills, I didn't go to the hospital. I simply reported it to my doctor, and I'll let my neuro know when I see him next month.
My question, though, is are repetitive dreams associated with seizures? I do have other repetitive dreams that aren't associated with me constantly falling down, but I don't wake up with a head ache or feel overly tired after them.
I'd appreciate any input from anyone who has experienced this and/or discussed this with their doctor.
Thanks!
I recently joined the boards because I have a nagging question. I was diagnosed with tuberous sclerosis four years ago. I have two benign tubers in my temporal lobe.
I have had complex partial seizures in the past. My last awake one was in 2011. I'm not sure if anyone can relate, but my seizures tend to look like strokes. My first seizure left me with right-sided weakness, and I needed physical rehab to regain my ability to walk. My third seizure took away my ability to speak and walk. I still use a cane, but my speech has returned. I do have absence seizures about once or twice a week.... but now I wonder if I'm having nocturnal seizures.
I tend to have dreams where I'm trying to walk around with friends but I keep falling down, and all I can do is move on the ground with my hands and knees. I can't seem to get up to walk again, or if I do, I fall down again. When I have these dreams, I wake up extremely drowsy with a headache. And I wake up with jerk and a huge breath - the same way I come out of an absence seizure.
The last time this happened was after a bit of sleep deprivation. I stayed up till around 3am but then slept till almost 1pm. My husband woke me up, and we started talking, but I felt myself fading away, like it was getting darker and darker, and I could barely see my husband. I started calling out his name, but I couldn't hear a response. He said it lasted about 10-15 seconds with him calling my name and tapping me on the shoulder. After, he asked me if I wanted some water and he brought me a coffee mug with water in it. I took one sip, and then the mug fell out of my hands, and I passed out. This is the first time that our ceiling fan bothered me with its spinning around and around. I felt incredibly groggy the rest of the day - but because there were no changes in my physical or motor skills, I didn't go to the hospital. I simply reported it to my doctor, and I'll let my neuro know when I see him next month.
My question, though, is are repetitive dreams associated with seizures? I do have other repetitive dreams that aren't associated with me constantly falling down, but I don't wake up with a head ache or feel overly tired after them.
I'd appreciate any input from anyone who has experienced this and/or discussed this with their doctor.
Thanks!
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