I have Catamenial Epilepsy and ever since I was atleast 12(I'm 26 right now), I've had very bad sleeping problems. Falling asleep is the biggest problem I have, now that I know that diphenhydramine(I've been taking over a year now) causes seizures and I had my first convulsion in almost 3 years last week, so I'm off of that and have to go to sleep on my own.
It's been a living hell for the past few days! It is so hard to sleep with out my sleeping aids! I barely got any sleep last night and had a simple partial when I got home from work. I'm supposed to avoid naps, but I was scared of having a sleep-deprived convulsion, so I had to go to sleep. Now I'm going to be up all night!
I did some research on safe sleep aids for Epileptics, and an over the counter sleep aid called "Melatonin" was said to be safe among Epileptics - I just bought some, but I felt like I needed to know some more about it, and unfortuantlly, according to some sites - it can cause seizures in epileptics. Melatonin is also a natural hormone - I'm kinda unsure if that could have an effect on my high amounts of estrogen.
Here's info on the sleep aid I bought:
Name: Vitafusion SleepWell Gummy Sleep Support For Adults
Supplement Facts:----------------------------------------------------
Serving Size 2 Gummies
Servings Per Bottle 30
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Amount Per Serving %Daily Value
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Calories 10
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Total Carbohydrate 3g 1%t
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sugar Alcohol 3g **
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Melatonin 3mg **
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Passion Flower 17mg **
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Chamomile Flower 17mg **
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Lemon Balm Leaf 16mg **
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tPercent Daily Values Are Based On A 2,000 Calorie Diet.
**Daily Value Not Established.
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Other Ingredients: Maltitol, gelatin, natural flavors, citric acid, lactic acid, sucralose, color(annatto extract), fractionated coconut oil, and carnauba wax.
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Do you think I just screwed up buying this? Or do you think I'll be ok?
What are some sleep aids that are proven safe for epileptics? Considering sleep deprivation can easily cause a seizure - you would imagine we'd need help falling asleep if we had sleeping issues, right?
I would really like to have this answered quickly, cause I usually prefer putting my self to sleep at 10 pm to 11 pm and it's almost 10 pm here now!
Thanks for any answers!
It's been a living hell for the past few days! It is so hard to sleep with out my sleeping aids! I barely got any sleep last night and had a simple partial when I got home from work. I'm supposed to avoid naps, but I was scared of having a sleep-deprived convulsion, so I had to go to sleep. Now I'm going to be up all night!
I did some research on safe sleep aids for Epileptics, and an over the counter sleep aid called "Melatonin" was said to be safe among Epileptics - I just bought some, but I felt like I needed to know some more about it, and unfortuantlly, according to some sites - it can cause seizures in epileptics. Melatonin is also a natural hormone - I'm kinda unsure if that could have an effect on my high amounts of estrogen.
Here's info on the sleep aid I bought:
Name: Vitafusion SleepWell Gummy Sleep Support For Adults
Supplement Facts:----------------------------------------------------
Serving Size 2 Gummies
Servings Per Bottle 30
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Amount Per Serving %Daily Value
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Calories 10
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Total Carbohydrate 3g 1%t
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sugar Alcohol 3g **
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Melatonin 3mg **
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Passion Flower 17mg **
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Chamomile Flower 17mg **
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Lemon Balm Leaf 16mg **
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tPercent Daily Values Are Based On A 2,000 Calorie Diet.
**Daily Value Not Established.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other Ingredients: Maltitol, gelatin, natural flavors, citric acid, lactic acid, sucralose, color(annatto extract), fractionated coconut oil, and carnauba wax.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Do you think I just screwed up buying this? Or do you think I'll be ok?
What are some sleep aids that are proven safe for epileptics? Considering sleep deprivation can easily cause a seizure - you would imagine we'd need help falling asleep if we had sleeping issues, right?
I would really like to have this answered quickly, cause I usually prefer putting my self to sleep at 10 pm to 11 pm and it's almost 10 pm here now!
Thanks for any answers!