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Hi Mooncalf,
Welcome to CWE! Everyone here has been a great friend and support to me and I've had epilepsy for 46 yrs. Just like you I've had seizures in my sleep but I didn't realize it.
What you need to do is ask your family Dr. to refer you to see an Epileptologist and then ask that Dr. to do a sleep study on you along with an e.e.g. and e.k.g. all at the same time. This will show if you have been having seizures in your sleep and if there's a pattern as to what time they happen. When I had the sleep study done I found out I was having seizures 1-2 hrs. before I woke up each day. Take note if you feel really tired in the morning when you have gotten a good nights sleep this is the first sign of seizures in your sleep.
In regards the seizure you had while you were awake do you know what kind it was if I may ask? I have both absence and complex partial. Keep track of the seizures and write down what time they happened on a calendar this will help you see if there's a pattern in the seizures I always have them the 1st and 3rd week of the month. Here's wishing you the best of luck and May God Bless You!
Sue
Welcome to CWE! Everyone here has been a great friend and support to me and I've had epilepsy for 46 yrs. Just like you I've had seizures in my sleep but I didn't realize it.
What you need to do is ask your family Dr. to refer you to see an Epileptologist and then ask that Dr. to do a sleep study on you along with an e.e.g. and e.k.g. all at the same time. This will show if you have been having seizures in your sleep and if there's a pattern as to what time they happen. When I had the sleep study done I found out I was having seizures 1-2 hrs. before I woke up each day. Take note if you feel really tired in the morning when you have gotten a good nights sleep this is the first sign of seizures in your sleep.
In regards the seizure you had while you were awake do you know what kind it was if I may ask? I have both absence and complex partial. Keep track of the seizures and write down what time they happened on a calendar this will help you see if there's a pattern in the seizures I always have them the 1st and 3rd week of the month. Here's wishing you the best of luck and May God Bless You!
Sue
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Hello Mooncalf and welcome!
This forum has really been a help for me.
I started having seizures about 8-9 years ago if I'm recalling correctly now(?) (and then about 8 months ago I had surgery for left-temporal-lobe).
I'm 47 now... so before I turned 40, by a little ways my tonic-clonics kicked in.
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This forum has really been a help for me.
I started having seizures about 8-9 years ago if I'm recalling correctly now(?) (and then about 8 months ago I had surgery for left-temporal-lobe).
I'm 47 now... so before I turned 40, by a little ways my tonic-clonics kicked in.
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