Does this make sense?

[SoonToBeMommy]

So I stayed the weekend with my dad. Last night I had nocturnal seizures which isn't unusual for me, however my dad actually got to observe them and he believes my nocturnal seizures could be caused by the change in brainwaves in sleep particularly between the alpha and beta waves as you enter REM sleep because he said once I am actually fully asleep I am fine. Has anyone heard about this or any connection with it?

 

[Nakamova]

The brain tends to be more vulnerable to seizures during transitional brain wave stages. It has to do with how certain brainwaves oscillate in large and small ways, and produce feedback patterns that can lead to the synching that characterizes a seizure. But the transition isn't a "cause" -- after all, everyone goes through those transitions as they enter sleep. It's just that folks who already have a lowered seizure threshold may be at greater risk then. That's why sleep-deprived EEGs are recommended when trying to diagnose epilepsy.

 

[SoonToBeMommy]

Okay it was just interesting to me