Dreaming of seizures.

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I woke up today feeling like I sprinted a marathon, and with a pounding migraine. I still went to work though. I stopped by the nurses office and they told me I needed to lie down because "I looked like death." (Ridiculously pale, and my pupils were huge)

I ended up falling asleep, and had a quite vivid dream. In that dream, people from my past were in the waiting room. I walked out very loopy, slurring my words trying to talk to them and heard overheard the nurse and my supervisor ask me if I was feeling alright although it was very echoey.

She came back about an hour later, where I woke up. She said I was asleep, but my legs were jerking. I had asked her if she asked me if I was alright, and she said yes.

Has anyone dreamed of having a seizure, later finding out that they did in fact have a seizure?

Also, if I did in fact have a seizure I'm not sure how to log that in (symptoms, etc.) other than leg jerks because I don't know how long they lasted.
 
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Has anyone dreamed of having a seizure, later finding out that they did in fact have a seizure?

Also, if I did in fact have a seizure I'm not sure how to log that in (symptoms, etc.) other than leg jerks because I don't know how long they lasted.

Yes I have, a few times while I was taking Lyrica. They would start as vivid dreams. Where I could interact with the people in them. The emotions that people displayed in the dreams caused me to have seizures. I would start shaking, and wake up shaking.

After getting off Lyrica I haven't had anymore of those.
 
I have had several seizures in my sleep and they seemed like dreams. The only way I've known for sure is I woke up, sitting upright and it seemed SO surreal, plus I had my magnet (for the VNS) in my hand. Seems so strange. I've never taken Lyrica.
 
Also, if I did in fact have a seizure I'm not sure how to log that in (symptoms, etc.) other than leg jerks because I don't know how long they lasted.
Just give it your best guess based on what you've experienced in the past. FWIW, I've found that what feels like a really long dream can occupy less than a minute in real time, so it's possible that you were seizing for a relatively short span.
 
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