Epilepsy sleep question?

[MJHUMPHREY]

I woke up this morning very sore all over like i typically do when I experience a Gran Mal, I did not bite my tounge, and I did not have a headache or feel cloudy. Could this still have been a seizure if i lacked my normal range of symptons?

 

[pita300]

Its possible. I've had a seizure during the night and it woke my wife but I had no clue that I had it until she told me the next morning.

 

[huskymom]

I have most of my seizure activity at night. Like you, I wake up feeling as if I have been hit by a truck! I also can't form a sentence or read for the better part of the day, but we are all different. What I may feel will totally different from what you feel. Do you have any pending neurologist visits? Just make sure to mark all of this down for your next visit.

 

[Chris515]

my seizures are mostly nocturnal. in the morning most of the time i feel like i've been hit by a truck too.

but i did have one where i didnt bite my tongue, maybe it was just the way you were laying? and i find if it happens right after i fall asleeep, by the time i wake up 6-8 hours later the cloudiness is gone. still sore though.

so maybe it was just a less severe tc?

 

[RanMan]

MJHUMPHRY

Maybe you should speak to your Neurologist about sending you for a sleep study to determine what's causing your night seizures and how many you have during the night.

Re Having seizures during your sleep: Could be due to lack of oxygen to the brain while you sleep from sleep aids such as certain anti-epileptic drugs, sleeping pills, severe snoring or some sort of restriction to the airway.

I have been dx'd with Chronic Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
After my sleep disorders test the Dr. showed me the EEG from that one night, I would stop breathing up to 50 times/hour and had 3 seizures and that I was waking up "post ictal" (moody and spaced out) tired,lethargic, (feel like crap)
I have purchased a CPAP machine (Constant Positive Air Pressure)as recommended by my Doctor, which provides constant air pressure and have noticed a vast improvement.
No more snoring (the whole family sleeps better now), more energy when I wake up, better REM sleep, improved memory (less short term memory loss), and most of all ~ NO MORE NIGHT SEIZURES.

Randy
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Diagnosed with epilepsy and ulcerative colitis in 1979,
Been on meds ever since.

275mg-dilantin/day
120mg-pheonobarb/day
3,000mg-Mesasol/day

 

[Eli]

I woke up this morning very sore all over like i typically do when I experience a Gran Mal, I did not bite my tounge, and I did not have a headache or feel cloudy. Could this still have been a seizure if i lacked my normal range of symptons?

I usually only have my tcs nocturally now. I rarely bite my tongue any more but I usually feel like I've been run over. Sometimes my left side will be part paralyzed, ill have migraines, other misc side effects will occur the following day. I encourage journaling as it can be so inconsistent.

Hope you feel better.