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This is my first post here and I've cross posted this also on another message board but although lots of people have read it no one has responded. I just began reading about epilepsy last evening and realize I should be careful not to try and self diagnose.
I think the best thing would be to gather the most important information for my dr. I'm just not exactly sure what that is. The rest of this post is from my other post.
I am going to see my Neurologist but I am wondering out loud if I am right to be concerned. I see others with similar experiences. My Neurologist is a headache specialist so I am hoping he will still listen to my concerns.
A little history. I suffer from bad migraines, enough to be on daily preventative medication and also rescue migraine meds. Ironically the med that is supposed to prevent the migraines is also an anti-seizure med however I am not on a high enough dose for it to affect seizures. My migraines started as a teen and I am now in my 40's.
As a teen I used to get a very short really bad headache and then pass out and occasionally I would get a light headed feeling that would last 10-15 minutes. I would also get migraines that would last up to 10 days. The dr's I saw at the time did lots of brain scans I don't remember exactly what (I was young, lol) None of the tests showed anything. So the only treatment was some pills for the migraines that didn't work.
There one time I passed out when a sonic autoclave was turned on at the veterinary hospital I worked at. I don't remember what happened just that I woke up in another room. They stopped using it when I was on shift after that. By the time I was in my 20's the passing out had stopped.
Epilepsy does occur in my family. Both my double cousin and Grandmother have it.
About a week ago I was sleeping at a hotel with my husband after spending a very long stressful day at the hospital for a family members surgery and early in the morning I was having a dream and kicked out hard enough to wake myself. This occurance is what got me to thinking about all this since my cousin with epilepsy does this same type of thing when he sleeps.
I twitch/jerk very hard in my sleep sometimes early at night or in the early morning hours. Not every night though, usually it is when I am really exhausted or stressed. It will also sometimes happen during a nap. I notice that I clench when this happens and bruise myself from grabbing my own arm or leg. My husband says I also talk, laugh, cry. Have taken clothes off and not remembered. I wake up with really dry eyes. Also have tmj. With all this disrupted sleep I wake up with a migraine often.
Any thoughts are appreciated. Sleep disorder or epilepsy? The migraine pain has become unbearable and I have a strong feeling it's connected to not sleeping well.
thanks for reading
I think the best thing would be to gather the most important information for my dr. I'm just not exactly sure what that is. The rest of this post is from my other post.
I am going to see my Neurologist but I am wondering out loud if I am right to be concerned. I see others with similar experiences. My Neurologist is a headache specialist so I am hoping he will still listen to my concerns.
A little history. I suffer from bad migraines, enough to be on daily preventative medication and also rescue migraine meds. Ironically the med that is supposed to prevent the migraines is also an anti-seizure med however I am not on a high enough dose for it to affect seizures. My migraines started as a teen and I am now in my 40's.
As a teen I used to get a very short really bad headache and then pass out and occasionally I would get a light headed feeling that would last 10-15 minutes. I would also get migraines that would last up to 10 days. The dr's I saw at the time did lots of brain scans I don't remember exactly what (I was young, lol) None of the tests showed anything. So the only treatment was some pills for the migraines that didn't work.
There one time I passed out when a sonic autoclave was turned on at the veterinary hospital I worked at. I don't remember what happened just that I woke up in another room. They stopped using it when I was on shift after that. By the time I was in my 20's the passing out had stopped.
Epilepsy does occur in my family. Both my double cousin and Grandmother have it.
About a week ago I was sleeping at a hotel with my husband after spending a very long stressful day at the hospital for a family members surgery and early in the morning I was having a dream and kicked out hard enough to wake myself. This occurance is what got me to thinking about all this since my cousin with epilepsy does this same type of thing when he sleeps.
I twitch/jerk very hard in my sleep sometimes early at night or in the early morning hours. Not every night though, usually it is when I am really exhausted or stressed. It will also sometimes happen during a nap. I notice that I clench when this happens and bruise myself from grabbing my own arm or leg. My husband says I also talk, laugh, cry. Have taken clothes off and not remembered. I wake up with really dry eyes. Also have tmj. With all this disrupted sleep I wake up with a migraine often.
Any thoughts are appreciated. Sleep disorder or epilepsy? The migraine pain has become unbearable and I have a strong feeling it's connected to not sleeping well.
thanks for reading