sleeping cause seizures?

[scaredtodeath]

My dad mostly has seizures while relaxing or sleeping is there something to that or coinsadence

 

[jenbayly17]

Scared to death,
I know it is scary to try to figure out what causes the seizures to happen and try to figure out what you can do to prevent them as much as possible. Journaling daily meals, activities, dosage times for any medicines your father is on will help his doctor be able to figure out a plan for how he can stay away from any triggers. But I advise you to be sure to search nocturnal seizures on this site. There are quite a few threads about them. Myself I had more seizure in my sleep when I was younger and as you may see for a lot of us that go through the seizure journeys our seizures can change to different types as we get further along. I don't say that to scare you but just to let you know there are many different types of seizures and multiple reasons they happen. Keep a journal to give your father's doctor as much information as you can to get to the solution or explanation you are waiting to hear. Hopefully this will help you. Good luck with everything and you found a great site for advice and support. I have learned a lot by reading posts before I posted a question of my own.

 

[Nakamova]

My dad mostly has seizures while relaxing or sleeping is there something to that or coinsadence

It's not a coincidence, though the sleep isn't causing the seizures. When we are relaxing, daydreaming or transitioning between waking and sleep, our brains produce slow brain waves. In people with epilepsy, those brainwaves are the best conditions for producing seizures. Basically, when we aren't paying attention, our brains are more likely to misbehave.

 

[DayDreamer]

The only time I have generalized seizures are during sleep although I do have complex partial seizures during the day. When I am awake it often feels as though some thoughts feels unsafe to follow and I avoid them as they feel too similar to simple partial seizures/ auras.
I assume during sleep everyone's mind thinks what it wants. That is where dreams come from. That is also possibly why my generalized seizures occur at night. Maybe my foci give me enough of a warning to avoid being stimulated simultaneously during the day. Who knows.