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@lmcdonald1119
Good Morning!
My last seizures occurred during my sleep at night, something completely new to me, as they used to happen during the day. Even though I had those nocturnal seizures, I can not remember them at all. My husband reported them to me. Perhaps I can not remember them, because they have evolved from partial seizures to tonic-clonic ones.
My doctor said that nocturnal seizures are something pretty common to happen in epilepsy, affecting many of us. But do please talk to your doctor about your situation and seek a medical recommendation.
Lack of sleep or lack of good sleep is a well-known trigger to seizures. I am currently having sleep problems as a side-effect of a medication. On those nights I had little sleep or bad sleep, I try to sleep during the day and also practice yoga nidra which provides me with profound sleep I am currently having very little. Having a watch that monitors my sleep has been very helpful in knowing when I need to take it easier in my day so as to avoid seizures and increase my seizure threshold.
All my best to you. I hope you can soon understand what is happening to you.
Chris (@santosha)
Thank you for your answer @lmcdonald1119
When I had severe problems with sleep in 2019, my doctor at that time gave me medication to help me sleep: alprazolam. Though I could sleep with this medication, I had terrible dreams and woke up very dizzy.
Check if all you are experiencing is not related to side-effects of the medications you are taking. Here is a link of Mayo Clinic to the side-effects of Gabapentin: https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/gabapentin-oral-route/description/drg-20064011
How long have you been taking this medication? To most people, the side-effects are usually more and stronger at the beginning of the medication but do soften with time and adaptation of your body. It is a trial and error period which demands much patient's endure and doctor's patience and respect.
I also do not like these medications as since childhood I have been very sensitive to synthetic drugs. I and my doctor were treating my epilepsy the most natural way with CBD, trigger management, yoga, diet, etc. It was working well, but then I had two tonic-clonic seizures last December triggered by the great stress I went through with the health of both my parents (they are at the end of their lives). So for security reasons, my doctor has put me on an AED together with my CBD and will keep it for some time. Though the dosage is already less than the recommended pediatric dosage, I am having many unpleasant side-effects, affecting much my life quality. I hope my body adapts to this medication (it is the 6th AED I am trying) and/or that my doctor will decrease my current dosage once more soon. Thankfully, I am now in the hands of a doctor who is very human and does a personalized approach to each of his patients, respecting their limits and the functioning of their body.
Chris (@santosha)
Your symthoms may be seizures, medication side effects, diet or a pinched nerve. Are you taking other medication, one drug can interact with another.
I used Gabapentin years ago and was a zombie the next day. Talk to your doctor about trying another seizure drug. Don't eat and drink only water 4 hours before bedtime.
Not all seizures have the same symthoms and not all neurologists understand seizures. One neurologists gave me a 10 minutes EEG then told me I wasn't having seizures because I didn't flop aound like a fish.
Another neulogist diagnosed my seizures, had me under control, I felt better and foolishly tried to lower my medication and was hospitalized because of it.
I had another seizure while in the hospital. I don't remember it, didn't know until the neurologist came in afterwards and was talking with the nurse. Their conversation was: Nurse, "we heard him all the way down to the nurses station, doctor, "I would have thought he was faking had I not saw that", nurse, "we called in the stroke team". I now know that I screamed during the seizure and my blood pressure and heart rate skyrocketed. The hospital neurologist told me I had a seizure, prescribed the maximum Trileptal and left the room.
Get a second opinion if you aren't getting the results you want.
An epileptologist or a good neurologist might be able to offer a diagnosis. I hope you get an answer and, if necessary, the correct treatment.