Sleep and Epilepsy - Epilepsy Foundation
Others, such as epilepsy with generalized tonic clonic seizures alone, happen within 1-2 hours of awakening. Epilepsy can worsen your ability to sleep and can also make existing sleep disorders worse. Some of the drugs used to treat epilepsy may also affect sleep. Some seizure medicines may make people more sleepy.
Lack of Sleep and Epilepsy
Yes, it can. Seizures are very sensitive to sleep patterns. Some people have their first and only seizures after an "all-nighter" at college or after not sleeping well for long periods. If you have epilepsy, lack of "good sleep" makes most people more likely to have seizures. It can even increase the intensity and length of seizures.
Sleep-related Hypermotor Epilepsy (SHE)
People are developmentally normal before the seizures start and rarely have worsening of thinking and memory. The syndrome's name was changed from autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (ADNFLE) to sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy (SHE), because. Events are brought on by sleep. Seizures can arise from other areas of the brain.
Sleep and Epilepsy: FAQ - Epilepsy Foundation
The most troublesome sleep disorder in people with epilepsy is sleep apnea, in which breathing stops briefly during sleep. Sleep apnea affects at least 2% of the general population. It is most common in people who are overweight. As sleep deepens, the airway relaxes too much and becomes blocked.
Safety While Sleeping With Seizures | Epilepsy Foundation
Ways of preventing injury from seizures during sleep include: Remove sharp or potentially dangerous objects from near the bed. If there's a danger of falling out of bed, try sleeping on a futon, other low bed, or put a mattress on the floor. Pads can also be placed on the floor next to the bed. Limit the number of pillows used so they don’t ...
Sleep and Drowsiness and Memory | Epilepsy Foundation
Drowsiness. People with epilepsy are probably more susceptible to the cognitive and functional consequences of sleep disruption than the general population. The most common consequence of sleep disruption in patients with epilepsy is drowsiness. While most often a nuisance, drowsiness can potentially have life threatening ramifications as it ...
Gelastic and Dacrystic Seizures - Epilepsy Foundation
Gelastic seizures is the term used to describe focal or partial seizures with bouts of uncontrolled laughing or giggling. They are often called laughing seizures. The person may look like they are smiling or smirking. Dacrystic seizures are focal or partial seizures when a person makes a crying sound. They may also look like they are grimacing.
Challenges with Sleep Disorders | Epilepsy Foundation
Insomnia can consist of difficulty falling asleep, difficulty staying asleep, or both. There are many causes, but the most common are psychophysiological insomnia, primary insomnia. Insomnia also occurs commonly in the setting of medical and psychiatric illness. Depression and anxiety, both more common in people with epilepsy, are frequently ...
Epilepsy Sleep Hygiene
Epilepsy Sleep Hygiene. Sleep hygiene is a fairly straightforward concept, but it is one with which a large number of people are unfamiliar (including many physicians). The basic principle of sleep hygiene is optimizing the conditions for sleep. Contrary to many people’s beliefs and to the accepted norms of American society, humans do not ...
Early Death & SUDEP | Epilepsy Foundation
SUDEP is the sudden, unexpected death of someone with epilepsy, who was otherwise healthy. In SUDEP cases, no other cause of death is found when an autopsy is done. Each year, more than 1 in 1,000 people with epilepsy die from SUDEP. This is the leading cause of death in people with uncontrolled seizures. The person with epilepsy is often found ...