Sleep deprivation and seizures
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You need to visit a sleep specialist to see if there is any sleep deprivation and abnormal pattern, which might be a common trigger. Do update on your progress and share your thoughts. Take care.
, alcohol or drug withdrawal, head injury,reading, hot water on the head, hyperventilation, and flashing or flickering lights, Being asleep, The transition between sleep and wakefulness (hypnagogia), Tiredness and sleep deprivation, Illness, Constipation, Menstruation, Stress or anxiety, Alcohol consumption, Pictures with excessive flashing etc.
Usually the therapy for seizures is continued for a couple of years at elast based on the response and etiology of the seizure.
Hi, it is unlikely to be because of pernicious anemia which is mainly due to deficiency of vitamin B 12, which can lead to nervous symptoms like tingling, pins and needles, burning sensation etc. Seizure at this stage is usually due to intracranial space occupying lesion, hypoglycemia, metabolic acidosis etc.
Is he diabetic, any history of hypertension? What are the medications he is on?
As this has happened twice, we cannot say for sure. It can be due to incomplete sleep or prolonged sleep deprivation leading confusional state when you wake up.
If the symptoms persist then you can undergo EEG monitoring esp. during sleep.
This shouldn't be point of concern, relax. You can consult sleep specialist if the problem recurs. Take care and regards.
hey i have a question, a couple of weeks ago i wrote a post that was talking about how i thought i overdosed on cocaine and it turned out it was just a panic attack, and this weekend i didnt really get any sleep and was drinking till 4 am and woke up at 9 am and now i had one of those panic attack agains, do you think its all in my head or what? or is it sleep deprivation?
I was treated for Hepatritis C over 4 years ago and have been suffering with Chronic Major Depression, anxiety, fatigue and a host of aches and pains. Just recently I have been given a sleep study and I had very little REM and many sleep apnea episodes, My Pulmonologist has ordered another sleep study using C-pap. I am hoping that my side effcts are actually symptoms of sleep apnea.
An EEG done in August was inconclusive and now they want him to have a sleep deprivation EEG. All his tonic clonic seizures have followed a very late night and so he is plain scared of being forced not to sleep for 24 hours.
Anyway to the point (sorry), they have given him Epilim (depakote) 500mg daily.
I had eclampsia 4 years ago and had seizures which resulted in the early delivery of my child. Aside from my seizures 4 years ago, I had no previous history of seizure disorder. There has been no seizure activity until this most recent event. Could this seizure have been associated with the use of nitrous or lidocaine? Also, I have been experiencing severe headaches and light-headedness since the seizure.
Hi my name is Luke and I am 24 years old and an Iraq veteran. I spent 4 years in the marines and have been out for about 3 years but have recently been afflicted with seizures, two in one day actually. This is the first time that I know of that I have ever had this issue so it is a bit alarming. I was put on keppra for the next year but I read on another ptsd related seizure post that for non epileptic seizures such as mine, anti seizure meds are pointless.
vegetarian (i eat dairy), low iron, work midnight shift, usually get about 4-5 hrs of sleep during the day, if Im lucky. Could sleep deprivation cause any of this?
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The main symptoms of cerebral hypoxia are headaches, muscle spasms, severe confusion, and lack of concentration, loss of consciousness, decreased attention span, mood swings and seizures. you must seek immediate medical attention if there are multiple symptoms. The physician will determine the degree of severity of cerebral hypoxia. These include a CT scan, MRI, EEG, and Evoked potential test. Other tests include complex learning tasks and motor control.
Are you there to take care of him? I do agree with your views of sleep deprivation and its adverse effects. He might be in severe stress due to sleep deprivation caused a result of irregular sleeping cycle because of job needs working in frequent shifts. You may seek the help of attorney for his loss of pay. He requires rest for sometime. He can get evaluated by a neurologist and get counseled by a sleep specialist. Take care and update on his progress.
A few months ago I was at my sister house when my entire body twitched, but I would have no memory of it, after a while it stopped, however I still get them every now and then, my sister took me to the emergency room at the local hospital but they only did a basic nerve test which consisted of taking a blunt needle and a strip of tissue and testing to see if I tell which was sharp and which was soft, they said they couldn't find any problems so they sent me home, I am 26 and have only had th
At the age of 15 months, my son had 3 seizures in the span of 7 hours after 3 days of no food or liquids due to gastrointeritis. He was hot to the touch before each seizure but no official fever was recorded. He was hospitilaized and put on a drip to get some fluids back in him and we were told that he had febrile seizures. He had an EEG recently (age 19 months) and the results came back abnormal stating that he had low activity in the left part of the brain.
s not much she can do to totally escape the sensory overload. Young people are amazingly resilient and some go all thru college with inadequate and irregular sleep. But if she indicates the being stuck scenario, suggest she modify her schedule for a few days and arrange a few hours here and there of total down time. Remind her that sleep is critical to her cognitive abilities and memory, and to be kind to herself so that her body and mind are equipped to handle a busy lifestyle.
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