Nocturnal Seizures

Overview

Anepileptic seizureis caused by unusual electrical activity in the brain. This usually causes to muscles of the body to tighten or weaken temporarily.

Nocturnal seizures happen when a person is sleeping. They are most common:

• Right after falling asleep
• Just before waking up
• Soon after waking up

Any seizure can occur during sleep. However, there are certain seizure conditions that are more likely to experience nocturnal seizures, including:

• Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
• Awakening tonic-clonic (grand mal)
• Benign Rolandic
• Landau-Kleffner syndrome
• Frontal Lobe Epilepsy

Symptoms

Nocturnal seizures are often unnoticed because the patient is asleep when they happen. However, there are signs that may suggest the patient’s is experiencing these seizures, including:

• Loss of bladder control
• Biting their tongue

If the patient notices these symptoms of interrupted sleep they should talk to their doctor:

• Difficulty concentrating
• Awaking suddenly for an unknown reason
• Feeling drowsy
• Increase in daytime seizures triggered…