My son has recently begun topamax for
night seizures, which began within the
last 2 months. He has had 3 witnesses
grand mal seizures, and all tests have
been negative (mri-ct- eeg).
His wife is an rn, and noted that all 3
episodes were after nights of decreased
sleep. We're wondering about sleep apnea
as a cause, and if there is treatment for
it, besides medication.
Realistically, I think this would be ruled
out since he has moments where he can't
talk, but is awake and aware of his
surroundings.
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kayakmom
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Posted: 01-20-05 18:40pm
My son has had nocturnal seizures for
about 7 years or longer. He has not been
medicated for 2.5 years right now due to a
misdiagnosis. He has also had a sleep
study for apnea. (which he does not have,
he does have pmld, from rapid withdrawal
of seizure meds, however).....
Ask his neuro or pede for a sleep study to
make sure. Usually if there is apnea
involved you would hear snoring, gasping
or choking in sleep.
We ahve the same thing with eeg being
normal between seizures(interictally), or
showing some abnormal that was discounted.
It makes it tough to figure things out.
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