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Does Anyone Experience Nightmares,hallucinations And Panic Attacks? I've Been Told By My Epilepsy Nurse It Is Actually A Seizure In My Sleep

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
Bradford, UK

I feel like I'm going crazy!!

November 27, 2015
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I started with the night terrors when i started keppra and i find being too hot on a night is the main trigger

November 30, 2015
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

all the time I have been told that I also have pseudoseizures mixed in with my regular seizures so then I have even more panic attacks nightmares and night terrors from PTSD and see shadow people

February 17, 2016
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Hallucinations can sometimes be confused with auras such as senses as odors or sights or even sounds. I am not sure about nightmares. I have pánic attacks also known as anxiety.

January 6, 2016
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Omg is that really ... their so bad ....leave me petrified and parelised so glad really coz I cry thort I was going mad xx

December 4, 2015
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I hate having them, the only thing that's not a side effect of epilepsy is nightmares that's normal. The panic attacks and hallucinations are down to the medication it happens to me. It states on the leaflet that comes in your medication box all the side effects that will be common with it hope this advice is helpful.

November 30, 2015

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