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When I’m Falling Asleep Sometimes My Jaw Snaps Really Hard And Bites The Sides Of My Tongue. Does Everyone Have This?

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Waterford, CA
July 10, 2022
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I’ve bitten My tongue a long time ago but now it’s seems like I haven’t. The difference is My mouth is very dry. Back then, it wasn’t..🧐

July 10, 2022
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Yes I can totally relate to this. Glad it isnt just me. It totally baffled me. Told my consultant about this. Straight away I was told its nocturnal seizures and was told not to drive for a year. I had literally only just got my license back after a year. Gutted.

September 11, 2022
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I was in the hospital for a total of 10 days. I got to watch Red Bull Sports happening outside the hospital in the water one day!

October 31, 2022
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Sorry that you to deal with that! Unfortunately, too many hospitals do not talk to the member of the other department the patient was passed on. to. How long was the recovery after you eventually out of that hospital and your neurologist had to start over with your anticonvulsants?

October 30, 2022
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

When I went into the hospital for Neurosurgery the first time, They put Me in GENERAL RECOVERY! not Neuro ICU because it was full. They didn’t reserve a place for Me. Thought I was doing great but the nurse in general recovery didn’t no much about Me and that I was an Epilepsy patient. She only gave Me pain medication, not Epilepsy Meds. Wound up with 4 Tonic Clonic seizures and bit Myself terribly. My Husband almost beat up the Neurosurgeon for putting Me there!

September 13, 2022

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