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My seizures have been progressing and have been affecting my everyday life. I’m a police officer, and have recently had to be put on short term leave. My medication makes me feel terrible and woozy and like I can’t stand up for a long period of time. If I don’t sleep a full 8-10 hours of uninterrupted sleep I have seizures regardless if I’m on medication or not. I’m having a hard time accepting this and dealing with this. I’m not even sure what’s the cause of my out of no where seizures.
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Your seizures could have come from something that happened years ago. I started having seizures when I was 10 years old and doctors verified that they’re due to my birth asphyxiation (HIE). I’m now in my 40’s and continue to have epilepsy. Medication has never helped me either so I’ve lived with my parents my whole life. I also had a traumatic head injury before I was 2 years old that knocked me unconscious.
Check your side effects of the medications you are taking at website,
https://www.drugs.com/
Hello Windie, my name is Tom W. Morgan and I too have Epilepsy. The type of seizures that I have are known as Focal.
I read your story and picked up about needing sleep. As a Researcher in Epileptic Triggers, Sleep is very important for all of us. For some, it can act as a trigger that will cause a seizure to happen.
I do have some information about what you can do to help get a better night's sleep.
Here are the ideas
1> Established a sleeping schedule and set a time to go to bed. Go to bed at that hour all the time and stick to it.
2> If you can, buy yourself a sleeping mask that will block any light from hitting the eyes. Thus, waking you up. Be sure to have the curtains closed all the way...not allowing the light to shine in through the window.
3> If you are a reader, read a book until your eyes become tired.
4> Blink your eyes fast for 20 seconds.
If you wish to, you can read my story and it will tell you more about myself and my research.
Thank you,
From a fellow Warrior and Friend,
Tom W. Morgan
Researcher in Epileptic Triggers
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