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Dreaming about seizures
Thu, 03/14/2019 - 09:15Topic: Share Your Story
Hello. I woke up at 4am to feed my 3 month old, she finishes, put her back to bed and then I went to lay back down. I started to fall asleep, but like normal I have a hard time falling back asleep and always thinking about everything. I dozed off and thought I was having a seizure. The same ear noises were starting, I tried yelling for my husband, he came running towards me, then I woke up. Realized it was a dream. I didn’t bite my tongue like usual and my husband was snoring next to me. Lol. Has this happened to anyone? I have a fear of having more seizures with my baby, it happened when my son was this age. I had encephalitis that caused me to have seizures.
Comments
The AEDs that I've been on
Submitted by Athena_5ce4563aba984 on Fri, 2019-06-14 - 15:08
The AEDs that I've been on (Keppra and Lamictal) have given me all kinds of extremely vivd and disturbing dreams, and for months now. It could be that, especially if you have changed medication or dose. It may just be that you are more than usually stressed, and the dream was about the epilepsy because that is the most stressful thing in your life. If it happens more than once it would probably be worth discussing with someone.
If this happens often you
Submitted by Jazz101 on Tue, 2019-03-26 - 18:55
If this happens often you should speak with your neurologist about it. Dreams are often just dreams. But if you have seizures and you dream about it often, that might actually be different. If it happens often maybe you should speak with your neurologist about getting a 72-hour EEG. That's the EEG where they set it up and send you home. The beauty of the 72-hour EEG is it captures activity while you are awake and while you are sleeping. That way the neurologist can do a wide comparison. Think about it.Best Regards