Epilepsy And Sleep Talking Posted: 04-03-06 09:31am
Hi everyone i'm kate.
Has anyone ever experienced sleep talking
and seizures?
My partner has had epilepsy for two years
and only experiences seizures during his
sleep - in general his seizures are pretty
well controlled.
The last couple of nights he has started
talking in his sleep, he has been having
full conversations with me and had even
said he is awake and opened his eyes and
looked at me but has had no recollection
of any of it in the morning.
Last night we were watching a film and he
fell asleep on the sofa, he had been
asleep for about an hour. When I tried to
wake him up he talked alot of rubbish at
me. He then sat up looked at me and said
"where's kate" (i am kate)! I thought he
was messing around and dismissed it. He
then got up and went upstairs, got in bed
looked at me and said "where's kate, this
is kate's house".
This really freaked me out. I was scared
he was going to have a fit that night.
But I am also scared because the epilepsy
has resulted from a brain injury and I
really hope this is not a further problem.
I have insisted that we go to the docs to
check this out - am I being paranoid? Is
this just sleep walking and talking?
Any help or advice would be much
appreciated!
Thanks,
kate
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CWE
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Jan 2006 Posts: 24 Location: Friendswood, TX
Posted: 04-06-06 09:26am
Don't wake him up when he is sleeping.
Proper sleep is essential to keeping the
seizure threshold high.
The rubbish talk that he can't remember
sounds like he was in a post-ictal state
(confused state following a seizure).
It's fairly common and normal following a
seizure.
