What questions do you have?
What questions do you have about epilepsy, or what type of information are you still looking for?
My son is 40 & has epilepsy. He's on Lamatrigne. I wanted to know why he's so exhausted?
side effects like fatigue and insomnia are fairly common with anti seizure meds. I’m including an article with some additional information that I hope will provide some insight https://epilepsydisease.com/medication. I would also encourage you to reach out to his doctor, if you haven’t already. They may be able to offer alternatives or suggestions to help with the fatigue. Please do not hesitate to reach out anytime. All my best, Julie (team member)
Thank you for reaching out to me and sending me the article I will take a look at it now I appreciate it I know you guys are not medical professionals and I do apologize for that
no need to apologize, we are here to help as best as we can! Please keep us posted on how you are doing. Jill (Team Member)
I'm glad that someone reached out to me and I'm not sure when I'm seeing my neurologist doctor again and I'm on keppra medication for my seizures and that experience I was telling you about could that be seizure related in my sleep because of how exhausted I was.
hi, since we are not medical professionals, I would not want to steer you in the wrong direction. Lack of sleep could trigger a seizure, I am sending over this article that offers more information about this: https://epilepsydisease.com/living/sleep-deprivation-seizure-symptoms. Your doctor would know your situation the best. If your appointment is not soon, they may have a wait list you can join for any cancellations. Please keep us posted. Jill (Team Member)
This something that I wrote down in my journal from last week even though I'm on medication for my epilepsy I was jerking in my sleep and my head was thrashing around and I was drooling too and I woke up looking at the clock on my microwave and it was 7:38a.m. then I back to sleep asleep and then when I got up around 9:30a.m. I felt very exhausted like I needed a few more minutes to get up and make my bed and get ready for the day could this be a seizure and my parents don't know because I wanted to reach out to someone who has been through this before please let me know I would really appreciate it thank you.
I am glad to hear you wrote this experience down in your journal. It is great to keep track of these occurrences and talk to your doctor about them. While I really hope our community members respond here with any similar experience, please do reach out to your doctor to let them know. I really hope you can get an answer for what is going on. Please keep us posted. Jill (Team Member)
