Hi all, new to this board! I was diagnosed w/ E 1.5 yrs ago after a GTC. I have 2 questions;

1. Why at times in the middle of the night do I wake up jerking. Not continual jerks, intermittant ones. I've looked at my coffee intake and they seem to happen way after caffine ~should~ be gone. I eat well. :rolleyes: Sort of. I am on 500mg Dilantin (300PM) and 300 Zonegran 300PM.

2. Am I the only person out here that seems to have a word trigger associated with people speaking? Even when I am reading? It seems as tho a combination of words not the sound will trigger me. Or am I completely nuts? High pitched sound, chaotic sound is one of my triggers but the word????

Thanks,

about the jerking in the middle of the night, it is a seizure and i have something simular (sometimes) my doctor called it a "phenomena". i don't think they know why it happens in sleep.