Phoebe

I am not aware of any specific treatment for nocturnal seizures that is different from the treatments used for seizures occuring during the day. Mine started as nocturnal seizures I think, but as the disease progressed. and it does progress if not stopped cold, my seizures started occuring during the day and continued to get worse over time. Mine were intractible. The hardest seizures to control with meds are Partial seizures. That is what I have, Complex Partials. Once one AED fails to stop your seizures, there is less than a 15% chance that any of the AEDs will stop your seizures. That is fact. Since your seizures are only occurring during the night, I would want to make sure there was not another treatable cause for them like sleep apnea or another possible cause. Have those avenues been thoroughly checked? The treatment for that will not necessarlily be the same as the AEDs. I would expect different treatment all together if it is sleep apnea etc. Your medical doc should be involved in the asessment to make sure there is not a Medical cause for your seizures such as metabolic conditions, sleep disturbances etc. The specialist who treats only seizures is an Epileptologist. They have training beyond the general neurology residency called a Fellowship. You will find lots of mention of this type of specialist on this forum. I had surgery 6 yrs ago but after 35 years of uncontrolled seizures. If you go to an Epleptologist at a Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, they can offer you the treatments more specific to your case unless it turns out to have some other cause. As long as they are strictly Nocturnal, the Epileptologist may choose not to offer options besides meds, but since it does progesss if not stopped, he/she might. You have to check. Phoebe