I am sorry you are having such trouble. My mom witnessed my having a complex partial seizure at night one time she happened to be walking through the living room. But mostly, the way I know, is when my muscles are extremely stiff and sore, I am dazed and confused, and sometimes I am a bit incontinent. Also, I don't feel like eating much that day and have nausea and extreme fatigue. Sometimes there is a headache. I never remember anything about the seizures themselves. It's probably better that way. Less often, I will hurt myself enough to require pain medications. (I hit my head pretty hard one time; I still have the bruise.) Of course, it always helps to have someone witness it -- either a family member, at home, or a physician or nurse during video-EEG monitoring. It provides important details. Do you remember anything about your seizures? It's hard to say based on what you have said. Do you have a neurologist? It would help to have you undergo a 48- to 72-hour ambulatory EEG, which would record your brain's electrical activity while you are awake and asleep. In my case, that was normal, but one theory is that the seizures are originating from the frontal lobe, where the EEG can show normal waves even during a seizure, supposedly. What tests have you had so far? Can you describe in detail what happens during the events?
Being able to tell if you have had a nocturnal seizure depends on what type you have had. ... Undoubtedly, you would feel differently after a generalized tonic-clonic seizure or a partial seizure with secondary generalization than you would after a simple partial seizure. A lot of it depends on the person. It's tough to say whether the seizures "occur" the same way they do during the daytime. I don't remember mine so I can't say. Like I said, it depends on the seizure. Has anyone seen you have the twitches after you fall asleep or have you just remembered them? I would say that confusion is common after a nocturnal seizure. ...
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