The possible causes and concern for sleep disturbances and daytime disorientation are, nocturnal seizures, frontal lobe seizures, and partial seizures.
The disturbances most often occur right after falling asleep, but can happen multiple times in a night, and are disorienting and depersonalizing. Unable to recognize faces and objects around the room. Gasping, bolting upright, heart palpitations, screaming, crying inconsolably. Partial memory loss of the event.
Many reported accounts from family members and adults in whose care I was left, during infancy, adolescence, puberty and adulthood. Reports of screaming, garbled sentences, falling to the floor or climbing into the wrong bed.
Family has also reported accounts of seizure like behavior during infancy. Episodes beginning with inconsolable screaming, followed by eye rolling, body stiffening, trembling. Not recognizing or registering the presence of others. Eventual and sudden stop of vocalization and movement after episode.
Daytime symptoms are, fatigue, involuntary muscle movements, momentary and sudden stutter. Disorientation when vision is flooded with strobing floursecent light. Residual weakness / sagging of muscles on left side of face.
Likey explanation, sleep terror syndrome since infancy into adulthood, related to anxiety, with daytime symptoms being attributed to sleep deprivation psychosis and muscle fatigue. My sleep consultation is in a couple of weeks. Two of my doctors will send reports to the pulmonary consultants ahead of time, but I'm not confident in my concerns being properly investigated or addressed. --- Can any of you relate? If you've been diagnosed with experiencing a form of seizure, what were the steps you took in seeking diagnosis, and has diagnosis or treatment helped you?
The disturbances most often occur right after falling asleep, but can happen multiple times in a night, and are disorienting and depersonalizing. Unable to recognize faces and objects around the room. Gasping, bolting upright, heart palpitations, screaming, crying inconsolably. Partial memory loss of the event.
Many reported accounts from family members and adults in whose care I was left, during infancy, adolescence, puberty and adulthood. Reports of screaming, garbled sentences, falling to the floor or climbing into the wrong bed.
Family has also reported accounts of seizure like behavior during infancy. Episodes beginning with inconsolable screaming, followed by eye rolling, body stiffening, trembling. Not recognizing or registering the presence of others. Eventual and sudden stop of vocalization and movement after episode.
Daytime symptoms are, fatigue, involuntary muscle movements, momentary and sudden stutter. Disorientation when vision is flooded with strobing floursecent light. Residual weakness / sagging of muscles on left side of face.
Likey explanation, sleep terror syndrome since infancy into adulthood, related to anxiety, with daytime symptoms being attributed to sleep deprivation psychosis and muscle fatigue. My sleep consultation is in a couple of weeks. Two of my doctors will send reports to the pulmonary consultants ahead of time, but I'm not confident in my concerns being properly investigated or addressed. --- Can any of you relate? If you've been diagnosed with experiencing a form of seizure, what were the steps you took in seeking diagnosis, and has diagnosis or treatment helped you?
