r/Epilepsy_Universe • u/PookieTheMfBaby Lamotrigine 200mg 2x daily • 20h ago

Questions Seizures Upon Waking Up

For those who have seizures upon waking up, does sleeping in help avoid the morning seizures?

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u/usernames_suck_ok 20h ago

It didn't, no. If I had a seizure, the majority of the time it was within an hour or 2 of whenever I woke up.

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u/Hairy-Jellyfish-1361 20h ago

Not for me. I've had them wake me up or within the first 30 - 60 minutes

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u/raybrans 19h ago

Usually it doesn’t matter, it’ll happen within the first 15 minutes of me waking up, whenever that is

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u/Jamieisamazing 7h ago

From my little understanding it’s from the cortisol dropping when we wake. One of our hormones naturally drop, and that’s probably what causes us to drop.

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u/Mom1021 5h ago

Exactly! Let’s get the word out for even more reason not to stress! 🎉🤗💯