Posted by Azag on October 16, 2007 at 14:22:01:Hello Everyone, My name is Jeff and I am a 30 year old male in seemingly good health. A little over a year ago I start experiencing what I have been classifying as seizures at night. The first four to five months that they occurred I was single and living by myself. At the time I seem to remember a very vivid dream in which I could not awake no matter how hard I tried. I started to associate the episodes with late nights and moderate drinking. The episodes for the most part seem to be happening when I attempt to wake up to go to the bathroom. I have awoken a few times awkwardly twisted on the floor in the hallway and directly outside the bathroom.
A year ago now, my fiancé started living with me in my apartment. The first time she witnessed an episode she was rightly concerned and urged me to see a doctor as soon as possible. When I visited the doctor they immediately schedule and MRI and an EEG, both of which came back normal. I have not been back to a doctor concerning this issue since.
Oddly enough, the episodes seem to happen within the same days every month. I have been tracking the dates over the last 12 months and they always seem to happen between the 12th and 18th of every month and is usually between 2am and 6am in the morning. I have never had an episode while I’m awake.
According to my fiancé, I usually sit straight up in bed slapping myself in the face in a futile attempt to wake myself. My entire body tenses up and I sound as if I’m choking on my tongue. The episodes last anywhere from one to five minutes, I attempt to speak and can only mutter, and I always fall right back to sleep. My fiancé describes it as a deep sleep in which she cannot wake me from. When I awake in the morning I always look at my fiancé and ask if I had a seizure. From what I’ve read on the internet, people are usually unaware that an episode has taken place. My entire body is always sore, and I feel as if I have no energy. The last episode actually caused me to urinate in bed.
Thank you for taking the time. Any concerns, comments, questions, and suggestions are welcome.
- Re: Unknown Episodes. Please Help! westernjoe 19:48 10/22/07 (0)