This hub covers epilepsy lifestyle and sleep: Everyday factors that can affect seizures including sleep, stress, routines, illness, and triggers. Research-backed steps families can actually use.
Triggers usually don’t “cause” epilepsy, but they can make seizures more likely in someone who already has it.
Sometimes. Ask your neurologist because sleep aids can interact with meds and seizure patterns.
Start by tracking a few fields: Sleep schedule, missed meds, illness, stress, seizures, rescue meds, and see if you need to add from there.
Often yes, and it can improve sleep and mood. The right plan depends on seizure type and safety needs.
This study focused on children with self-limited epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (SeLECTs), a common type of epilepsy in kids.
A study was conducted to compare two methods of inducing sleep for electroencephalography (EEG) tests in children with epilepsy.
This study looked at the experiences of a child named Ethan who has Dravet syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy that starts in infancy.
This study looked at adults who were newly diagnosed with a type of epilepsy called genetic generalized epilepsy (GGE).
A study called the MonoPER study looked at how effective and tolerable the medication Perampanel (PER) is when used alone to treat adults with focal or idiopathic generalized epilepsy.
Researchers studied a specific type of epilepsy linked to mutations in the KCNT1 gene, which causes potassium channels in the brain to become overly active.
This study focused on late-onset epilepsy (LOE), which occurs in people over the age of 50, and the challenges in diagnosing its causes.
Researchers studied the effects of a substance called alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) when used alongside antiseizure drugs (ASDs) in rodent models of epilepsy.
This study looked at how neurologists in five European countries—UK, Norway, Sweden, Spain, and Hungary—communicate about Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP), which is a major cause of death for people with epilepsy.