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.
Researchers studied how problems with the glymphatic system, which helps clear waste from the brain, might affect cognitive decline in elderly patients with late-onset epilepsy (LOE) who also have chronic insomnia.
Researchers studied how depression and suicidal thoughts change over time in adults with epilepsy who initially had high scores on a depression screening tool called the Neurological Disorders Depression Inventory for Epilepsy (NDDI-E).
Researchers studied how early brain activity patterns, measured by electroencephalography (EEG), can help predict the development of post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) in adults who have suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Researchers studied the effects of three types of carbapenem antibiotics—imipenem, meropenem, and ertapenem—on mice to understand their potential to cause seizures.
Researchers investigated the effects of gastrodin (GAS), a natural compound from the plant Gastrodia elata Blume, on epilepsy using a rat model.
Researchers aimed to create a model that could predict when people with epilepsy might need emergency hospitalization due to recurrent seizures.
Researchers in Tunisia studied the well-being of mothers who care for children with cerebral palsy (CP), a common childhood disability.
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