Hey Greg,
The hours that you are sleeping, do you wake up by an alarm or till you simply wake up? What worked well with me was going to sleep at the same time every night which was 10pm, then waking up by alarm each morning (I needed to) by alarm at 6am. That gave me a good 8 hours of sleep each night. In time my body was trained to fall asleep and wake up at those times. After work late afternoon early evening I sometimes took a good nap, that gave me more energy. Sometime I was so sleepy I went to sleep an hour early and slept like a rock! Yea, one side effects from allot of the meds. is drowsiness which causes us to sleep more! Keep bouncing questions off all of us because that is what friends are for, right? Don't feel stupid of uncomfortable asking us all anything at all. We have all in your shoes at some time in our life (smile)! Maybe the not the same pair or size, but in that situation (smile). Take care, keep a smile on your face!
Steve
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> Hello everyone,
> I've been directed to this website by a friend who has epilepsy. He said this support group has been there whenever he's needed answers to various questions and was looking for any degree of support. This disorder is relatively new to me as I had my first seizure on 12/27/09. My neurologist has put me on Lamictal. Since then, I seem to have no problem sleeping 9-10 hours a night. Is this a side effect of this medication? Is this new disorder draining the energy out of me to the point that my body requires this much rest? I contine to work my full time job in the food service business. This requires 45-50 hours per week. I also notice I yawn a lot more throughout the day even though I don't necessarily feel any more tired than before the seizure. Also, people have told me beware, this medication has a negative effect on teeth and gums. These are the things that I've been wondering about for the past six weeks or so...any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks for being there, fellow-epileptians.
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