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What Can I Do Stop Shake Awake Throughout Night?

My 10 year old son was trying to sleep last night and would shake himself awake. It seemed to happen every few minutes and lasted throuhghout the night. He has done this a few other times. My daughter has done this as well. Nothing I tried helped.
Mon, 20 Mar 2017
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I would be sending both your children for an EEG monitor as well as a possible sleep study depending upon what the EEG showed and then, sending them for consultations with a PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGIST. They may have a type of epilepsy called Benign Rolandic Epilepsy or Benign Rolandic Epilepsy with Centro-temporal spikes. If this is what turns out to be the case then, actually, no treatment is necessary and they will stop on their own. You can read more about this common syndrome at: http://www.epilepsy.com/learn/types-epilepsy-syndromes/benign-rolandic-epilepsy

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What Can I Do Stop Shake Awake Throughout Night?

I would be sending both your children for an EEG monitor as well as a possible sleep study depending upon what the EEG showed and then, sending them for consultations with a PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGIST. They may have a type of epilepsy called Benign Rolandic Epilepsy or Benign Rolandic Epilepsy with Centro-temporal spikes. If this is what turns out to be the case then, actually, no treatment is necessary and they will stop on their own. You can read more about this common syndrome at: http://www.epilepsy.com/learn/types-epilepsy-syndromes/benign-rolandic-epilepsy Please rate this response with 5 Stars and feel free to ask more questions or submit comments to me at: www.bit.ly/drdariushsaghafi