Atonic seizures are a sudden, brief loss of muscle tone of the whole body. Once again, the person will abruptly collapse to the ground, usually head first, so facial and head injuries are common. There is no noticeable loss of consciousness and the person usually recovers swiftly unless injured. Latest researches are indicating that seizure occurrence does seem to have some relation to sleep. The fact is also that several kinds of seizures occur more while asleep than when awake, while others occur with the awakening process. All seizures are said to be uncommon during the REM stage of sleep. Anyway, there is no doubt that there is a great correlation between epilepsy and sleep. This is mostly because seizures are often precipitated or triggered by the loss of sleep. Seizures can be precipitated in epileptic patients and also in some people, who do not have seizures but have an inherited tendency to seizures. Sleeping much less than usual is a fairly common trigger for seizures and should be avoided by patients with seizures or a tendency to seizures wherever possible. The exact mechanism is not understood well. The sleep-wake cycle is associated with prominent changes in brain electrical activity and hormonal activity, so seizures and the sleep-wake cycle are often clearly related. There are also some changes related to the stage of sleep. Some people with epilepsy have all of their seizures while sleeping and others have most of their seizures just as they are falling asleep or just after waking up.

Atonic seizures are a sudden, brief loss of muscle tone of the whole body. Once again, the person will abruptly collapse to the ground, usually head first, so facial and head injuries are common. There is no noticeable loss of consciousness and the person usually recovers swiftly unless injured. Latest researches are indicating that seizure occurrence does seem to have some relation to sleep. The fact is also that several kinds of seizures occur more while asleep than when awake, while others occur with the awakening process. All seizures are said to be uncommon during the REM stage of sleep. Anyway, there is no doubt that there is a great correlation between epilepsy and sleep. This is mostly because seizures are often precipitated or triggered by the loss of sleep. Seizures can be precipitated in epileptic patients and also in some people, who do not have seizures but have an inherited tendency to seizures. Sleeping much less than usual is a fairly common trigger for seizures and should be avoided by patients with seizures or a tendency to seizures wherever possible. The exact mechanism is not understood well. The sleep-wake cycle is associated with prominent changes in brain electrical activity and hormonal activity, so seizures and the sleep-wake cycle are often clearly related. There are also some changes related to the stage of sleep. Some people with epilepsy have all of their seizures while sleeping and others have most of their seizures just as they are falling asleep or just after waking up.

Atonic seizures are a sudden, brief loss of muscle tone of the whole body. Once again, the person will abruptly collapse to the ground, usually head first, so facial and head injuries are common. There is no noticeable loss of consciousness and the person usually recovers swiftly unless injured. Latest researches are indicating that seizure occurrence does seem to have some relation to sleep. The fact is also that several kinds of seizures occur more while asleep than when awake, while others occur with the awakening process. All seizures are said to be uncommon during the REM stage of sleep. Anyway, there is no doubt that there is a great correlation between epilepsy and sleep. This is mostly because seizures are often precipitated or triggered by the loss of sleep. Seizures can be precipitated in epileptic patients and also in some people, who do not have seizures but have an inherited tendency to seizures. Sleeping much less than usual is a fairly common trigger for seizures and should be avoided by patients with seizures or a tendency to seizures wherever possible. The exact mechanism is not understood well. The sleep-wake cycle is associated with prominent changes in brain electrical activity and hormonal activity, so seizures and the sleep-wake cycle are often clearly related. There are also some changes related to the stage of sleep. Some people with epilepsy have all of their seizures while sleeping and others have most of their seizures just as they are falling asleep or just after waking up.

my fiend n class was talking about the same exactr thing u r... 0.0

I use to wet the bed when I was little.

I hate when that happens! I once punched a hole through my wall trying to stop the fall.

I fell over from a sitting up position i fell into a sleep state at, and I know what you mean, it did feel wierd. No wait, I DID wake up after experiencing a fall while in a sleep state when I actually hit the floor and woke up. Now THAT was wild. ;+