Like other forms of epilepsy,<unk>  can be treated with anti-convulsants. Despite the effectiveness of anti-convulsants in people who suffer from<unk> , the drugs are shown to disrupt a person's sleeping structure. This may cause concern in people who suffer specifically from<unk>  because undisrupted sleep is important for these people, as it lowers the likeliness of epileptic symptoms to arise. One particular study by V. Bradley and D. O'Neill analysed the different forms of epilepsy, including<unk>  and its relationship with sleep. They found that some patients only experienced epileptic symptoms while they are asleep<unk> , and that maintaining good sleep helped in reducing epileptic symptoms. Another study determined that anti-convulsant medications can minimize epilepsy not just in people who are awake, but also in people who are asleep. However, some of these anti-convulsant medications did also have adverse effects on subjects' sleeping structures, which can exacerbate epileptic symptoms in people who suffer from<unk> . To minimize epileptic seizures in these people, it is important to find an anti-convulsant medication that does not disrupt a person's sleeping structure. The anti-convulsant medications that were tested to meet this criterion are: phenobarbital, phenytoin, carbamazepine, valproate, ethosuximide, felbamate, gabapentin, lamotrigine, topiramate, vigabatrin, tiagabine, levetiracetam, zonisamide, and oxcarbazepine. Oxcarbazepine is shown to have the least amount of adverse effects on sleep. Another study shows that it enhances slow wave-sleep and sleep continuity in patients with epilepsy.
Nocturnal epilepsy
Photosensitive epilepsy
Musicogenic epilepsy
Oculogyric crisis
Generalized epilepsy
Rolandic epilepsy
Paroxysmal attack
Gelastic seizure