wierd shaking in 8 yr old.

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My Ds has woken in the middle of the night shaking so bad his teeth were clattering together - he was able to get to me in my room, where I just held him and got him to take deep breaths - took a good 10 minutes to stop the worst of the shaking - this has happened on 2 occasions in the past few weeks. (Its not shivering). He fainted a few weeks ago too - but the doctor said this was because he was in a warm room and had been standing for a while (about 20 mins). Now I am wondering if the 2 are related - he is rather pale at the moment and says he feels sick more often than he used to. any ideas or similar occurances to share??

Don't want to panic you at all, but this sounds very similar to when DD2 first started having seizures.

Was he swallowing a lot? Could he speak clearly? Was he fully in control of all his limbs?

DD2 was finally diagnosed with BECCTS (or BREC) after we managed to get a private referral, having been turned away by GP and A&E 3 times. GP actually said "oh you'll be pleased you've managed to prove you were right". Idiot A&E doc said "there are only three different kinds of seizures and this isn't one of them". I'm only sharing that, because if it is epilepsy, you may have a while till you establish it. DD has been seizure free for 8 months now (5 years on), and hoping to start to come off medication if she stays that way till the summer.

I really hope it is just bad dreams or something, and hopefully someone else will have a better suggestion.

I need to go to work now, but will pop back later.

when ds fainted my first thought was a seizure because i thought he shook once or twice before he came round ( only took seconds) - but then assumed It was my panic making me think the worst. will certainly keep what you said in mind. thank you - x