NEURO CONSULT — b20260917-2SERIES: THE DIFFERENTIALTHE EPILEPTOLOGIST
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Clinic, Monday after the time change.

Clinic, Monday after the time change. Him: "I had two. Both Sunday." Me: "We moved the clocks Sunday." Him: "That does something?" Me: "It does something to me and I do not even have epilepsy." The whole country did a sleep-deprivation protocol and nobody consented. send this to your epilepsy clinic before the clocks change

EXPLAINED (ACCURACY-CHECKED)

Sleep deprivation is a well-recognised seizure precipitant, and abrupt circadian shifts such as daylight-saving transitions reduce sleep duration in the general population.

Sleep deprivation as a seizure precipitant is established; DST-associated sleep loss is well described. PubMed/Consensus not reachable this run; verified against established neuroanatomy and standard clinical practice.
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