Get Virtual Care
For Businesses
About Us
A member asked:
Will melatonin help a person with seizure disorder?
2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Not directly: If it helps your sleep that could help reduce your tendency to have seizures. It is an indirect effect. Lack of sleep makes it easier to have seizures.
Answered 9/28/2016
3.5k views
Thank
For sleep: Melatonin will help with disorders of sleep initiation,
Answered 5/30/2015
2.8k views
Thank
Related Questions
A member asked:
My sister is having seziures and I think its from her medication. She is taking Xanax (alprazolam) and at night melatonin could the two be a bad combination?
11 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
A member asked:
Can lamotragine cause pseudo seizures in a person was that was later found to have systematic somatic disorders or would they be part of the disorder?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
What disorders or diseases can cause seizures where the person stops reacting to everything yet is still conscious just not in control of body?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
Why are mentally retarded people prone to seizure disorders?
5 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
A member asked:
Could Lyme disease medication cause someone to have seizures?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
People also searched for:
What to do if I'm 25 years old. I have a seizure disorder and am on tegretol(carbamezapine). I was wondering if a person like myself should take melatonin?
My nurse practitioner told me to take melatonin 3mg the thing is i have a past history of complex partial seizures should I worry about taking it ?
Is it safe for someone with a history of partial seizures to take melatonin 3mg. Please help.Thank you?
Can you give a nine year old who is taking tegretol for epileptic seizures melatonin to sleep?
Is melatonin safe while taking a multivitamin. I've had no previous conditions like seizures or depression (knock on wood), any help is appreciated.
Didn't find what you're looking for?
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more.
Ask your questionMore of what we treat
Content on HealthTap (including answers) should not be used for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and interactions on HealthTap do not create a doctor-patient relationship. Never disregard or delay professional medical advice in person because of anything on HealthTap. Call your doctor or 911 if you think you may have a medical emergency.
HIPAASecure
SOC 2 Type 2Certified
JCAHOAccredited
Download HealthTap
Video visit and message your doctor
