Health Professional Radio - Podcast

Dr. James Wheless, MD, Co-Director of the Le Bonheur Comprehensive Epilepsy Program discusses how sleep deprivation due to stress and anxiety over the pandemic can trigger an increase in breakthrough seizure frequency, intensity, and length. He offers tips for talking to patients about the importance of sleep health, the importance of epilepsy action plans, the role of rescue medications to manage overall health and limit hospital visits, and how telehealth consultations lend themselves especially well to reviewing proactive epilepsy care plans with patients and caregivers.