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2017-04-15 10:41:40
My father in-law is 83 yrs. old, having Epilepsy since 4 yrs., He sleeps more than 5 hours in a day, whenever we see him he is always sleeping. He sleeps in the night too.
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May be due to antiepiletic medications

Answered2017-04-17 14:30:06

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