I think there’s more to dig into here. Although it’s fairly well known that sleep (and lack of it) can trigger seizures on waking, there’s not much understanding of why. Recently a big breakthrough in SUDI research (“cot death”/“SIDS”) found low levels of BChE was a marker for unexplained infant deaths. This is significant particularly because the same marker is known to be linked to difficulties waking up from anaesthesia.

There is a very similar syndrome known as SUDEP (or Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy), where often people are found dead, face down in their beds.

It seems to me at least plausible that there are some links between this new discovery, SUDEP, and SUDI/SIDS.