• Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563009, China;
XU Zucai, Email: docxzc@126.com
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Epilepsy and sleep disorders are common health problems in the world, and sleep disorders as a common comorbidity of epilepsy patients, there are high prevalence, low attention rate, low treatment rate phenomenon. In addition, epilepsy and sleep disorders can affect each other, exacerbating the onset of their own symptoms. Therefore, timely identification and treatment of these comorbidities are crucial to improve patients' quality of life, increase daytime alertness and reduce the occurrence of seizures. This article reviews the effects of different anti-seizure programs on patients with epilepsy comorbidities sleep disorders, in order to provide references for how to better choose epilepsy treatment measures for these patients.

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