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seizures occuring right after eating
Tue, 03/07/2006 - 00:36Topic: New to Epilepsy.com
does anyone get seizures during or after eating? Im beginning to wonder if this is a high blood sugar problem or something, since the dr's dont have any idea why im having seizures. i can just be sitting doing nothing and my hands curl in. happens alot throughout the day. not on any meds at this time. just had 72hr eeg and came back "normal". what questions can i ask my dr. now. have appt this fri. thank you..
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Re: seizures occuring right after eating
Submitted by aprilg on Tue, 2006-04-11 - 00:35
Hello, my daughter is 8 months and has been having them since 4 months. she has been recently been put on femabaratle(sp) and our neighbor whose son is has just turned 5 months has been having then same issue. We have two separate neuro pediatric doctors. Mine just put our baby on meds and the neighbor's doctor said there is actually a condition when a child eats and then soon starts to fall asleep and has a seisure. I just found this out today while taking out the trash. I will find out the exact name and post it. best to luck to you. I know how scary it is.
Re: seizures occuring right after eating
Submitted by aprilg on Thu, 2006-04-13 - 00:18
hello again. my neigbor said it was sleep myoclonus that her son was diagnois with. i did more research regarding celiac disease. it is where wheat and other grains are not able to be digested by the intestion tract and will cause seisure in infants. they can test to see if certain antibodies are higher and if they are it means the child is allergic to gluten and you will need to by gluten free food. My daugter is having a blood test. best of luck to you
Re: seizures occuring right after eating
Submitted by Maureen Brown on Wed, 2006-03-08 - 09:46
What about Hypoglcemia--LOW blood sugar? I have been epileptic for 10 years, I am also on VNS, and my seizures are petit mal. My seizures occur when I miss a meal or don't eat enough protein or carbohydrates. Due to Nocturnal Hypoglycemia, I have to eat a teaspoon of peanut butter or drink some soda to sleep through the night. If not, I wake up with increased heart rate and some trembling resulting into a seizure. I had a Grand Mal seizure in February from paying attention to the Diabetic Glaucometer which indicated normal blood sugar than to my body's messages which indicated that a seizure was pending. Within 30 minutes, my blood sugar suddenly dropped resulting in one of the worst seizures that I ever had. For years, my doctors tested me repeatedly for Diabetes and the tests have been negative. When my sugar starts to drop, I start to become dizzy and disoriented. Eating something high in carbs stops those feelings clearing my head.Sometimes,while I am eating, I have a seizure because I missed a prior meal, and my body is low on glucose. It takes approximately 1 -2 hours to convert food to the brain. Since snacking on nuts and raisins between meals, there has been improvement even to write this email. My concern is that increased activity also lowers blood sugar, therefore, I am nervous about weight gain due to the auras I receive when I try to exercise.