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Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and Seizures

Sat, 06/02/2007 - 09:12
Hi All I experienced another seizure on the wsy to an job interview the other day, whereby I lost consciousness for about 5 minutes and obviously this is not very good when I am inteviewing. I was late for the interview and now am stressing out again which is not good. I have had EEG's and MRI's and thankfully all normal. Have any of you experienced / heard about any link between seizures (black outs) and Hypoglycemia? I have never had a blood test? Is this something that you have had done/ Thanks

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Re: Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and Seizures

Submitted by spaznurse on Fri, 2007-06-08 - 21:50
Here's some basic start up info: Hypoglycemia is thought by some in the medical community to be a precursor to diabetes; it may indicate an early metabolic problem. The brain depends on a constant sugar supply and a seizure can result from low blood sugar. Those who are interested or who think they may have trouble with this, please do do a search online for full info as I am speaking off the cuff here, just basics. Hypoglycemic episodes usually can be controlled by changing the diet to small frequent meals of high quality carbs and protein, with reduction in concentrated sweets and starches. Hope this helps get you started. :) "If you can laugh at it you can survive it'---Bill Cosby Spaznurse

Re: Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and Seizures

Submitted by babzy on Fri, 2007-06-08 - 22:08
i thinnk there is a relation between seizures and any abnormal level in our bodies. when my sugar drops i can feel seizureprone, once i eat, it goes away. but interestingly i read somewhere that dilantin can cause this to happen.good luck

Re: Re: Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and Seizures

Submitted by happycat2 on Fri, 2007-06-22 - 01:04
I have been cutting back Mom's sodium and doing so with mine a bit to.. Then yesterday. I had a big seizure ( grand mal). I had taken Mom to have a cardiac stress test and while waiting I started having a feeling of weakness in my stomach. So my husband got me something to drink and some crackers. Lately by checking my morning sugars, I have notices that they run in the 80's. So I thought that I just needed a bite to eat. Of course I was worried for Mom. It turned out that after three tries at trying to get an IV in and her vein blowing each time, Mother refused the test. She had not eaten since the night before and all that sticking had made her sick to her stomach. So we left there and stopped and got her a bite to eat. Then I went into the store to get some paper towels and toilet paper and a few things and all of a sudden I had these tingles all over my body. Kind of like quivers? Felt as if I was going into a seizure any minute. My husband took me home and I went to bed. I kept feeling that way all evening but it got worse. I got incoherent. Anyway. I went to the ER. They did a cat scan. They tried to put in Iv but could not find a vein my husband said? Finally they gave me more seizure medicine by injection. They told my husband my blood levels were ok that I had another seizure? Cat. "Many false prophets are gone out into the world." 1 John 4:1

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