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Hi everyone,
For the last 4-6 years I have had major struggles after hypos. One very mild hypo can send me into a dark pit of depression, despair, and horror for up to 2 days.
Although epilepsy most commonly causes violent shaking seizures, in some cases it does not. I don't have violent shaking seizures, I don't black out, and have not been diagnosed with epilepsy. But I am wondering if I may be having hypo-induced partial epileptic seizures, followed by severe post-seizure symptoms.
My experience of hypos has always been odd. I have struggled to put it into words, and variously described it as:
Yesterday I had a strange period of hyperactivity some 60 minutes after the hypo.
It really does feel like the electrical balance in my brain has been disturbed.
For a long time I have been avoiding hypos like the plague, but recently as my health has improved I got a bit less worried about hypos, and I had a very mild one yesterday that nonetheless derailed and destroyed me for the rest of the day.
I know everyone experiences seizures differently depending on which part of the brain is affected, but if anyone has experience with hypo-related seizures I'd be interested in your experience.
For the last 4-6 years I have had major struggles after hypos. One very mild hypo can send me into a dark pit of depression, despair, and horror for up to 2 days.
Although epilepsy most commonly causes violent shaking seizures, in some cases it does not. I don't have violent shaking seizures, I don't black out, and have not been diagnosed with epilepsy. But I am wondering if I may be having hypo-induced partial epileptic seizures, followed by severe post-seizure symptoms.
My experience of hypos has always been odd. I have struggled to put it into words, and variously described it as:
- Terrible feeling through the body there are no words for
- Feeling like a nuclear bomb has gone off and I'm slowly being killed by radiation
- Feeling an evil presence (Dementor) in the room
- Intense feeling that something's wrong with the world
- Feels like my soul is torn
- Disgusting grey sludge in my veins
Yesterday I had a strange period of hyperactivity some 60 minutes after the hypo.
It really does feel like the electrical balance in my brain has been disturbed.
For a long time I have been avoiding hypos like the plague, but recently as my health has improved I got a bit less worried about hypos, and I had a very mild one yesterday that nonetheless derailed and destroyed me for the rest of the day.
I know everyone experiences seizures differently depending on which part of the brain is affected, but if anyone has experience with hypo-related seizures I'd be interested in your experience.