Low blood sugar and seizures

[abigailsheree]

Hi all,
Just wanted to hear some other people’s experience when it comes to low blood sugars and seizures.
Back story- I have been diabetic for 26 years and when I was younger I had seizures (when low in the night) but I was a bit sluggish for a day but was soon back to normal.
Fast forward- on Monday I ended up briefly coming around to 2 paramedics and a plate of toast. My heart rate went up, and all I know about it is I was talking to family and when they come back I was on the floor, I have some bruises and bit my tongue badly from the convulsions and I have a long period of time where I cant remember anything and even forgot simple things like what was the name of one of my pets.
However since Monday I have been super tired but I attempted to go into work and let them know I felt weird but it was hard to explain in what way. I’m still having issues remembering things and some conversations I only remember little bits of, has anyone else had this where the side effects of the seizure have lasted this long?

 

[jaywak]

probably 20 years ago since I had such a bad nocturnal hypo that you have experienced but I must have had probably 20 in my 51 years and they were bloody awful , I would wake up with my wife giving me glucose and not even knowing who she was , blood coming from my mouth after biting my tongue and then suffering ulcers for a week after, my head would feel like my brain was banging against my skull , every muscle in my body would ache for a week or more and on one occasion I dislocated my shoulder which never fully recovered and recently had a shoulder replacement to cure the injury , it would take a week before I felt anywhere near normal but went to work when looking back should not have done , I hate to think of the long term damage I may have done to myself and with the latest tech with alarms to wake me I hope I never will ever go there again .

 

[ElenaP]

Hi all,
Just wanted to hear some other people’s experience when it comes to low blood sugars and seizures.
Back story- I have been diabetic for 26 years and when I was younger I had seizures (when low in the night) but I was a bit sluggish for a day but was soon back to normal.
Fast forward- on Monday I ended up briefly coming around to 2 paramedics and a plate of toast. My heart rate went up, and all I know about it is I was talking to family and when they come back I was on the floor, I have some bruises and bit my tongue badly from the convulsions and I have a long period of time where I cant remember anything and even forgot simple things like what was the name of one of my pets.
However since Monday I have been super tired but I attempted to go into work and let them know I felt weird but it was hard to explain in what way. I’m still having issues remembering things and some conversations I only remember little bits of, has anyone else had this where the side effects of the seizure have lasted this long?

I am so sorry to read this.
Last time i had a low blood glucose that serious was decades ago, in the days before Libre or Dexcom sensors. I do find that even going down to 2.5 or 3 can impair my memory for at some 24 hours.
Do you not hear your sensor alarms?

 

[Jodes 7]

Hi all,
Just wanted to hear some other people’s experience when it comes to low blood sugars and seizures.
Back story- I have been diabetic for 26 years and when I was younger I had seizures (when low in the night) but I was a bit sluggish for a day but was soon back to normal.
Fast forward- on Monday I ended up briefly coming around to 2 paramedics and a plate of toast. My heart rate went up, and all I know about it is I was talking to family and when they come back I was on the floor, I have some bruises and bit my tongue badly from the convulsions and I have a long period of time where I cant remember anything and even forgot simple things like what was the name of one of my pets.
However since Monday I have been super tired but I attempted to go into work and let them know I felt weird but it was hard to explain in what way. I’m still having issues remembering things and some conversations I only remember little bits of, has anyone else had this where the side effects of the seizure have lasted this long?

As yet I haven’t had a seizure during a low but have read it can happen. Mine are absence seizures . They don’t last long and can be missed easily.