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<blockquote data-quote="mentat" data-source="post: 1453673" data-attributes="member: 86670"><p>Hi everyone,</p><p></p><p></p><p>For the last 4-6 years I have had major struggles after hypos. One <strong>very mild</strong> hypo can send me into a dark pit of depression, despair, and horror for up to 2 days.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>My experience of hypos has always been odd. I have struggled to put it into words, and variously described it as:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Terrible feeling through the body there are no words for</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Feeling like a nuclear bomb has gone off and I'm slowly being killed by radiation<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Feeling an evil presence (Dementor) in the room</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Intense feeling that something's wrong with the world<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Feels like my soul is torn</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Disgusting grey sludge in my veins</li> </ul><p>For the rest of the day, and sometimes longer, I not only feel like I've been hit by a bus, but my mind doesn't work properly. My perception becomes very focussed, particularly on negative things, and I find it hard to see the big picture of anything. I feel like I've lost control of the direction my mind takes, and I struggle to form memories during this time.</p><p></p><p>Yesterday I had a strange period of hyperactivity some 60 minutes after the hypo.</p><p></p><p>It really does feel like the electrical balance in my brain has been disturbed.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mentat, post: 1453673, member: 86670"] Hi everyone, For the last 4-6 years I have had major struggles after hypos. One [B]very mild[/B] 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: [LIST] [*]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 [/LIST] For the rest of the day, and sometimes longer, I not only feel like I've been hit by a bus, but my mind doesn't work properly. My perception becomes very focussed, particularly on negative things, and I find it hard to see the big picture of anything. I feel like I've lost control of the direction my mind takes, and I struggle to form memories during this time. 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. [/QUOTE]
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