Dizzy/fainting/fit

I think that it would be wise to see your GP as soon as you possibly can after an episode such as this. We should never just put things down to Diabetes, any new symptom should be reported. I am glad you are feeling better but don't hope that this is a one-off and will never happen again, instead, get it investigated. Good luck.

Sounds more like blood pressure rather than a sugar related problem. You stood up quickly, and then presumably hurried to the ground zero site, and this sudden increase in stress could have triggered a reaction. I get this sometimes when I stand up suddenly to answer the doorbell, say, and it is quite usual for this to occur after a lengthy period of inertia such as lying in the bed or in a hot bath.

A hypo effect due to gliclazide for a T2D is usually fairly slow acting in my experience, and Glic has a half life in the body of around 6 hours, so will have lost most of its effectiveness if you took the dose the night before say. Also in my experience is that glic needs you to eat carbs to trigger the demand for insulin else it has nothing to make the pancreas produce insulin anyway. I find that taking glic to combat an already elevated bgl is not very effective, and although it is a common held view that glic Forces the pancreas to overstimulate, glic itself does not stimulate anything, it merely amplifies what is there/

I am not a medical person, so I am only giving a peronal experience here. Talk to your doctor about this as there may be other causes to consider.

All fainting episodes, of whatever cause, should be investigated by a GP.. Dizzyness and fainting can be dangerous, if you fall and hurt yourself, or if you are driving and kill yourself. It could be absolutely anything, so please see your GP as soon as possible.

I fainted a few times and often felt light headed when standing and it ended up being Addison's which can cause low blood pressure due to low blood sodium. I too thought is could be low blood sugar.

My goodness @meardonna just out of hospital after 3 surgeries and on TPN??? Definitely need some investigation there!! Please see GP ASAP......don't dismiss this! Regards/L