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Does anyone get stroke like symptoms after their hypo has resolved and their blood sugar has gone back to normal?
I had my first one 10 years ago. I had a hypo whilst going home on my lunch break. Treated hypo which did not want to go away for some time. Decide to get bus home (I know crazy, should have gone back into work but brain not working properly). Got sick of waiting and walked home. Brain again. Realised it was very difficult to walk and off balance but persisted. Got home and started slurring words. Confused. Lasted about half an hour. Rang diabetic nurse. She went off to talk to Dr and said I must have had a mini stroke. No help or advice given. Being Friday afternoon, spent weekend worried about stroke. Went drs who told me when he worked in a & e head seen patients coming in Hours after a hypo with stroke like symptoms. Reassured me that was what it was. Saw diabetic consultants months later who denied speaking to nursevand said that my blood sugar must have gone so !is that I should not have been able to walk and talk.
Had a few similar but did not last for more than an hour at most over years. 2015 very busy at work, then had interview late afternoon. Realised my blood sugar had dropped on way out.( No idea what rubbish I might have said). Got home, really bad fatigue. Not sleeping properly at night for 11 days. Started slurring odd few words. I do this occasionally when fatigued as have rheumatology conditions well that causes extreme fatigue and sleeplessness.
Got up in morning and slurring all words and not remembering all words, losing thought processes Be confused. Went drs who signed me off work with rheumatoid condition. Lasted a week. Started getting worried and went A/E. They did not think I had a stroke.suggested getting neurological referral from you which I did. Symptoms stopped after a week. Saw neurologist weeks later. He told me I was slurring my words. I did not think I was. I made a concentrated effort to speak clearly. (When I get very tired, other people have said same thing). Neurologist did not think stroke and referred for MRI. Was normal. Sent letter where he said he was easily able to distract me from slurring ( I was trying really hard not to) and that no medical explanation and would be stress/emotional reason. I saw Rheumatologist and we both thought downtown fatigue. He gave me different pills to sleep which had worked before seeing neurologist. Very annoyed about letter but did not connect at time to hypo and too tired to complain. He did not even mention hypo in letter.
July 2017 on holiday had bad hypo on own in town. Took a long time and had to take a lot of stuff to get blood sugar back.still confusedS. at waiting for wrong bus for 20 mins. Got home eventually. Could not open gate. Sister had to let me in. Unsteady, off balance, slurring. My sister said eyes unfocused. Resolved half an hour. Very tired next day. Spent in bed.
August 2017 bad hypo in shop. Took chocolate in shop till could get outside then lucozade ( at bottom of bag). Off balance. Got home. Slurring, confused, forgetting what saying, doing. 2 and a half hours later, same. Husband Rand diabetic nurse. They spoke to me. Told husband ring 999 and go to a/e as I might have done some damage to myself and I needed monitoring. Husband parking g car. Went to desk. They could!d not understand me. Husband came in. Explained. They thought stroke, saw stroke nurse who did as well. Had CT. Ok. Stroke nurse thought he could hear mmumur on my heart. Thought problem with heart valves. Consultant agreed. 2 heart valve problems. Speech back. Stroke nurse found letter from neurology and attitude changed. He said no point investigating as had same problem before and nothing found. Discharged. Consultant confirmed 2 heart valve problems. Rang diabetic nuse. Asked what to do if get again. Told to go back to a/ e. Great, where they dismiss my symptoms due to someone I met once weeks after event who did not even mention hypo in letter.
Got home, got very confused again, problems with thought processes, slurring, balance, forgetfulness to point of doing dangerous things like taking pills out of foil packet and then leaving on low table for 5 hours where dogs could reach.
Lasted. 3 days.
Went to see gp. Scared of going out by myself. Depression flared up. Suicidal thoughts. Terrified by heart valves. Also just had paid full shoulder op and told bleeding around central vision again 20 years after laser treatment. Arthritis flaring up in hands. To signed off work low mood. A/E letter no mention of heart. I tried reading diagnosis over shoulder. Looked suspiciously like psychological motive. Go locum Tring to contact rheumatologist about echocardiogram result. ( I have 1 every year)
I rang a/e. No mention in hand written notes off heart valve problems. Think I must be going mad. Confirmed with husband that stroke nurse and consultant did actually say heart valve problems.
Very disalusioned and feel very alone. Too depressed and scared to go to work. Scared of having bad hypo at work. Very busy, stressful job. Already been told I am being referred to occupational health for being off work after bad hypos or having too many hypos at work. Think they are trying to get rid of me. I was on disability living allowance but now get nothing for pip despite having hypo impairment and severe fatigue due to rheumatoid condition. I always worked full time but had to change jobs in order to go part time due to severe fatigue. Had to drop work grade so lost thousands. Spend most of my time out of work asleep. Went to tribunal who dismissed diabetes and hypos and said I could manage as I did my own insulin and tested my own blood sugar. They got my depression medication wrong so I now have a new tribunal appeal in October but do not feel hopeful.
Does anyone get stroke like symptoms after their hypo has resolved and their blood sugar has gone back to normal?
I had my first one 10 years ago. I had a hypo whilst going home on my lunch break. Treated hypo which did not want to go away for some time. Decide to get bus home (I know crazy, should have gone back into work but brain not working properly). Got sick of waiting and walked home. Brain again. Realised it was very difficult to walk and off balance but persisted. Got home and started slurring words. Confused. Lasted about half an hour. Rang diabetic nurse. She went off to talk to Dr and said I must have had a mini stroke. No help or advice given. Being Friday afternoon, spent weekend worried about stroke. Went drs who told me when he worked in a & e head seen patients coming in Hours after a hypo with stroke like symptoms. Reassured me that was what it was. Saw diabetic consultants months later who denied speaking to nursevand said that my blood sugar must have gone so !is that I should not have been able to walk and talk.
Had a few similar but did not last for more than an hour at most over years. 2015 very busy at work, then had interview late afternoon. Realised my blood sugar had dropped on way out.( No idea what rubbish I might have said). Got home, really bad fatigue. Not sleeping properly at night for 11 days. Started slurring odd few words. I do this occasionally when fatigued as have rheumatology conditions well that causes extreme fatigue and sleeplessness.
Got up in morning and slurring all words and not remembering all words, losing thought processes Be confused. Went drs who signed me off work with rheumatoid condition. Lasted a week. Started getting worried and went A/E. They did not think I had a stroke.suggested getting neurological referral from you which I did. Symptoms stopped after a week. Saw neurologist weeks later. He told me I was slurring my words. I did not think I was. I made a concentrated effort to speak clearly. (When I get very tired, other people have said same thing). Neurologist did not think stroke and referred for MRI. Was normal. Sent letter where he said he was easily able to distract me from slurring ( I was trying really hard not to) and that no medical explanation and would be stress/emotional reason. I saw Rheumatologist and we both thought downtown fatigue. He gave me different pills to sleep which had worked before seeing neurologist. Very annoyed about letter but did not connect at time to hypo and too tired to complain. He did not even mention hypo in letter.
July 2017 on holiday had bad hypo on own in town. Took a long time and had to take a lot of stuff to get blood sugar back.still confusedS. at waiting for wrong bus for 20 mins. Got home eventually. Could not open gate. Sister had to let me in. Unsteady, off balance, slurring. My sister said eyes unfocused. Resolved half an hour. Very tired next day. Spent in bed.
August 2017 bad hypo in shop. Took chocolate in shop till could get outside then lucozade ( at bottom of bag). Off balance. Got home. Slurring, confused, forgetting what saying, doing. 2 and a half hours later, same. Husband Rand diabetic nurse. They spoke to me. Told husband ring 999 and go to a/e as I might have done some damage to myself and I needed monitoring. Husband parking g car. Went to desk. They could!d not understand me. Husband came in. Explained. They thought stroke, saw stroke nurse who did as well. Had CT. Ok. Stroke nurse thought he could hear mmumur on my heart. Thought problem with heart valves. Consultant agreed. 2 heart valve problems. Speech back. Stroke nurse found letter from neurology and attitude changed. He said no point investigating as had same problem before and nothing found. Discharged. Consultant confirmed 2 heart valve problems. Rang diabetic nuse. Asked what to do if get again. Told to go back to a/ e. Great, where they dismiss my symptoms due to someone I met once weeks after event who did not even mention hypo in letter.
Got home, got very confused again, problems with thought processes, slurring, balance, forgetfulness to point of doing dangerous things like taking pills out of foil packet and then leaving on low table for 5 hours where dogs could reach.
Lasted. 3 days.
Went to see gp. Scared of going out by myself. Depression flared up. Suicidal thoughts. Terrified by heart valves. Also just had paid full shoulder op and told bleeding around central vision again 20 years after laser treatment. Arthritis flaring up in hands. To signed off work low mood. A/E letter no mention of heart. I tried reading diagnosis over shoulder. Looked suspiciously like psychological motive. Go locum Tring to contact rheumatologist about echocardiogram result. ( I have 1 every year)
I rang a/e. No mention in hand written notes off heart valve problems. Think I must be going mad. Confirmed with husband that stroke nurse and consultant did actually say heart valve problems.
Very disalusioned and feel very alone. Too depressed and scared to go to work. Scared of having bad hypo at work. Very busy, stressful job. Already been told I am being referred to occupational health for being off work after bad hypos or having too many hypos at work. Think they are trying to get rid of me. I was on disability living allowance but now get nothing for pip despite having hypo impairment and severe fatigue due to rheumatoid condition. I always worked full time but had to change jobs in order to go part time due to severe fatigue. Had to drop work grade so lost thousands. Spend most of my time out of work asleep. Went to tribunal who dismissed diabetes and hypos and said I could manage as I did my own insulin and tested my own blood sugar. They got my depression medication wrong so I now have a new tribunal appeal in October but do not feel hopeful.