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a result of a diabetic having a busy day running around dc and eating only:
-a cheese sandwich when she awakens
-a (small) chicken gyro for dinner
-some yogurt and chips for a snack
while completing that busy day: seizures?
I woke up sweating and feeling weird after about 30 minutes of sleeping. Not weird, I get nighttime lows often enough that when I wake up like that I know what's wrong. I got my kit and a juice, tested my blood (43--which is kinda bad, could be worse but definitely needs to come up and right away plz) took care of the problem, then went back to bed. Instead of falling back asleep, I felt my body tense up, my vision go weird--like there was a strobe light--and my head jerk. I ignored it the first time but then it happened again. At this point I'm starting to freak out and rationalize that if I can only get the light on, everything will be ok. I get it on and lay down again before trying to do anything else and it happens again. I finally managed to check my blood and it's 47. It'd had only been a few minutes after the first time, so that wasn't surprising. The surprising part is how my body reacted.
In any case, I got out of bed, ran to the kitchen and drank juice from the carton. Not usually my kind of thing but oh god I was freakin'. I then found the fudge my brother brought home from Ocean City and ate some of that. Then I had some chips because fat keeps carbs in your system longer and oh god I don't want to fall again.
The reason I think it was a seizure maybe:
Generalized seizures can have any of the following characteristics:
-Can, but do not always causes violent convulsions
-Muscles may twitch, jerk, or slowly become rigid (clonic seizures)
-Loss of muscle tone (tonic seizures)
-Can affect involuntary body movement and function (clonic seizures)
-Alter sensation, awareness or behavior
-May involve numbness in part(s) of the body
-Result in brief loss of memory
-Manifest as detecting a strange odor (when there is none), seeing flashes of light, or sometimes feel like a panic attack
-Can last a few seconds or result in a continuous seizure that does not stop without medical intervention
Complex partial seizure
A person having a complex partial seizure may appear confused or dazed and will not be able to respond to questions or direction. Some people have seizures that are not noticeable to others and the only clue that a person is having an absence (petit mal) seizure is rapid blinking or a few seconds of staring into space.
Convulsions and Seizures from Nighttime Hypoglycemia
Hypoglycemia can occur at anytime during the night, most typically around 3 a.m. Undetected nighttime hypoglycemia can lead to seizures and convulsions but it is important to remember that not all seizures result in convulsions. Two indications that a person has had a severe nighttime episode of hypoglycemia (whether or not seizures were involved) include waking with a high fasting blood glucose level (Somogyi, or Rebound Effect) and morning headache, and being drenched in sweat.
Thank you diabetes website
In any case. Since I ate all that food/juice I can't sleep until I figure out whether or not I'll get a hellishly high blood sugar.
Also, I need to remember to eat more if I'm going to be doin' stuff all day.
Also, I really want to know whether or not I experienced a seizure.
-a cheese sandwich when she awakens
-a (small) chicken gyro for dinner
-some yogurt and chips for a snack
while completing that busy day: seizures?
I woke up sweating and feeling weird after about 30 minutes of sleeping. Not weird, I get nighttime lows often enough that when I wake up like that I know what's wrong. I got my kit and a juice, tested my blood (43--which is kinda bad, could be worse but definitely needs to come up and right away plz) took care of the problem, then went back to bed. Instead of falling back asleep, I felt my body tense up, my vision go weird--like there was a strobe light--and my head jerk. I ignored it the first time but then it happened again. At this point I'm starting to freak out and rationalize that if I can only get the light on, everything will be ok. I get it on and lay down again before trying to do anything else and it happens again. I finally managed to check my blood and it's 47. It'd had only been a few minutes after the first time, so that wasn't surprising. The surprising part is how my body reacted.
In any case, I got out of bed, ran to the kitchen and drank juice from the carton. Not usually my kind of thing but oh god I was freakin'. I then found the fudge my brother brought home from Ocean City and ate some of that. Then I had some chips because fat keeps carbs in your system longer and oh god I don't want to fall again.
The reason I think it was a seizure maybe:
Generalized seizures can have any of the following characteristics:
-Can, but do not always causes violent convulsions
-Muscles may twitch, jerk, or slowly become rigid (clonic seizures)
-Loss of muscle tone (tonic seizures)
-Can affect involuntary body movement and function (clonic seizures)
-Alter sensation, awareness or behavior
-May involve numbness in part(s) of the body
-Result in brief loss of memory
-Manifest as detecting a strange odor (when there is none), seeing flashes of light, or sometimes feel like a panic attack
-Can last a few seconds or result in a continuous seizure that does not stop without medical intervention
Complex partial seizure
A person having a complex partial seizure may appear confused or dazed and will not be able to respond to questions or direction. Some people have seizures that are not noticeable to others and the only clue that a person is having an absence (petit mal) seizure is rapid blinking or a few seconds of staring into space.
Convulsions and Seizures from Nighttime Hypoglycemia
Hypoglycemia can occur at anytime during the night, most typically around 3 a.m. Undetected nighttime hypoglycemia can lead to seizures and convulsions but it is important to remember that not all seizures result in convulsions. Two indications that a person has had a severe nighttime episode of hypoglycemia (whether or not seizures were involved) include waking with a high fasting blood glucose level (Somogyi, or Rebound Effect) and morning headache, and being drenched in sweat.
Thank you diabetes website
In any case. Since I ate all that food/juice I can't sleep until I figure out whether or not I'll get a hellishly high blood sugar.
Also, I need to remember to eat more if I'm going to be doin' stuff all day.
Also, I really want to know whether or not I experienced a seizure.