Q: hypoglycemia seizure misdiagnosed as epilepsy
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quilterof5
on March 3rd, 2009
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I used to have the usual shaky sweating episodes releived by eating then slowly I stoped being aware of the symptoms and would if busy have no awareness of hypo coming on...This is how I think I got to the point if having seizures...I would space out if I didn't eat something every 3 hrs and when given OJ or glucose tabs I would "come back" ...In Dec. I had 2 seizures both times after not eating much during the day(just not real hungry and busy) and after having trouble sleeping the nights before. the first one occured at work in a high school classroom and the school nurse who I had seen before about low blood sugar(was 20 once!) said it was 40 then gave me glucose and by the time I left school it was 120(after juice and granola bar also)...She did say the emt's first gave me oxygen and I came to enough to swallow the glucose. The second time was similar but appeared more tonic clonic...I was just eating breakfast and when emt's checked upon arrival 30 min later BS was 82(after food I had been eating started digesting)BS was I am sure lower at seizure time....
Neurologist put me on Keppra and MRI showed nothing 20 minEEG showed nothing and in 2 weeks a video EEG is planned....I will be surprised if anything shows unless they try to induce hypoglycemic reaction....Since the second seizure I have been eating much more frequently through out the day and have had no spacy hypoglycemic episodes and I don't think Keppra would have affected that...I have a log of Blood sugar a month ago and now these next two weeks will keep another log to compare....my average was around 85 bs...so there were low numbers in there many 50-60's...hopefully I will show doc that now the average is in a more normal range.
The neorologist pays no attention to the low blood sugar info I have given him but I do have an appt with an endocrinologis...1st available is in May ..hate waiting that log and being on seizure meds when I may not need them ....what would I expect from a visit to the endo? Thanks..glad to have found this site!
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