epilepsy and insulin dependent diabetics

[madonna430]

I AM AN INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETIC AND HAVE BEEN FOR 13 YRS, MY BLOOD SUGAR IS QUITE WELL CONTROLLED, I HAD SOME SORT SEIZURE DURING THE NIGHT AND BECAME UNCONSIOUS MY PARTNER SAID I WAS CONVULSING, SWEATING, SCREAMING AND ARCHED MY BACK AND WAS RIGID, I HAVE NO RECOLLECTION OF THIS OTHER THAN WHEN I WOKE IN THE MORNING I HAD A SPLITTING HEADACHE MY TEMPLES AND EYES WERE SWOLLEN AND I FELT EXHAUSTED AND HAVE BEEN SUFFERING BAD HEADACHES SINCE MY BLOOD SUGAR WAS NORMAL WHEN MY PARTNER TESTED IT DURING THE FIT I ALSO BIT MY TONGUE I AM WAITING TO SEE AN EPILEPTIC CONSULTANT ARE THESE TYPICAL SYMPTONS OF EPILEPSY  

[cell88]

your blood suger still can be getting to low at nignt if you go to long without eating

[seeksolice]

Epilepsy is a term or diagnosis provided to people who have more than a certain number of seizures within a specific time frame.

If this is your first seizure, you would not be diagnosed epileptic unless the doctor orders an EEG and you have a response to light and pattern typical to an epileptic.

So, the symptoms you explained do sound like a seizure, but having a seizure doesn't automatically make you epileptic. Does that make sense?

Get an EEG done to make sure epilepsy is ruled out.

**Also wanted to make a note that there are cases of EEG's that show the brain function completely normal, but the person has recurrent seizures for no apparent reason.  Those cases are also vaguely defined as epilepsy.