Hi all, I'm a type 1 diabetic and I had a severe hypoglycemic episode 2 days ago while I was sleeping, requiring my wife to give me glucagon. It was three days after a previous episode (also sleeping), and I am still feeling a bit "foggy." I feel woozy and vaguely off-balance, and the closest analogy I can give to the feeling is that of a vicious, vicious hangover. I also have headaches, not in a consistent location and generally not for very long, that come and go since the episode.
There were no externally obvious symptoms of seizure (convulsions, etc.) on this last one, and we have no idea how long I was in a severely glucose deprived state - it might have been only a few minutes, or could have been up to a couple of hours.
I've had a few similar episodes before (other than the last few weeks, the last was 13 years ago - recent events have been caused by some difficulties with a change in my insulin therapy), and a few of them actually involved observable seizure symptoms (convulsions, etc.), always during my sleep. (When I get hypoglycemia awake, I get noticeable symptoms and just eat something - it only happens in my sleep.)
However, I've never felt woozy or otherwise had symptoms other than muscle soreness for more than a couple of hours afterward - and I'm therefore very concerned about the nature and extent of any possible neurological injury that might have resulted here. Is this "fog" a common after effect of severe hypoglycemia, esp. nocturnal hypo? Of seizures? A side effect of glucagon (on repeat administrations)? If this is a known symptom or side effect of any of these things, it is out of the norm for it to last this long after an incident? (It seems to be improving a bit after 2 days but I still definitely feel something and this is scary!)
Is there anything I can do to mitigate the effects of such an incident after the fact, either now for this event, or sooner after the event if, god forbid, it ever happens again? Post-seizure or other post-injury neuroprotective therapies, foods or medications?
Any and all thoughts and recommendations you may have would be very much appreciated.