[RhiannonsMoon]

Just wondering, so please jump in and advise. Is there a link between epilepsy and diabetes?

Rhian

[Porkette]

Hi Rhian,

I have been told that when a persons blood sugar gets to low it can sometimes trigger seizures for a person with diabetes. It can also cause nerve damage so a person has a hard time getting around or standing on their feet for to long this is called neuropathy. I know that often people use nutra sweet (aspartame) this triggers sz. for me like crazy because it causes more electrical activity in the brain which can in turn trigger sz. Here's wishing You Well and May God Bless You!

Sue

[RhiannonsMoon]

Hi Sue,

Thanks for your comment. Yes I have diabetes and bad neuropathy, and I tell you I would love to have my legs cut off right now. I'm in a wheelchair outside the house, getting around on 2 walking sticks inside the house, but I'm starting to fall again, backward, sideways and froward.

I was wondering if the e had any effect of the degeneration of the nerves? I've got myoclonus now, simple partial, complex partial (and tonic when I'm asleep).

I've now become incontinent of bowel, the colon not working at all, but the small bowel working just fine ...which means I never now when it will happen. At the beginning I was getting about 8 to 10 second warnings, now I feel nothing and I work on any noise I hear in my gut, but often that is not recognising it fast enough anyway.

I am at wits end with it. I don't see the Neuro for a while and I can't get into my doctor 'til the 17th of August. I'm wearing depend so I feel more secure than I did at first, and the Govt here give $500 a year to assist with the products, so I am not worried about the cost, but my life feels like it is in ruins.

Thanks for listening you're a honey

[Porkette]

Hi Rhian,

I'm so sorry to hear that you are having such a hard time right now. I found out that nutra sweet (aspartame) can lead to seizures for a person. I used to drink diet soda and then my complex partial, simple partial, and absence (petit mal) seizures began to increase like crazy. I went to see my Epileptologist and I found out that nutra sweet causes more electrical activity in the brain and can lead to seizures for some people.

If I may ask what AED's (anti epileptic drugs) are you taking for your seizures? The reason why I'm asking is because I have been taking mysoline (primidone) for over 30 yrs. and I had the same problem as you having to rush to the restroom along with stomach pain. I found out that it was the mysoline that ate up the lining of my intestines that caused this and I was put on a low fat diet and I could only drink plain tea, ginger ale, and water along with eating vegetables and foods low in fat. I was also told to drink cranberry juice. I had to see a gastro Dr. and have tests done to find all this out and this could be what's going on with you.

Try taking vitamin B12 to help reduce your seizures and take some zinc to strengthen you immune system. This has helped me a lot and the B12 will help cut back on the pain you feel in your legs just be sure to take 1000 mcg. once a day and cut back on caffeine also.

If you can go to an Epilepsy Center which are often at University Hopsitals and see an Epileptologist. They can help you with both your epilepsy as well as your neuropathy problems. Take my word they are further ahead than neurologists and they give you less meds to take.

I wish you the best of luck and keep me posted if you don't mind on how things are going for you. May God Bless You!

Sue