seizures?

Well, google can be a scarey place to be when you are experiencing such severe symptoms. If your diary is correct, you are not restricting calories unreasonably. My only advice to you is to go to the doctor. I know it is expensive, but imagine how expensive it will be if you end up really ill. Do you have a clinic that you could go to in your area? Seizures can be caused by MANY things. PLease - go get checked out. You are important.

GO TO THE DOCTOR. Figuring out what's wrong early on is much cheaper than getting it fixed after it's become a major issue.

This used to happen to me a lot more when I was staying at home, but now that I'm working it probably only happens about once a month on average. I have Neurocardiogenic Syncope. Occasionally my blood pressure will bottom out and I will lose control of any limbs that are holding my weight (my legs while standing, my arms while leaning on a counter, both arms and legs if I'm on all fours, etc.) My muscles will start to twitch uncontrollably and continue to do so until I either faint or lay down on the floor quickly enough to get blood flow back to my brain.

I'd go see the doctor. I'm no expert, but it doesn't sound diet related to me.

I am not a physician but it sounds like a sugar imbalance. I have not viewed your diary so I do not know what you are consuming, however I would be sure to eat balanced meals. Make sure you are getting protein, eating vegetables/fruit and eating a carbohydrate twice a day.

Hi

Yes I have!! Since I started exercising this has been happening to me!

I have had it numerous times but I have never blackout before about 3 years ago! I have went to A&E and my doctor all tests were normal!

They sent me to a cardiologist and they thing it might be a form of epilepsie for me, my heart is fine! I get a deja vu feeling, dizzy, and if i dont get my head down on a tabel or something I black out. I am waiting on an appt for the neurologist now.

Go get it checked out x

This is not a good place to get advice or to use what other have as a reference for seizures. They can be caused by such a variety of neurological, cardiovascular or metabolic reasons that the advice you get here could be very dangerous and not at all related to xour own condition. Please go see a doctor and start the path to define what you have and manage it better.

Best of luck, this can take time and be frustrating. In the meantime, think about reducing dieting or anything else that is resulting in these events -- you can come back to this once you understand the condition better.

It doesn't seem like a grand-mal seizure which you could call a good thing, but unfortunately there are several types of epilepsy...if it was a seizure it sounds like a complex partial seizure...did you have any other symptoms? Such as confusion, acting like a child or crying when you came out of it?
Tunnel vision, dejavu, euphoria or depersonalisation are common with partial seizures
Confusion, crying, attacking people(out of fear usually), trying to get things, and forgetting things are common with grand-mal seizures.

You will probably have to get a brain scan, heart check etc...
If your drinking 12 glasses of water unless you workout for more than 3 hours I suggest cutting down, too much water can cause problems in the body (cause low sodium etc).
Have you thought that perhaps you have low blood pressure or maybe even diabetes?
Hope everything goes well at the doctors.

I think you should get checked out. There are many reasons you could be blacking out. Are you confused afterwards or disorientated... this is usually a sign you had a seizure? Other symptoms of a seizure are tongue biting, incontience, having a metal taste before the episode. There is a simple test called EEG which your doctor can send you for to rule this out, although I am not sure on the cost. MRI's don't usually show anything so I wouldn't waste your money on that and go straight for an EEG.

The other possiblities could be low blood pressure, espeically if you are feeling dizzy. Do you have these episodes at any time? Or when getting hot? If you get these on standing from sitting or lying position this could be your blood pressure. You should have your doctor test your blood pressure from sitting to standing position to see if there is a drop. They may then send you for a tilt table test. You should maybe look into something called neurally mediated syncope.

I am not sure if you have diabetes in your family, but could there be a possiblity you are having hypo's (low blood sugar)?? I just thought this as you said it got worse since dieting.

Either way you can't treat any of these yourself. I think they sound most like low blood pressure (neurally mediated syncope) and not a seziure, unless you have any of the symptoms described in the first section. You NEED to see your doctor to put your mind at rest. If you need any further help don't hesitate to contact me xx

I was finding the same problems minus the twitching...id more call mine shaking like a old person after some bad news lol. Started going to the gym and things got worse (this is when I first started losing weight). My resting heart rate was over 100 which meant I definately needed a doctor lol. I wasnt over weight. I ate 2 peanutbutter sandwiches before I went to the gym one day. After getting off one of the weight machines everything started going black again. Ended up passing out at the gym. Had some orange juice and felt fine. Everyone at the gym assumed I wasnt eating. I think I wasn't eating enough for the amount of time I spent at the gym but I was definately fueled that time. I think my body was telling me to F off. I started eating more balanced throughout the day (made sure I was getting vitamins and minerals and I had a bit of protein, fat, and carbs in me in each meal. Laid off the gym for a while because I was still getting symptoms but not so bad. I upped my calories by a lot and started feeling a ton better. Im very pro eat more now and it didn't even occur to me until you made this thread that it may have been the low cals that made it worse. At the same time though I always had dizzy spells...except for now? I'm eating a lot more protein and veg compared to what I use to and try to go with more whole foods now. Maybe I was deficient of a vitamin? I didn't eat much protein before either (less then 50 and now I try to get about 97g...1.8g my body weight in kg since I'm exercising). My nails and hair seem to have gotten a lot nicer since I've done that. When I have high carbs its usually because I intend to exercise, so I eat allot less bread compared to what I use to. Carbs are not evil, I just think I was missing other things.

Let us know how things turn out. Im kind of curious how things get resolved for you. Gluck and take care

Stay away from google and web MD!! they can make things far worse and drive you crazy thinking you!! Keep your DR apt and get testing done. rest until then and make sure your eating an appropriate amount of calories. you don't need to have diabetes to have low blood sugar, if your not eating right it can also happen. Just becareful!!