just some thoughts

Madison had another seizure last night, in the bathtub again.

We think she may overheat and the spike in core temperature triggers a seizure. The doctors said it was possible and told us to limit bath time.

But it is something else that is bothering me.

My grandfather passed away this weekend and my mother told me that he had  low blood pressure and because of the lack of blood in the brain he had brain atrophy.

Now that made me think. Since the low blood pressure apparently runs in the family- i have and so does my mom, Madison could have inherited it. Can her low blood pressure cause or trigger seizures. If there is not enough blood going into the brain, there is not enough oxygen delivered. Can that cause seizures that are nonepiletic? Or can it trigger the abnormal electrical discharges that cause the seizures.

The other thing I have is sudden drops in blood sugar. It usually happens late in the afternoon, or if i haven't eaten enough. Those can cause irritability, lightheadedness, dizziness. Sometimes they make me feel like my whole body is shaking- I think it really is shaking a little, but the sensation is like i am shaking a lot. It also makes my state of mind altered -like, everything becomes very vivid and I think i lose my peripheral vision. Anyway, it sounds crazy, but that doesn't happen very often.

Still it makes me wonder because i found sites that say that low blood sugar can cause seizures. 

Of course the doctor's reply to that was No, it can't be.

But the truth is that if they don't know what it is, how can they know what it isn't.

May be it is that simple and she doesn't need to be on medications that hinder her progress and god knows what else they do to her.

Just some thoughts...

if anyone knows more please share.

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