[Greyson]

Hey everyone - I'm new to the forums. I have been an insulin dependent diabetic since age 19 - I'm now 28. Because I am dreadully afraid of the long term effects of high blood sugars I have always leaned toward taking too much insulin and going low rather than not taking enough insulin and going high when I'm not sure how much to take. As a result of this policy, I have had frequent and occasionally severe lows (not so bad that I have to go the hospital or anything, but I have gotten very confused and disoriented at times), but I've always had really good A1C results.

The problem is that within the last few years I've started having some sort of siezure/spasm type things on the left side of my body. A couple times a day my left hand will start to clench and jerk and the left side of my face and my mouth will twist up and I can't really talk. There are no mental symptoms - I'm totally concious the whole time. It lasts 5-20 seconds. I'm seeing a Neurologist and they have done MRI's and EEG's and all of that and they can't find anything wrong. It really seems to me to be tied to changes in my blood sugar. It especially happens when I have a low blood sugar and then I eat something and my blood sugar starts to come back up. My Endocrinoligist says that he has never heard anything like this and the Neurologist says that changes in my blood sugar shouldn't cause this problem, but I know it's related. Has anyone else had anything like this happen? Is it possible that I have damaged something in my brain with too many lows?