I was diagnosed with Hypoglycemia sometime last year, and have struggled with "episodes" where I will feel almost constantly drowsy (not necessarily hypo) and it could last for days, with months in between.

I am unsure at this point what type of Hypoglycemia I have... whether it is fasting or reactive. I feel that I am effected both ways. If I do not eat, I get hypo, and then there are times where I get hypo a while after eating. I have not been given the glucose tolerance test. I was just told to change my diet and plan to go to my doctor again soon to get more specifics. Some of this I've figured out by trial and error, but it is a frustrating process.

I am a 21 year old female. I weigh roughly 115-120 lbs and I feel that I am fairly healthy. I work in a very active environment from 6am to 2:30pm. In the morning, I drink a glass of 2% milk, and then bring along my cup of coffee with artificial creamer and one spoon of sugar. At my first break at 8:30, I eat two granola bars and have more milk. I've been doing this for 2 months and have felt great. I was experiencing my dips between 7 and 10, and think that my lack of protein and intake of sugar was not helping to improve my state. Now with milk in my diet, I have more energy.

Today my routine was the same, only around 7 I got very hungry. I thought that I would be able to hold it off until break but my eyelids grew really heavy and I became chilled and shakey. At 8:30 I had my usual breakfast, but from there it went downhill very quickly. I felt an extreme fear or sadness... disorientation, fogginess... I almost fell over quite a few times from "nodding off", and I was standing in front of a machine so this was pretty scary. I felt those bursts of adrenaline in my head if I almost fell asleep, and that kept me from completely giving in to the fatigue. My body was in autopilot and still doing the work, but I was just not there. This lasted until about 10:30, and I asked a friend for a piece of gum. I feel that it helped a little bit. It took me nearly the rest of the day to completely recover... I don't understand why my morning meal did not help. Was there not enough sugar? And the night before, I had one beer and a shot of Jager. Could this have affected my blood sugar today?

I am frustrated with feeling so drowsy and would do anything to avoid these attacks or to get rid of them while they are happening. I had another one a few days ago, but not to this degree. I plan on calling my doctor very soon to get back in.. but decided to post and see if anyone had any input.