Hypoglycemia Newbie - Seeking Opinions After a Home Gtt Posted: 10-25-07 18:15pm
Hi there everyone, just signed up on this
forum, upon looking for some feedback on a
home GTT I did on the weekend.
I have been banging my head against a wall
for the last 6-7 years trying to figure
out what has been wrong with me (although
for quite some time I have suspected
Hypoglycemia), and eventually decided to
just get on and give myself the test -
rather than face another doctor telling me
I have psychological problems, after only
doing a fasting level test.
I have a story - but I won't tell it yet.
I am curious as to what people think of
the home GTT results before I start
influencing the thoughts of those people.
Ok here we go, the following results after
a 12 hour overnight fast, and a 75g
glucose load (apols for the untidy layout,
I couldn't figure out how to get into
spaced columns):
Along with the data above - I had
hypoglycemic symptoms at various times in
the morning (I don't have that data with
me right new so can't quote times), along
the lines of:
* Tightness, stiffness in the arms
(muscles contracting)
* Shakiness in the arms (I had trouble
getting the blood on the spot for the
tenth sample).
* Erratic, frantic behaviour.
* Snapping at people (wife etc) that were
talking to me
* Heart palpitations
* General feeling of unwell
* etc.
Certainly from what I have read (in books,
and the net) the following points of the
resultant data, I believe, are symbolic of
Hypoglycemia:
* Glucose levels dropped below fasting
levels.
* Glucose levels dropped below XX (some
place I have seen 70, others I have seen
65 mmol/l) albeit mine didn't stay there
for long.
* The rate of change - from the
Hypoglycemic Health Assocation of
Australia page - "greater than 1.6mm/L
(30mg per 100ml) in 1/2 an hour or greater
than 2.6mm/L (50mg per 100ml) in 1 hour".
For my results, Point5-Point3 (24 mins)
gives a rate of 76.50, Point6-Point3 (43
mins) gives a rate of 55.26,
Point10-Point8 (33 min) gives a rate of
58.91.
* The sawtooth in the last couple of
hours, whilst not a massive swing, to me
indicates too much insulin being released
each time, resulting in swings in the
glucose level.
Anyway, additional opinions greatly
appreciated - and if anyone knows a good
doctor in Sydney, Australia, to talk to
about this - feel free to pass the details
on.
Cheers
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Stan
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Posted: 10-29-07 21:02pm
Not certain of the time there. Is that
how many hours you took the reading? If
so, the curve is actually not unusual from
what I know.
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pete44
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Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 2
Posted: 10-29-07 23:42pm
Ok, the columns were:
Point (just a reference), Time of Day (so
I started at 6:50 am and finished at 12:25
pm), glucose in mg, glucose in mmol.
When you say not unusual - does that mean
from a normal perspective or a
hypoglycemic perspective - i.e. does it
look like there is hypoglycemia there or
not.
I definately had symptoms going on - so if
it all looks normal, maybe my body behaves
differently from the norm. I dunno.
The rates of drop certainly exceed what
the Hypo Association of Australia indicate
as normal.
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