Hi, I recently took a 2 hour GTT with
results of 85, 49, 53. I have an
appointment with a endocrinologist soon.
I have a million symptoms that have been
getting worse and worse over the past 10
years or so. They include dizziness that
never goes away, ravenous hunger,
depression, GERD, anxiety, IBS, chronic
sinusitis, extreme weakness, brain fog,
constant dry mouth, frequent urination,
shortness of breath, etc.
Eating anything magnifies my symptoms.
The larger the meal, the worse my symptoms
get. It seems like the more food I eat
the hungrier I get. I don't think I ever
actually feel full no matter what I eat.
I also never gain any weight no matter how
much I eat.
Could this all be caused by low glucose?
How low is 49? It seems like I feel the
worst right after I eat and slowly start
to feel better the longer I wait before I
eat again. Of course I'm always so
ridiculously hungry that it's very
difficult not to eat frequently.
It seems like an adrenal dysfunction or
candida overgrowth would make more sense
but would either of them explain the low
blood sugar? Also wouldn't eating food
make me feel better if I am hypoglycemic?
I have no idea what diet to go on and am
sick of waiting for more doctors to
misdiagnose me. I feel terrible every
second of every day. I wish there was some
device that measured my glucose levels
every second of the day. Anyone got any
ideas?
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Stan
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Posted: 12-02-07 23:44pm
Hypoglycemia is definitely a possibility,
but unfortunately you can't feel better
just by eating. You can by eating in the
sense of eating RIGHT, but the effect of
it can take months to see. Adrenal
dysfunction, it should be known, is
typically a symptom of the sugar disorder
itself. Best thing to do is eat a good
diet and see what happens. Candida is
easy to diagnose, but don't do it yourself
and start on some foolish diet unless it's
verified, some doctors like to quickly
jump on it as a dustbin diagnosis without
really figuring the problem out.
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hileking
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Posted: 12-03-07 09:37am
My next doctor's appointment is in over a
month. I want to stick with a diet until
then. Can I get a link to one that has
worked for hypoglycemics? I have read a
number of different diets for hypos. Is
high protein better than high carbs?
Would it hurt to take a probiotic and
candex(candida treatment supplement) with
my diet? Should I try super greens (green
drink) along with it? How much water
should I be drinking? Any info on what has
worked for others would be great. I am
having trouble finding success stories and
what has worked.
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Posted: 12-05-07 17:55pm
Probiotics are fine, I suggest primal
defense. I don't know about super greens,
so post a link so I can see it. I drink
around 3 liters or so a day, don't force
yourself to drink too much more than a
gallon maximum per day. On this forum I
have the diet you need to read posted.
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hileking
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Posted: 12-05-07 19:49pm
I read your diet and have been on it for 3
days now. The only thing I am worried
about is the amount of fat I have been
taking in. I can get pretty bad GERD
symptoms from lots of fat. So far it
hasn't been bad though.
I am trying to make sense of my GTT
results:
fasting: 85
1 hour: 49
2 hour: 53
Have you seen a drop in glucose happen
after just the first hour before? Does
this mean I should be eating a meal every
hour? I know I need to take the longer
test, but I'm not sure I want to go
through that hell again : (
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lognum
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Hileking Posted: 12-05-07 20:00pm
The dizziness you describe, can you expand
on that? Most of your other symptoms,
including the dry mouth, are most likely
caused by your anxiety related to the
dizziness. Then your body goes into "panic
attack mode", which is why you think you
have IBS. Do you get headaches frequently?
Is there neck tension? If this makes
sense.Send me a private message and I will
help, best I can.
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lognum
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Hileking Posted: 12-05-07 20:52pm
I sent you a message. If you did not get
it, type vertical heterophoria syndrome in
google as a search. The first and second
site should help you. See the symptoms and
testimonials and see if you can relate.
The anxiety and panic attacks are going to
make it hard for you to filter through the
real cause, so trust your instincts. It
seems when I list the actual site, the
modrators to this forum don't seem to like
it. Let me know if it helped.
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Stan
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Posted: 12-05-07 22:30pm
Yeah, no, that's clear hypoglycemia right
there. You should be eating no more than
every two hours, once every hour is too
much. And which diet version did you
read? Hopefully NOT version 8, that's not
the final version. They unfortunately
moved the final one to a general part of
the site. It's at: http://ehealthfo
rum.com/health/topic109623.html
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hileking
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Posted: 12-06-07 11:33am
Ya that was the first link that I went to.
Here is my diet:
Waking:
tblspn Brewer's Yeast
tiny piece of turkey or chicken
2 eggs with teaspoon coconut oil
avocado
piece of fruit (apple, orange, or
berries)
8: tblspn oil, several nuts, 1/2 serving
turkey or chicken, huge salad, avocado
10: tblspn oil, several nuts, 1/2 serving
turkey or chicken, huge salad, squash,
piece of fruit
2:tblspn oil, several nuts, 1/2 serving
turkey or chicken, huge salad, squash,
piece of fruit
4:tblspn oil, several nuts, 1/2 serving
turkey or chicken, huge salad, squash,
piece of fruit
6:tblspn oil, several nuts, 1/2 serving
turkey or chicken, huge salad, squash,
piece of fruit
8:tblspn oil, several nuts, 1/2 serving
turkey or chicken, huge salad, squash,
piece of fruit
before bed: tblspn Brewer's Yeast, 2 eggs
with tpsn coconut oil
I hope I am getting enough carbs:
2 medium avocados, lots of lettuce, 2-3
cups of winter or butternut squash, about
1-2 cups of fruit, and maybe a half cup of
nuts. I am used to eating lots of
vegetables but this is tough. Am I
getting enough carbs? Am I getting too
much fat?
oils: extra virgin olive oil, coconut oil,
and flax seed oil
supplements: Vitamin C, Multi Vitamin,
calc/mag/zinc vitamin, fish oil,
probiotic, candex
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Posted: 12-07-07 00:13am
Might be too much fat there, I got rid of
that idea after experimenting with my
original diet. What kind of lettuce are
you eating? Don't bother with iceberg, it
has like zero nutritional content. The
squash may be a bit too much, I have
trouble with it if I eat it too often.
Are you just putting oil on the salad?
You can make salad dressing to make it
better. I prefer butter over coconut oil
for eggs. Based on what you said, you
should be getting enough carbs. When you
say 'piece of fruit' how much are you
eating? How big is a huge salad?
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hileking
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Posted: 12-07-07 07:56am
Ya I am going to use a teaspoon of oil on
my salads instead of tablespoon. I have
been eating about 2 bags of green leaf
lettuce a day with pieces of other
vegetables like peppers, broccoli, and
spinach. I am sticking to mostly leafy
vegetables. For the day I eat about a cup
of fruit I would say. Any salad dressing
recipes would be great. I get sick of
whatever I am using after my 4th salad. I
have been really weak and irritable but I
guess that is to be expected at the start.
I don't feel too much worse than I
normally feel. Thanks for your advice.
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Posted: 12-09-07 18:40pm
Salad dressing will help. You can
basically make any type you want so long
as you avoid ingredients that make you
sick. The basic salad dressing foundation
is just vinegar (apple cider is probably
best for you) and olive oil. Everything
else is just different seasoning. For a
quick Italian dressing, take that base and
add some black pepper, garlic salt and
italian seasoning. Bam, done.
