Hi,
i'm new to the forum and found it while
looking for more info on hypoglycemia. I
found a post from someone back in april
that was experiencing symptoms and sudden
hypos when her diet was pretty good. She
also listed stevia as one of the things
that they used in her home as a sugar
substitute. I found out that was was
causing my persistent hypo-state afew
weeks ago. I stopped taking it and my
hypo improved. So, I wanted to mention
that first in case other people are having
the same problem.
My question is around this lingering
vertigo. I have been reading about how
dizziness is a symptom, but they define
dizziness differently than what I
experience, which is a total vertigo like
state, particularly positional vertigo,
where if I maintain a steady position i'm
ok, but sudden shifts or looking downward
or upward for a more than a few seconds
will launch the vertigo, a sensation of
the room spinning around me, the longer I
hold the position the faster the room
seems to spin around me and this causes
nausea and then vomiting if I do not hurry
to correct the vertigo by looking for a
stable position either in bed at night or
while awake.
This is different than the dizziness and
light-headedness that usually accompany
the hypo attack.
Lately (and I know i'm guilty of insuing
the hypo b/c I ignored my diet and ate and
drank no-no's: carrot salad, with
pinneaple and raisins, sugar based granola
candy, and two glasses of wine at a dinner
party, all in the same day). This caused
the worst attack i've ever had, and I did
it b/c my diet was working so well for
months that I forgot about the condition
and decided to give myself free reign for
a day... Boy am I regretting it now.
It started with sudden vertigo, nausea,
vomitting, on and off rapid heart beat,
continued nausea now for 3 days and the
vertigo won't go away. Even if for 3 days
i've gone back to my protein and veggie
diet, several smaller meals, the vertigo,
unlike other times just won't go away.
Has anyone experienced vertigo as a
companion of hypoglicemia?
I'm going to see an internist this coming
week and will ask for a thourough
evaluation, but i've been there before and
doctors refuse to do any more than a
fasting blood test and by then everything
is ok.
I've been struggling with hypoglycemia for
20 years but now in my 40's it has gotten
worse and more persistent, so my diet is
more strict now.
I've always had the vertigo but never had
it "stay" after all other symptoms
improved.
Thanks for your input.
Lucia
