New Member Looking For Guidance Posted: 01-23-07 20:44pm
I 've been reading this forum for a while
now and I notice that most of you have
multiple symptoms that you're dealing
with...Which now has me wondering.
I've recently been diagnosed with reactive
hypoglycemia. This came after visiting an
endo once, telling her my symptons, and
then giving her my blood sugar counts over
a few days (never too high or low).
I've had my symptom (singular) for about
15 years. Basically my brain shuts down,
and when I eat I feel better. When I say
shut down, I can barely have a
conversation with somebody. I pretty much
turn into a zombie. If I eat a burger or
pizza I actually feel a high. My brain
starts processing thoughts at what feels
like warp speed. I usually exist eating
many smaller meals throughout the day
which usually doesn't get me that high,
but at least lets me stay somewhat
functional. So my life is 1/3 feeling
great, 1/3 getting by, and 1/3 zombie like
just looking for that next meal.
I don't have any other symtoms at
all...But here's one more thing i'd like
to run by you all. Any kind of stressful
situation excellerates the process. If
i'm at a middle point and I run into
something that I see as stressful in any
way, I can almost feel by brain shutting
down. If i'm shut down and I eat
something significant, I get that high
back in 30 seconds.
So i'm wondering if anybody has heard of
someone having just that one symptom, and
if stress (even running into an old friend
and having a conversation)(especially a
girl) has excellerated any of your
symtoms.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Ron
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Stan
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Posted: 01-24-07 11:12am
It's probably one of the most common
symptoms. I used to get it pretty bad, I
would mix russian words in with my
english, would forget where I was, forget
how to do things and so forth. Your main
problem is you're not eating right. Keep
eating like that, and you're eventually
going to get symptoms you wish you never
had. Luckily for you you just have
confusion and such. Others, like me,
actually got the point where delusions set
in. My diet is on this forum, so check
it out for pointers. Stress with
undoubetedly cause more problems, probably
everyone on here has the same issue with
it. The reason is is that when you
become stressed, your blood sugar raises
because the liver lets loose the glycogen
or whatever happens, I think that's it,
and anyway it causes your pancreas to
overreact as if you just ate something
sugary so it drops. It's one of the
quickest way for some people to get a drop
in sugar, but it's hard to learn how to
avoid it. I've learned to do it while
teaching and such, but it takes work.
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Ron S
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Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 9
Posted: 01-10-08 19:40pm
Almost 1 year has gone by since my first
post (above) and things haren't any
better. I've tried different combinations
of carb/prot/fat, etc and nothing seems to
help. I've been to the endo 3 times, and
she doesn't really seem to want to deal
with it.
So after being in a fog another year I
woke up this morning and wondered if I
DON'T have hypoglycemia. When testing my
blood sugar, only once did it dip below 90
(even when I was feeling very low it still
is in the 90's).
All I know is that meals make me feel
great, not eating and especially stress
makes my brain shut down until I eat some
more.
Does anyone have any suggestions of what
else I should be looking at...any other
possibilities? Or are these indeed normal
symptoms of hypoglycemia?
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Stan
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Posted: 01-14-08 20:45pm
Did they actually do any official tests on
you? You need to do a reading when you
wake up and then 1.5 hours after eating
breakfast to get the best result. Taking
it when you feel sick seems to not yield
what you'd think, so you need to
consistently take it at the same time to
see what's happening.
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Ron S
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Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 9
Posted: 01-17-08 20:29pm
Stan,
15 years ago I had a GTT which read
normal. 1 year ago I had a series of blood
tests while fasting which all checked out
OK. I then used the self-test meter for a
week, logging my results and faxing them
to my endo. She said they were all in
range and that I probably had reactive
hypo and should try changing my diet
again...see you later.
Recently, I went back to her and now she
says I don't have reactive hypo because by
blood sugar checks out OK. She suggested I
see a shrink.
That's why I'm asking here if it's
possible to have reactive hypo if my blood
sugar is in range (BTW, I tested as you
asked and was always between 107 in the
A.M. and 90 during the day).
Any suggestions?
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Stan
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Posted: 01-17-08 20:48pm
Did you do it right before eating and
almost exactly 1.5 hours AFTER? It has to
be like that, not randomly.
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Ron S
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Posted: 01-17-08 20:52pm
I will try it again and time it exactly as
your saying.
I'll get back to you...thanks
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Stan
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Posted: 01-17-08 21:34pm
Do it for at least five days to get a
general run.
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Ron S
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Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 9
Posted: 01-21-08 19:09pm
Stan,
I've been testing for 4 days and not much
of a change. Waking, or 1 hour after
waking I'm between 90 and 103. 1 1/2 hours
after eating I'm around 90. Mid afternoon
when I'm feeling my worst I'm mid 80's to
low 90's. Only once was I 78. At night I'm
usually in the 90's.
I still can't think straight, and food
still gives me a euphoric feeling (if I
eat a full meal).
My first question is: Can I be
hypoglycemic if my blood sugar never goes
below the 80's (and usually 90's even when
I'm feeling my worst), and never gets very
high?
My second question is: Can this possibly
NOT be a blood sugar thing...and if not,
which direction should I be looking in?
I know I'm asking a lot, but I'm at a lost
on what direction to go in. I'm thinking
maybe a shrink for some anti-anxiety pills
or something like that since stress seems
to be the biggest catalyst to my feeling
brain dead.
Thanks
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Stan
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Posted: 01-21-08 22:59pm
Don't worry about the number, you're not
looking at it right, you're just looking
for a low, that's not what you want to do.
Here is an example of my blood sugar
(showing waking followed by 1.5 eating):
90 95
101 98
95 92
96 86
101 98
98 77
Do you see what's happening there? The
thing is, after you eat, your sugar should
go up to around 136 or so. As you can
see, mine only goes up very small amounts
usually or just goes down. It's not
supposed to do that, your blood sugar is
supposed to PEAK at 1.5 hours after
eating. Anything similar to that shows
heightened insulin response.
