Another Anybody Have This Happen Post. Posted: 03-08-07 03:42am
One of the symptoms I have which is one of
my worst is this.
Sometimes when I eat, within 10-15 mins,
even before i finish the meal I get
extremely spaced out, confused, dizzy,
almost drunk like, headache and get very
tired, like totally wiped out. If i am
out with friends someone will always
notice because I totally drop out of any
conversations and just stare or look
around or put my head down and close my
eyes for a few a while and say I'm just
real tired
This happened 2 days ago. I went to
Eat-N-Park and ordered a bowl of Chili and
onion rings with water to drink. I know
the onion rings have some breading but I
mean the reaction seems like it was pretty
drastic compared to the 6 onion rings I
ate. The chili had lots of beans and meat
and other stuff so it seems strange to get
such a strong reaction like that.
I believe it it somehow related to an
extremely sharp rise in blood sugar.
It sometimes even happens on a low carb
meal but usually not as bad which seems to
sort of confirm my suspicions. Today I had
some excellent chicken breast with a very
small amount of BBQ sauce (1 table spoon
had 1g of sugars acording to label) and
about 12 yummy brussle sprouts. I still
got a little bit spacey but nowhere near
like the other day.
I foud a site about something called
Dumping Syndrome and it didn't match my
symptoms exactly because usually those
people also get nausea or abdominal pain
too, I don't.
I'm at a loss because I can't figure out
how my sugar could rise that much that
quick.
BTW- my favorite snack and what I eat
30min before bed is usually 1 slice of
100% stone ground whole wheat bread and a
handfull of mixed nuts. Oddly i seem to
get none (that I notice) of the spacey,
dizzy, tired feeling from that. WHY?
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DianaJJ
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Posted: 03-08-07 09:20am
Hi,
I've found from experience that my blood
sugar actually drops when I start eating.
It takes some time before it starts
climbing. Your symptoms sound like a
hypoglycemia attack. I've used a glucose
monitor to confirm the drop. When I start
eating, I feel worse for a while then I
start feeling better. This doesn't happen
at every meal or snack but it occurs
especially when I my blood sugar gets
lower than usual for some reason.
All I can say is that it helps to eat
frequently and keeps the carbs somewhat
lower. Of course, eat healthy too.
DianaJJ
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Stan
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Posted: 03-08-07 11:01am
Yeah, wow, you're eating really bad. Let
me explain what has happened. First off,
your system is a wreck, so quick drops are
going to happen.
1. What you ate there is not strange to
cause a reaction, because they have sugar
in them. Ask them for an ingredients list
if you don't believe me, trust me they do
because I made the same mistake once.
2. BBQ sauce also has sugar in it, and
eating a lower amount while eating a
decent serving of vegetables explains why
you didn't feel as bad. You will still
get reactions regardless of what you eat
until your body starts to adjust, which
will take awhile.
3. Dumping syndrome is rare, you don't
have it. It sometimes occurs in cases of
intestinal surgery, but otherwise there's
like a 0.0001% chance you could have it.
4. I'm not sure why you're surprised you
didn't get a reaction when eating that
100% whole grain meal there, it sounds
like you have a fairly easy case to treat
as long as you eat right. Why the
confusion?
