permanent ketosis, unable to eat carbs Posted: 03-19-08 03:35am
Anyone ever experience such a thing?
It's been 4 years since my symptoms
initially started where I could not have
sugar.
I used to have a reactive response after
eating simple sugars such as pancakes and
syrup within a few hours, so I adjusted my
diet to complex carbs and that worked
great initially.
However, slowly over the past 4 years I
had to remove most carbohyrates because
the reactive response would get
progressively worse.
Most recently in the past six months I
have not been able to even eat broccoli,
peanuts, soy nuts, or anything usually
considered to be highly complex.
What happens is I now get an extraordinary
adrenaline rush, anixety, panic and lack
of mental clarity within 20 minutes. It's
as if my body has become accustomed to the
intake of carbs and then over reacts
quickly.
I've been living off of beef, pork and
eggs and it seems to be holding okay even
though I still don't feel as good as I did
more than 4 years ago. At least I can go
4 to 6 hours without eating during the
day, but I can't imagine that I have to
live off of such a rediculous diet.
Endocrinologist said it's not an endocrine
problem, but I can't eat carbs anymore.
I'm afraid a may eventually lose the
ability to eggs too.
Went to psychiatrist and they suggested
that the brain may be causing this bizarre
dietary response. However, I'm not
convinced. I've experienced the
systomatic removal of food items and can't
imagine prescribing a benzodiazipine will
enable me to eat pancakes again (or even
broccoli) for that matter. Very
frustrated.
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Stan
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Joined: 01 Jan 2006 Posts: 1620 Location: ,
Posted: 03-20-08 22:00pm
There has to be something you're doing
wrong, otherwise you have something else
going on where your sugar is a symptom of
it. What are you eating (post
EVERYTHING)? There has to be something
you've been doing improperly.
Unfortunately, there is nothing I am doing
wrong. Systematically, my body has become
used to certain foods and over
compensates.
Sister was diagnosed with reactive
hypoglycemia in her mid 20's when she used
to pass out and have crying spells (still
can continue to this day, but she seems to
have it under better control), mine
started at 32 and has progressively become
worse.
As I stated, my initial dietary control
workd just fine with complex
carbohydrates, but as time progressed, the
interval of time between eating decreased
to the point of where I can no longer eat
anything except for beef, pork and eggs.
The last food group to be eliminated was
cheese. I was able to do pretty good with
slices of American Cheese until one day, I
felt the change coming on where the
adrenaline and reactive symptoms would
kick in prematurely. The same thing
happened with a particular brand of
pre-cooked sausage that had raw sugar in
its contents. I was able to eat several
links for three months until the same type
of response. To my surprose, I changed to
this brand's other type of sausage that
didn't have any sugar because it need to
be cooked. Fortunately, I have been
eating that successfully for 6 months
now.
Bizarre, I know. This is why I'm
searching for answers or those with
similar problems. I have had an
ultra-sound performed on my upper right
quadrant and your standard battery of
endocrine tests. Insulin levels are low
after a 12 hour fast.
Things happen so fast now (within 20
minutes), I can't even record a drop in
sugar if I were to eat carbs. A few years
ago, I was able to document the drop an
hour and a half after eating with a
glucose meter (i.e., 115, 110, 95, 75 and
then as it shot back up to the 90's, I
would then feel the adrenaline rush).
So my theory is that my body has become
accustomed to overreacting.
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Stan
Moderator
Joined: 01 Jan 2006 Posts: 1620 Location: ,
Posted: 03-21-08 13:16pm
You'd be surprised. Give me a list of
everything you've been eating. For you to
have this happen, you didn't do something
right, that's the only possibility other
than your body breaking apart. For
example, you mention a sausage with SUGAR
in it. You should have NEVER eaten this
at all. Doing stuff like this simply
progressively brings you back to the same
state, I know you did something wrong just
on the fact that you mentioned that little
thing. What sort of complex carbs are we
talking here? If white rice, bad one, you
just jacked yourself for years if you ate
that for awhile, it's not a complex carb
and I know a few people who have made that
mistake. No sugar in the other sausage?
You sure? If there's anything in there
like molasses, honey, turbinado, dextrose,
corn syrup or a plethora of other even
sneakier names, it doesn't matter. Very
few sausages I've found have stuff that
you can eat in them, and these types I've
only found made at health food stores made
IN the store. How about starch? If there
was wheat in it you screwed yourself
again, trust me, you did something wrong,
but I need a thorough list to tell you.
American Cheese? You ate processed
cheese? I can't even begin to explain how
much that sucks. I bet you'd do fine on
raw, organic cheese. 20 minutes is also
quite odd because digestion really doesn't
complete for 30 minutes, otherwise any
sugar you eat is immediately put into the
blood through your stomach and mouth, but
it still takes a bit if it's not a simple
sugar. And your sugar 'shooting' up to 90
is great, that does not explain the
adrenaline rush at all. If you truly have
a sugar problem, I'll tell you what you
did wrong, but I need a thorough list.
Trust me.
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