Severe reactive hypglycemia Posted: 08-18-08 15:43pm
I can no longer eat most carbohydrates.
My diet consists only of meat and eggs.
Over the past 5 years I have gone from 4-6
hr response to oatmeal and complex carbs
down to a reaction after 20 mins.
Its so fast of a reaction, I cannot
document the drop on my meter. I used to
be able to see me go from
115-110-105-90-75 and then jump back up to
105 when symptoms kicked in.
An extraordinary situation. I can no
longer even eat a slice of cheese or have
sausage.
Haven't done a cortisol test, but have
succesfully passed a 12 hour fast with
insulin, proinsulin levels versus glucose
okay, plus TSH, CBC, catecholmines urine
okay.
Have read about extreme circumstances, but
I have almost completely lost the ability
to eat carbs without extreme panic and
confusion as a result. Is such a situation
possible without a critical illness?
Any suggestions about what to look for
next?
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Stan
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Posted: 08-18-08 21:21pm
I'm going to guess that you thought you
were eating okay before but weren't.
Sausage, for example, has sugar in it.
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VictoriaGB
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Posted: 08-19-08 04:05am
Eating a sausage wouldn't throw someone
into a fit of low blood sugar, so low it
can't be documented, in 20 minutes. Unless
you had injected a bucket load of
insulin.
Are you sure your blood sugars are falling
severely low? I would have thought if that
was the case you would be falling
unconscious and medical professionals
would have interfered straight away...
Have your doctor check you for food
allergies and intolerances. I'm surprised
nothing has been done given the reaction
is so severe. Have you even seen your
doctor about this?
It's important that you see your doctor,
with a reaction speed that high and
symptoms so extreme it's more likely to be
an allergy or intolerance.
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ballroomeast
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Posted: 08-19-08 08:23am
The problem is the state of panic and
confusion. My body can handle the drop -
the adrenaline kicks in to sustain a
normal glucose level - this is why my
readings are always normal.
Unfortunately, since I've eliminated most
carbs, it doesn't take much insulin to
cause a reactive response.
One endocrinologist said give it about
10-15 years and things should mello out.
I'm 37.
At least I can eat every 4-5 hours without
carbs. Before, it got down to having to
eat every 2 hours with complex carbs and
then eventually my body told me not to eat
any more carbs at all.
Waiting to lose eggs any day now
(apparently there is justunder 1 g in
each)
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Stan
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Posted: 08-19-08 09:22am
I didn't mean a single sausage, I'm
suggesting that they were eating not so
good things a lot. I'm also going to
assume that you didn't give yourself time
to adjust, you just kept taking things
out. The healing process takes time,
there is no way around it, you can't just
keep taking things out without giving
yourself at least several months to get
better first.
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elepu
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Posted: 08-30-08 16:06pm
well, you say you experience confusion and
panic after eating anything other than
meat or eggs. could you describe what
happens? and you say your glucose levels
read normally even though you experience
the panic? I'm wondering if maybe a part
of the panic is just that you anticipate a
reaction thus causing the exact reaction
you anticipate. I just can't see how you
could experience such an extreme reaction
to anything other than eggs or meat while
not passing out or experiencing any other
symptom of low blood sugar other than the
anxiety.
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sugardrops
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Posted: 09-08-08 20:40pm
Hello i have just been reading on this
page about a extreme reaction in hypo's.
I do have this extreme reaction to carbs,
to the point i pass out, but i have also
found that caffeine will mimice this
feeling without it dropping of the extreme
low blood reading. My sugar will drop 100
to 150 points within 10 muintes leaving me
almost lifeless, and a host of other
symptoms, but the caffeine will only make
me shaky, and leave me with the headach
and anxiety. The Dr. has me eating extreme
smalls amounts of carbs, in a meal, and
limited my caffeine intake. if the
caffeine is in a soft drink with sugar
then i will get a high reading and then
the quick drop, which involes more
symptoms,, but if it in a diet drink i
will only get the reaction within 3 to 4
hours after drink it. You might want to
try cutting out the caffeine to see if
this will help your symptoms. Good luck
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VictoriaGB
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Posted: 09-09-08 00:25am
Caffeine has a similar effect on the
brain, same as nicotine can. Yes cut these
out.
Are you finding the extreme low carb meals
is helping you? What are you eating
instead?
