Hypoglycemia? Could It Be? Posted: 11-29-07 10:52am
Hi and greetings from Eastern Europe.
Sorry for my broken english, i will try to
explain my problem the best i can, and
hopefully get any help from a more
experienced hypoglycemic sufferers.
It all started around 8 months ago, when i
developed severe dizziness, confusion and
depression. I had only those symptoms at
that time, and went to check my blood.
According to the test everything was fine
except the glucose level which was 3.7
mmol/L and normal level is 3.9 - 6.4.
In the last 4 months i developed more
serious symptoms, that are really ruining
my life. Those are:
1. Shaking of the body
2. Lots of nervous
3. Problem with speech. Low voice and
making mistakes in pronouncing words.
4. Confusion
5. Disorientation
6. Become very quiet person. Feel bored
all the time. Can't even talk to my
closest friends, family. I think
everything is pointless.
7. Strange walking
8. Feeling im doing faces like nerd.
Due to all these symptoms, i developed
some sort of anxiety. I'm always nervous
when i have to go to shops, or talk to
people i don't know. Also i want to
mention that im 23 years old, and before
this i never had this problem. I actually,
enjoyed going out, making friends etc.
I would like to know if i should address
this problem as hypoglycemic and threat it
that way, or my problem is something else.
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Stan
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Posted: 12-01-07 11:04am
It sounds highly likely yes. You need to
have a glucose tolerance test or perform
it yourself if you can. By the way, not
sure if this is going to work, but:
откуда вы?
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igorce
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Joined: 29 Nov 2007 Posts: 2
Posted: 12-02-07 07:23am
Stan Stepanic
wrote:
It sounds highly likely yes.
You need to have a glucose tolerance test
or perform it yourself if you can. By the
way, not sure if this is going to work,
but: откуда
вы?
Од Македонија
Btw, thanks for your answer.
I did a blood test on Friday at 10:00 am
and the glucose level was normal. In a
fact, it was better than it was 7 months
ago when my symptoms were not so severe as
they are now, but the night before i did
the test i was out and had lots of beers
drink, and at the morning i had B-Complex
and Prazapam before i do the test.
The same day i went to nutritionist, and
he told me i shouldn't have drink beers
and had medicine before i do the test and
that is the reason why my glucose level
was normal.
Could you please tell me how to perform
the glucose tolerance test by myself?
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Stan
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Posted: 12-02-07 14:07pm
Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with how
you do readings over there. Are you sure
they're normal? Also, it's quite common
to have normal readings while feeling bad.
The reason is that the bad feelings
usually happen AFTER the drop in sugar,
meaning that by the time you feel bad your
body has started to correct the problem a
little so it may read as normal or close
to it. Here's how you can do the test.
You need to fast for about 10-12 hours.
Don't eat anything later than 11PM, go to
bed, wake up and take the test around 11AM
or so. 8-10 hours is usually enough, but
the longer you wait the more clear the
results will be. Then, you need to select
something VERY sugary. The test has you
ingest 100g of sugar, so that's what you
need to do. Grape juice will work best.
Get some grape juice and figure out
exactly how much 100g of sugar will amount
to, probably around a liter or half a
liter or so. Then, take your sugar for
the fasting reading and after this drink
the juice. Take it every half hour
thereafter for up to six hours, if you can
take it. Have someone there with you so
they can feed you or possibly take you to
the doctor if you end up passing out.
Some people feel REALLY bad after the
first two hours or so so making it 6 is
not easy, but it will give you the best
reading possible. That's how you do it.
This computer doesn't have Russian on it,
otherwise I'd type more in it, I have to
wait until I'm home to do it. Always
interesting how I can understand other
Slavic languages fairly well because of
the similarities.
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got_sparkles
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Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Posts: 2
Re: Hypoglycemia? Could It Be? Posted: 01-06-08 19:24pm
igorce
wrote:
Hi and greetings from
Eastern Europe.
Sorry for my broken english, i will try to
explain my problem the best i can, and
hopefully get any help from a more
experienced hypoglycemic sufferers.
It all started around 8 months ago, when i
developed severe dizziness, confusion and
depression. I had only those symptoms at
that time, and went to check my blood.
According to the test everything was fine
except the glucose level which was 3.7
mmol/L and normal level is 3.9 - 6.4.
In the last 4 months i developed more
serious symptoms, that are really ruining
my life. Those are:
1. Shaking of the body
2. Lots of nervous
3. Problem with speech. Low voice and
making mistakes in pronouncing words.
4. Confusion
5. Disorientation
6. Become very quiet person. Feel bored
all the time. Can't even talk to my
closest friends, family. I think
everything is pointless.
7. Strange walking
8. Feeling im doing faces like nerd.
Due to all these symptoms, i developed
some sort of anxiety. I'm always nervous
when i have to go to shops, or talk to
people i don't know. Also i want to
mention that im 23 years old, and before
this i never had this problem. I actually,
enjoyed going out, making friends etc.
I would like to know if i should address
this problem as hypoglycemic and threat it
that way, or my problem is something
else.
I am the same age and have been feeling
the same way since July 2007 and have been
having the same symptoms...wondering how
you are coping with it and if you have had
and specific diagnoses yet
