I have always had occasions of weakness,
internal trembling, hands real shakey, and
feeling cold sweats and like something was
wrong real nervous feeling and like I was
gonna pass out. I would run and get an oj
and a candy bar and feel great within a
minute or so. I never really looked into
it much and thought I must have low blood
sugar. Usually this happened after eating
a couple hours prior. But I thought how
do I have low blood sugar? I just had
huge meal and a mountain dew, or big glass
of oj. I also noticed I was really
irratible and mean when I hadn't eaten
either., my fiance knew...Time to get you
some food. These symptoms would happen a
few times a month. However when I first
wake, I feel great, I would think there
wold be no blood sugar? Ok so 3 months
ago, I got a concussion and 3 weeks later
ended up having a panic attack, that felt
like it was dumping adreniline into my
system for 16-17 hours...Scary. I kept
feeding it sugar, more oj and pb
sandwiches, since it was all my stomach
could take. Ever since then I have had
anxiety, most out of fear of it happening
again. Never another panic attack. I'm
doing a lot better now and have most of
the anxiety under control. I will however
get a hypo type feeling and then a
irrational worry sets in that will trigger
my heart racing and anxiety and worry.
It's not everyday or constant, just seems
all the sudden, still get the same first
described symptoms, in fact just got them
about 10 minutes ago. Instead of grabbing
oj (which I had about an hour ago, prior
to that a protien shake with milk) I
grabbed almonds and some veggies. It took
about 15 minutes but I feel better. Ok,
after all of that. I talked to my aunt
who said, my grandmother, my aunt and my
father, now I find out my brother have
hypoglycemia. Good chance I have it?
Good chance it is causing all my other
problems? My doc said the typical, your
fasting blood sugars are perfect, you need
an ssri and therapy...Therapy...I can go
for that. He also said it is rare for
anyone to have low blood sugar and
hypoglycemia is not that common, but he
handed me a hypo diet? Not that i've
followed it. Anyone have any experiences
like this. Sounds like hypo?
Thanks,
john
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Stan
Moderator
Joined: 01 Jan 2006 Posts: 1620 Location: ,
Posted: 11-22-06 11:15am
That sounds exactly like
hypoglycemia, the most obvious case i've
read on here. All of those symptoms are
very typical and a classic example of what
it's like. Because it's common in your
family, there is pretty much a 100% chance
you have it, it's not as rare as they say
and you don't need an ssri or therapy.
Granted, these things may help you, but
i've found that after eating right all of
my mental symptoms became much more
manageable over time and I slowly learned
to get rid of them myself. The reason
the huge meal caused a problem later is
thus:
1. You ate an assload of sugar. As the
pancreas shoots out insulin, there is
still enough there to keep the sugar level
fairly constant until it catches up with
you, and therefore you feel like crap a
few hours later.
2. You don't feel bad when you wake up
because your body doesn't have any food in
it to cause the drop. The problem is
obvious, you have reactive hypoglycemia.
What this means is simply that your
pancreas oversecretes insulin in the
presence of too many carbohydrates or
simple sugars. Thus, you should
not be eating or drinking any of those
things you listed up there, none of them!
Over time the symptoms will get worse if
you don't follow a proper diet.
3. Speaking of which, what kind of diet
did they put you on? I bet it sucks, but
I hope not for your sake.
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Stan
Moderator
Joined: 01 Jan 2006 Posts: 1620 Location: ,
Posted: 11-22-06 11:17am
One more thing, don't let what I wrote
above fool you. If you lower the level
of carbohydrates you're eating and
eliminate simple sugars, which is what you
need to do at first, expect to possibly
feel worse at first, not better. Some
people feel better, then like crap. A
few lucky ones feel better and that's it.
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jdrguitar
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 Nov 2006 Posts: 3 Location: Arizona
Posted: 11-29-06 03:19am
Well stan, I have changed up my diet and
over the last few days my worry and
anxiety have pretty much subsided. I've
also been sleeping like a baby. There are
not many compulsive or intrusive thoughts,
like before and if they are I find I can
dismss them pretty easily, no more heart
palpitations either. I'm eating every 2-3
hours, protien, veggies, nuts, almonds. I
had a day where I was a little dizzy and
forgetful but each day has gotten better
and better. I picked up the do's and
don'ts of hypoglycemia. So far so good.
Thanks,
john
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Stan
Moderator
Joined: 01 Jan 2006 Posts: 1620 Location: ,
Posted: 11-29-06 11:04am
Excellent, so glad to hear it! Now,
don't be discouraged or worried about
this, I just want to say that it may
happen than within 2 weeks you suddenly
feel bad again, maybe worse than before,
or just a little bad. Don't let this get
you down, it means your body is adjusting
and going through withdrawal. If it
doesn't happen, excellent! It may not
and the best thing to do is enjoy every
moment of it and don't think about
anything possibly happening, just be glad
you've gotten results already! Some
people don't get any for weeks.
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Stan
Moderator
Joined: 01 Jan 2006 Posts: 1620 Location: ,
Posted: 11-29-06 13:27pm
By the way, that book generally sucks.
There's a good thread somewhere on this
forum where we talked about the best books
to look for.
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jdrguitar
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 Nov 2006 Posts: 3 Location: Arizona
Posted: 11-29-06 14:32pm
Thanks stan,
do you have a link for the list of good
books? Hey I also noticed I used to have
serious bouts of urgent and frequent
urination, like 15 times a day, now maybe
4-6 times a day. I also notice i'm not
constantly thirsty, although I always have
a water bottle. Are those also signs of
hypo?
Thanks again,
john
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Stan
Moderator
Joined: 01 Jan 2006 Posts: 1620 Location: ,
Posted: 11-29-06 18:39pm
Yes, i've heard of it. It happened to me
here and there but not as a common symptom
for me. I believe it is just your body
trying to get the excess insulin filtered
out.
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