Hypoglycemia From Too Much Insulin Posted: 06-27-07 23:46pm
hey,
I'm new. I've had probs with hypo for a
while now. At first it was just with
exercise now it is fasting, exercise, and
lack of carb intake.
I have to regularly eat fast acting carbs
with slow acting carbs. Slow acting alone
just wont cut it, doesn't do a thing..
I had 2 labs drawn one was 2.5mmol and
another came back at 2.1mmol/l also my
insulin level was was 10 and the c-peptide
was 0.77nmol/l. The lowest bgl I've had
was 1.4mmol/l d/t exercising.
The endo was going to consult with another
endo at a larger hospital, but everything
I've read indicates my pancreas makes to
much insulin.
It's very frustrating, I hate that I HAVE
to eat to keep my bg's at least in the 3's
and I can't exercise I get very low in the
1's and pass out.
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Stan
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Posted: 06-30-07 09:15am
I know exactly what your problem is and
will always be until you fix it, you're
not eating right. If you should be eating
any carbohydrates at first, they must be
primarily from whole grains and ideally
from green vegetables, no fast acting
carbohydrates can be eaten. I assume you
mean sugar or candy or something? You say
it 'just won't work' but really the reason
why it won't is because unfortunately,
even after eating right, it can take
months to see the results you want to see.
If you keep combating it by doing what
you're doing, it will get worse. Changing
your diet will not yield quick
results, but it's the only way.
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StarBright1
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Posted: 07-05-07 02:34am
What I meant by slow acting cabrs not
helping I just go lower. I try something
like eating say steamed vegetables for
lunch (potato, carrots, brocoli) start
with a blood sugar of say 3.2mmol/l and
just end up dropping much lower in 2 hours
or so... into the 1's ...
The fast acting carbs bring me up lately
into the 7's and I don't go low (3's or
2's) for another 3-4 hours sometimes.
To me it's like slow acting carbs take too
long to have an effect, while my pancreas
is still spitting out lots of insulin even
though I'm already low thus making me go
lower.
Crazy stuff - I really feel for all those
with hypoglycemia.
I've been seeing an endocrinologist, at
the last appoint she did say she was going
to call an endo at one of the states
larger hospitals, either admit me for a
supervised fast or medication.
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Stan
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Posted: 07-05-07 10:24am
I know what you meant. So fast acting
means candy and such correct? You didn't
answer the question so I assume yes. If
so, trust me, give it a bit of time and
your lows will be so severe you'll go
insane. Potatoes and carrots are actually
not slow acting carbohydrates, they
only are in comparison to straight sugar.
You need to eat lower carbohydrates and
stick with it until your insulin
stabalizes. Unfotunately, and I'll say it
again, don't expect to feel better within
the first two weeks. You may notice no
change for up to a month and a half.
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StarBright1
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Posted: 07-24-07 21:36pm
Thanks.
Since I last posted I am doing so much
better, well maybe a little too good...
Yes, by fasting acting I meant things like
jelly benas, lollies
I'm eating toast or porridge for
breakfast, sandwich for lunch with either
tomato sauce, cheese, or lettuce and
tomato. Dinner chicken and vegetables,
seafood, stir fry or pasta. I can't choose
my dinners though, have to eat what my Dad
cooks.
Anyway, been getting 5-6 fasting blood
sugar and 6-10 2 hours after eating w/the
exception of protein meals such as mostly
chicken dinner or seafood. A few weeks ago
I had seafood for dinner (fish, calamri,
prawns) started at 4.4mmol/l and 4 hours
later was 8.2mmol/l, next morning I woke
at 6.1mmol/l.
As of late, I have been put on oral
steroids (not d/t to the hypo or by the
endo) and am finally getting no low
numbers. I wake 7-10 and have seen numbers
in the low 20's after eating. I make sure
I was my hands prior to testing
Not perfect by any means, I prefer this to
low blood sugar and now that I finally
don't have to snack / eat all the time I'm
happy to leave it like this for the time
being! I still go to the low 4's with
exercise and treat that with lucozade or
jellybeans though..
