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Hi, I'm interested in whether your doctor thought your blood sugar levels were really low during your fast and maybe got back to you with more information? I did a 3 day fast a few weeks ago at the hospital and had levels in the 50's with two drops to 47. After 3 days it started to go up again...

Hello, I don't know about the ketones. I forgot to ask when my endo came to discharge me. I will ask about that and about cortisol, epinephrine, etc. when I see her next. But that's at the end of March and seems like a long wait now. The chart does show glucose in the 50's. So I guess it's not...

Hello again, Your explanation and info make sense. Thanks a lot for that and for taking the time to get back to me! But yes, I'm not sure. The problem is that none of the tests showed high insulin, at any point, and this doesn't seem to be what's causing it? Unless of course they missed it...

So I did the fasting test. Was admitted to hospital for 3 days while doing the fast. It went fairly well. I mean, I didn't go nuts over it. My endo had warned me about possible extreme hunger and emotional effects. They drew blood twice a day and checked my bg every 2 hours with a glucose meter...

Happy 2018, everyone! I decided to do the fasting test. I have an appointment next Tuesday. Quick question: This morning my bg was 54mg/dl 2 hours after breakfast. I decided to wait it out and see how long it took for my body to correct. I was at 68mg/dl after 10 minutes and 86mg/dl after 20...

I'm not sure... If it regulates insulin you'd have less lows to begin with and wouldn't need the corrective response? Also, glucose released by the liver would also created a new insulin response? This is just me thinking about it, so I'm just guessing. Sorry, not really an answer to your question.

Heard back from the endo. Both she and her coworker endo agreed that my hypo's were quite low, with basically normal insulin levels. I'm not really insulin resistant so as far as I understand it's not high insulin levels that are causing my hypo's. They suggested to do a fasting test to see...

Can't comment on your bg levels but as to the Metformin. My endo explained it doesn't lower bg but makes your body use insulin in a better way. So it's more insulin regulating.

Sorry for the delay. Saw the endo again. I also had I new OGTT done with insulin levels this time. Had to stop taking the Metformin a week before which made me feel real dizzy for 2 days. Can't say I'm less confused. I don't have my results here so can't give you the levels but same thing...

Guess what? She suggested carbs with every meal and 3 to 4 snacks per day. I asked about what exactly is happening with the hypos but she couldn't really explain. And that all those carbs make me feel tired and worse and if I shouldn't eat more protein. I was super annoyed and I think I scared...

Had a bit of a hypo around 10pm, 58mg/dl (3.22). Didn't feel bad. Had a biscuit. Was back to 71mg/dl (3.94) going to bed Woke up sweaty and nervous around 1 am but my levels were 74mg/dl (4.11). What's low and needs to be treated? And what's the best way the do it? Pretty fatigued waking up and...

I will definitely give the low carb diet a new try and do the experiment with no carbs at all. I never or very rarely drink sugary drinks or juice so that's a plus. I drink about 2l of water each day. And tea or coffee. No sugar, just a splash of milk. I'll leave the milk and yoghurt for a...

Thanks for the replies. The GTT was done before the Metformin. No, I don't have diabetes. And my fasting insulin was normal. Thyroid's fine. I didn't have surgery nor do I take any other medications. Over the past 10 years my fatigue gradually got worse. They should have done insulin with the...

I called me gp today to hear about the other blood work. Everything (anything hormonal) was fine. So my fasting insulin level was ok. When I asked what caused the hypo's then, he couldn't really answer my question. Something in my energy metabolism isn't right I guess but I quote "there's still...

I know you guys aren't doctors and I will definitely check when I see her next! But that is still 1 1/2 months away. The 3.99 was my fasting glucose. The rest is after drinking glucose. She didn't really say/explain anything, except for me going hypo after 2 hours. Didn't say I was insulin...