Hi nosher8355,
Thank you very much for that info.
My reasons for thinking that I might have some kind of hypoglycemia & possibly hyperinsulemia are symptoms such as feeling really knocked out (to the point of falling asleep at my desk/ needing to sleep for a couple of hours if I eat sugary or starchy food (i've only noticed this in recent years but wonder if i may have been experiencing this in a less obvious form since childhood); brain fog; tendency to sweat excessively (more or less full body from the scalp down) without obvious cause; night sweats if I eat a carb heavy meal same evening or if I drink alchohol; temporary muscle weakness most noticeable in legs & sometimes in arms (i think consistent with the 'leaden paralysis' described as being symptomatic of atypical depression but also sounds to me like insulin resistance); problems with depression & anxiety since childhood; problems with emotional dysregulation since childhood; crying out in my sleep; unrefreshing sleep; yo-yoing weight (mainly over weight), difficulties with focus, concentration & low energy since childhood; greatly underachieving at school & work in relation to my potential; repeating cycles of burn out during which my thinking slows down, my recall & short term memory gradually pack up & I end up unable to think seem to be developing dementia. Frequent difficulty ordering my thoughts into words in a coherent manner & difficulties with sequencing. Have lost an enormous amount of productivity at work & elsewhere due to this & have taken a lot of sick leave due to it.
I have been diagnosed with AD(H)D without hyperactivity + dysthymia (chronic, mild depression) with episodes of severe clinical depression + 'complex fatigue' (if that last one counts as a diagnosis at all) + the very beginnings of autoimmune thyroid disease. None of these conditions taken together or separately fully explain/ describe the range of my symptoms.
I've noticed that I do function much better & experience a significant decrease in symptoms if I eat & live by what I understand to be guidelines for managing reactive hypoglycemia, I.e. eating low carb/ high protein/ high fat (grain free, alcohol free, starchy root veg free, limiting/ cutting out most fruit; low caffeine); eat small frequent low carb/ high protein/ high fat meals & snacks; exercise frequently; keep to a set sleep rountine; incorporate relaxation techniques. Eating low carb/high fat/high protein seems to be by far the most crucial factor.
According to my GP my blood glucose readings (from lab results) are slap bang in the middle of the normal range.
I've been self testing my blood glucose on & off since early May this year using a SD codefree metre. The first fasting test was 6.4 (in the T2 range). Other than that my morning fasting readings have been in the region of 4.7-5.6 with readings of between 5.1-5.6 two hours after eating.
My hypothesis is that I may produce too much insulin in response to carbohydrates & that this may be either the root cause or at least a partial cause of my symptoms over time & that I am likely heading for T2 diabetes if I don't take charge now.
Please accept my apologises for long, long post!.
What do you make of this?.
What data or information would you recommend that I gather to work this out & to bring to GP to pursued them of nessecity of referring me?.
Thanks for your help.
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