Thank you for your response and I don’t have a cold and I’m not majorly stressed. I do have bad anxiety though. And I tested it pretty much straight after rising. The first time right after rising and the second time about ten mins after getting up. When my reactive hypoglycemia was at its worst, I would eat Something sugary and it was would to about 194. That was only about 20 mins after eating though. I’ve changed my diet a lot and now I don’t have really any lows. I work at target and when I’m putting boxes out I do get really sweaty and shaky, even when I’m doing the bare minimum. I have recently slipped up though around the time I tested. The night before I had a sugar cookie lol I know, bad idea. Other than that I eat well. I havnt had a low but I Do get symptoms of a low and will check and it’s normal . Maybe because of the quick blood sugar drops? Also a couple of months ago I got my insulin levels checked. I got a fasting insulin level (it was 11.8) and then an hour after 75mg of glucose I got an insulin level of 194. An hour after that, my insulin level was 55. I don’t know if that is good or bad so if you are able to help me understand the readings that would be awesome !
This might sound a bit weird, but it all depends on your intolerance to carbs and sugar. I cannot eat even small amounts of carbs and it triggers the reaction.
The insulin levels are not normal, that is the usual RH response to glucose. The middle reading is what is known as an' 'overshoot' of insulin.
Converting to glucose levels, the glucose raised your bloods because if you are like me, your initial insulin response is weak, so the quick rises trigger the overshoot. The overshoot drives your blood levels into hypoglycaemic episodes.
The symptoms you have noticed due to lower blood levels is called a false hypo. This is when your blood levels drop too quickly. It is not an actual hypo, but feels like one!
Having fluctuations in blood levels is not good, this is causing all the symptoms you have and hopefully now control.
It is all about food, except exercise.
I would love to exercise like a young un, but anything too much will cause a liver dump of glucose, I work full time and am on the go all day and I do have to be careful how much at once I do. (Obviously, can't do much now because of covid!)
I keep busy and that helps, fasting, walking, being careful what I eat.
I have learnt how to keep myself healthy.
The trick is to stay in normal levels. No rise in blood levels, no hypoglycaemic episodes. No hypers, no hypos!
If you are not aware, we do have our own forum, have a look at the forums and click on Reactive hypoglycaemia.
Best wishes
