15 years ago when I first had this, the doctor kept telling me to eat a high carb diet to control it, but it never seemed to work.
My symptoms start with a great thirst, then the shakes, heavy lead legs, sweating, head pain & I can't seem to think...if I don't eat quick enough I get blurred vision, my head starts to feel like it will explode & then I faint, so I usually have orange glucose energy tabs to help.
I have combination I.B.S & lost all of my bowel lining due to a bad gastric illness 18 years ago, so I have trouble digesting certain foods.
Three years after I developed the hypoglycemia & was told that I will struggle due to having two conditions that will conflict with each other.
I was only diagnosed with reactive hypoglycaemia a week ago by a specialist, as my new doctor had never heard of my condition because I'm not diabetic.
At the moment I'm waiting to hear from the specialist about blood tests, a glucose meal test & to see a dietitian.
Thank you so much for welcoming me to the forum.
It does make life a little easier when you can discuss these problems.
I do hope your specialist is as good and knowledgeable about how to control both conditions, as mine was through the process of diagnostic tests.
The blood panel tests are usually to discount other conditions, as well as seeing if you have other conditions such as vitamin deficiencies, this blood panel is very thorough.
The glucose tolerance test is an extended fasting test usually over four to five hours.
This will track your blood glucose levels throughout the hyper, then after the insulin response kicks in, the drop down to hypo.
My first was ten hours, because they hadn't seen anyone before go hypo from a high blood glucose levels test. They didn't expect it. They tried to stuff me that I couldn't drink or eat. Lucozade and butties with butter on them etc!
I would be prepared to use a couple of plain biscuit to avoid the rebound effect.
Because of my lactose intolerance, I drank tea without milk, the sister and house doctor kept insisting on a typical T1 hypo remedy but they don't work for us RH ers.
It doesn't need much to slightly nudge us higher back into normal blood glucose levels, where we want to be.
The meal test, is to see what foods, do to you, which are carb laden, for instance breakfast meal of cereal, toast with spread or butter.
I have seen quite a few dieticians, only one has come close to what I would say was a proper RH dietary management of blood levels. But she was instructed by my endocrinologist. You may not hear different from the usual dietary advice you have already been given.
After about five years being misdiagnosed as T2, my endocrinologist announced on my third appointment, that I was definitely not diabetic.
I didn't know wether to laugh or cry!
Every doctor before that bombshell dropped, told me in no uncertain terms that it was my lack of dietary control, in other words, eating junk, when I was literally eating very little. That was responsible for my being very ill. I didn't know I was!
That turned to anger and a purpose to prove my GPs and dsns, that my health was more important than their lack of understanding of how our digestive system works, for those who have an imbalance in their hormonal response to certain foods.
Be strong, be resolute and get yourself knowledge of how both of your conditions can be controlled, there must be some common ground on how you can help your body, to be healthy again.
Invest in a glucometer and get testing.
I can't say what is best for you, but I can guide you away from the worst foods that trigger the insulin response.
I did it, so have many that have posted on here.
Best wishes for your tests. Do let us know how you get on. And ask about your results. The more information the better.
