Hi Guys and Girls
I've been experiencing symptoms of Hypoglycemia now for around 3 weeks on and off. My diet is pretty poor, I eat infrequently and dont seem to get the symptoms as heavily when Im eating properly. Today I woke, and I went downstairs to get something to eat. My partner and I ate some protein rich soya and linseed bread with some soy milk, as we're both Vegans.
Around 30 minutes after that, I suddenly started to get very dizzy. It came on very fast as it always does, and I started to get a racing heart (Palpitations) and felt very shaky and anxious too. My partner and I have been looking into what may be causing these things to happen, and we're both perplexed! It's really scary for me when the symptoms come on, and they leave me very anxious and nervy.
Upon having the symptoms I remembered that blood glucose levels sometimes drop quickly and you need to get something sugary to eat to raise it back up again. So I ate some more bread and some more milk (not as much this time).
Did a blood glucose test with the aviva accucheck meter I got a while ago, and saw the symptoms were happening at blood glucose level 5.5 mmol and thought that it was very strange indeed, as that is not a low blood sugar level at all. So we both put it down to a panic attack, as I have PTSD.
I decided to check the glucose level again 25 minutes later to make sure my symptoms weren't related to blood glucose level and saw it had dropped to 5.0 mmol despite eating some bread to raise it back up after the attack.
is it normal to drop that fast? .5 mmol in 25 minutes?
I believe I may well be having symptoms because my blood glucose is going too high and then dropping very quickly?
I decided to take a fasting blood glucose level a few days ago and I was very normal.. 4.9mmol, which Im sure you'd agree is a very good level!
I took another test (Yeah, a lot of glucose test strips!) 1 hour and a half later after eating the bread and my symptoms were gone. Blood glucose at 5.9 mmol. Which isnt too bad too Im guessing.
I just wonder why its happening now? Ive been eating sugary foods for ages without any of these symptoms, and then suddenly I get dizzy (like.. world seems very wavy type dizzy) I also got a pain in my leg one morning when having the symptoms, which hurt like crazy!
Its scary for me as Im only 23, and I feel like I have no energy all the time. I supplement my diet adequately with vitamins, and I know my diet is sometimes poor, but I don't believe its any more so than what it was a few years ago when I was fine.
Any advice for a young person? I have real sympathy for people who have diabetes. Its a horrible condition, and I wish you all do get better and heal from it.
Thanks
Chris
I've been experiencing symptoms of Hypoglycemia now for around 3 weeks on and off. My diet is pretty poor, I eat infrequently and dont seem to get the symptoms as heavily when Im eating properly. Today I woke, and I went downstairs to get something to eat. My partner and I ate some protein rich soya and linseed bread with some soy milk, as we're both Vegans.
Around 30 minutes after that, I suddenly started to get very dizzy. It came on very fast as it always does, and I started to get a racing heart (Palpitations) and felt very shaky and anxious too. My partner and I have been looking into what may be causing these things to happen, and we're both perplexed! It's really scary for me when the symptoms come on, and they leave me very anxious and nervy.
Upon having the symptoms I remembered that blood glucose levels sometimes drop quickly and you need to get something sugary to eat to raise it back up again. So I ate some more bread and some more milk (not as much this time).
Did a blood glucose test with the aviva accucheck meter I got a while ago, and saw the symptoms were happening at blood glucose level 5.5 mmol and thought that it was very strange indeed, as that is not a low blood sugar level at all. So we both put it down to a panic attack, as I have PTSD.
I decided to check the glucose level again 25 minutes later to make sure my symptoms weren't related to blood glucose level and saw it had dropped to 5.0 mmol despite eating some bread to raise it back up after the attack.
is it normal to drop that fast? .5 mmol in 25 minutes?
I believe I may well be having symptoms because my blood glucose is going too high and then dropping very quickly?
I decided to take a fasting blood glucose level a few days ago and I was very normal.. 4.9mmol, which Im sure you'd agree is a very good level!
I took another test (Yeah, a lot of glucose test strips!) 1 hour and a half later after eating the bread and my symptoms were gone. Blood glucose at 5.9 mmol. Which isnt too bad too Im guessing.
I just wonder why its happening now? Ive been eating sugary foods for ages without any of these symptoms, and then suddenly I get dizzy (like.. world seems very wavy type dizzy) I also got a pain in my leg one morning when having the symptoms, which hurt like crazy!
Its scary for me as Im only 23, and I feel like I have no energy all the time. I supplement my diet adequately with vitamins, and I know my diet is sometimes poor, but I don't believe its any more so than what it was a few years ago when I was fine.
Any advice for a young person? I have real sympathy for people who have diabetes. Its a horrible condition, and I wish you all do get better and heal from it.
Thanks
Chris