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<blockquote data-quote="JoKalsbeek" data-source="post: 2092462" data-attributes="member: 401801"><p>Please, test the suggested times around a meal. You could well have reactive hypoglycemia, or some other bloodsugar-related issue, but <em>you won't know unless you test</em>. Though we can't diagnose on hre, we can try and help you interpret the numbers.</p><p></p><p>As for the possibility of RH: The treatment for that is pretty much the same as T2. Carbs are what spike bloodsugars. A T2 wants to avoid spikes, but someone with RH does too. Because the amount of insulin released is disproportionate, and results in a hypo. If you don't spike, you don't have the reaction (hence the "reactive" bit), so no hypo. That means switching to low carb eating and drinking, as that's pretty much the only thing that'll solve it. And if you do have RH, that would also explain why you don't go hypo when you don't eat, but do, 2 hours after a meal. You really, really need to know and log what your bloodsugars are doing. </p><p></p><p>It doesn't have to be your bloodsugars, it could be something else entirely, but it's the quickest one you can rule out with just a couple of finger pricks around what is, to you, a regular meal. And if results are abnormal, you take them to your GP, and educate him/her on RH, because most doctors have never heard of it. (Some specialists neither). </p><p></p><p>Good luck! </p><p>Jo</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoKalsbeek, post: 2092462, member: 401801"] Please, test the suggested times around a meal. You could well have reactive hypoglycemia, or some other bloodsugar-related issue, but [I]you won't know unless you test[/I]. Though we can't diagnose on hre, we can try and help you interpret the numbers. As for the possibility of RH: The treatment for that is pretty much the same as T2. Carbs are what spike bloodsugars. A T2 wants to avoid spikes, but someone with RH does too. Because the amount of insulin released is disproportionate, and results in a hypo. If you don't spike, you don't have the reaction (hence the "reactive" bit), so no hypo. That means switching to low carb eating and drinking, as that's pretty much the only thing that'll solve it. And if you do have RH, that would also explain why you don't go hypo when you don't eat, but do, 2 hours after a meal. You really, really need to know and log what your bloodsugars are doing. It doesn't have to be your bloodsugars, it could be something else entirely, but it's the quickest one you can rule out with just a couple of finger pricks around what is, to you, a regular meal. And if results are abnormal, you take them to your GP, and educate him/her on RH, because most doctors have never heard of it. (Some specialists neither). Good luck! Jo [/QUOTE]
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