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<blockquote data-quote="docphi" data-source="post: 2445110" data-attributes="member: 549194"><p>No meds. Just diet. Exercise is limited to slow walks in the house as the dysautonomia has me debilitated currently. Yes, I definitely feel the false hypos. It starts around a glucose of 140 and gets worse as the glucose drops. 150-160 is my happy spot right now. I'm on a Dexcom CGM which is good and bad. When you see the downward glucose trend you start overthinking. I've been in the mid-70's and the meter said 55 in 20 minutes. This was at work and I almost passed out. Needless to say it was OJ and a banana along with the subsequent spike and crash.</p><p></p><p>Meals are the same every day and fairly sparse and boring as I have no appetite and stomach pain from the dysautonomia.</p><p></p><p>Breakfast - 2 egg omelet with cheese, greens, tomato, half an avocado, 1/2 slice wheat toast.</p><p></p><p>The rest of the day is a rotation of:</p><p>1. roast chicken, carrots, tablespoon of brown rice</p><p>2. 3 slices turkey, half slice wheat bread, half slice cheese, greens, tomato</p><p>3. Chili (lean beef, beans, tomato base)</p><p>4. Boiled egg</p><p>5. Water</p><p></p><p>The lowest has been in the 70's. Now I don't let it get past 130-140 because of the hypo symptoms. I've tried to drop the sugar gradually, but, those symptoms still aren't going away (it's only been 6 weeks since diagnosis). I've tried not eating any carbs and the sugar still drops every hour to hour and a half. I do understand about the false hypos, however, I don't see any evidence of my liver kicking in to support the lower sugars.</p><p></p><p>When I was first diagnosed, I ended up being hospitalized. My endo talked a bit about hypos and how to treat them and what carbs to eat, etc. So I would drop "low", feel symptomatic, and eat some fruit which would cause a huge glucose spike and then the crash which I would "treat" with a turkey sandwich. Interestingly, the carb crashing didn't happen in the hospital although I was definitely having false hypos.</p><p></p><p>The reason I'm eating a little bit of complex carbs is that I'm trying to keep my blood sugar up a little bit and gradually bringing it down because of the false hypos which really make me feel bad. It's obviously not working well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="docphi, post: 2445110, member: 549194"] No meds. Just diet. Exercise is limited to slow walks in the house as the dysautonomia has me debilitated currently. Yes, I definitely feel the false hypos. It starts around a glucose of 140 and gets worse as the glucose drops. 150-160 is my happy spot right now. I'm on a Dexcom CGM which is good and bad. When you see the downward glucose trend you start overthinking. I've been in the mid-70's and the meter said 55 in 20 minutes. This was at work and I almost passed out. Needless to say it was OJ and a banana along with the subsequent spike and crash. Meals are the same every day and fairly sparse and boring as I have no appetite and stomach pain from the dysautonomia. Breakfast - 2 egg omelet with cheese, greens, tomato, half an avocado, 1/2 slice wheat toast. The rest of the day is a rotation of: 1. roast chicken, carrots, tablespoon of brown rice 2. 3 slices turkey, half slice wheat bread, half slice cheese, greens, tomato 3. Chili (lean beef, beans, tomato base) 4. Boiled egg 5. Water The lowest has been in the 70's. Now I don't let it get past 130-140 because of the hypo symptoms. I've tried to drop the sugar gradually, but, those symptoms still aren't going away (it's only been 6 weeks since diagnosis). I've tried not eating any carbs and the sugar still drops every hour to hour and a half. I do understand about the false hypos, however, I don't see any evidence of my liver kicking in to support the lower sugars. When I was first diagnosed, I ended up being hospitalized. My endo talked a bit about hypos and how to treat them and what carbs to eat, etc. So I would drop "low", feel symptomatic, and eat some fruit which would cause a huge glucose spike and then the crash which I would "treat" with a turkey sandwich. Interestingly, the carb crashing didn't happen in the hospital although I was definitely having false hypos. The reason I'm eating a little bit of complex carbs is that I'm trying to keep my blood sugar up a little bit and gradually bringing it down because of the false hypos which really make me feel bad. It's obviously not working well. [/QUOTE]
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