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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 1965434" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>Hi and welcome [USER=499013]@Coolifornia[/USER] </p><p></p><p>Trouble is, i think that RH is just a symptom, not a thing itself.</p><p>Sorry if that sounds like a copout, but it is, unfortunately true...</p><p></p><p>In my case, I too got RH symptoms early (pre teen, actually from around 4 yrs old ish). But that can’t have been caused by the PCOS which arrived in my teens. Then sometime in my late teens, I got more hormonal stuff going on too (prolactinoma) in my pituitary gland. You have thyroid ‘stuff’. I have pituitary ‘stuff’. I got fat. You’ve stayed slim. We both have RH symptoms.</p><p></p><p>It is so frustratingly individual.</p><p></p><p>You asked about insulin resistance.</p><p>I think that it varies from person to person too. IR is soooo personal. RH involves the overproduction of insulin, so if (like me) you are predisposed to IR, then the excess insulin leads to resistance. Like standing next to a maxed out loud speaker too often, for too long, will send you deaf. Someone else could be exposed to the same amount of insulin and not be so resistant. Same reason most people eat carbs, but only some get type 2 diabetes.</p><p></p><p>Pcos and IR go hand, so if you don’t have one, maybe your tests will show you have NACH?</p><p>Ikm afraid I have absolutely no knowledge of it, but I will be googling! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Please let us know how those tests go. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>As for hypos causing harm... gosh... big subject. Hypos cause a lot of stress. And stress is harmful. I think anything that causes major stress hormone release repeatedly for years can cause knock on effects. Adrenal exhaustion is one. Then there are a few documented effects that type 1 diabetics get with very low numbers. <strong><em>Some</em></strong> of which potentially affect RHers too. I doubt if you will find many (any) studies on RH hypo effects long term. All I know is that i want to avoid them, and that until i learned to avoid them, my health was slowly deteriorating. Maybe not all of that was the hypos though...</p><p></p><p>Hope that helps, even though I have come up with absolutely no definitive answers! Sorry about that!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 1965434, member: 41816"] Hi and welcome [USER=499013]@Coolifornia[/USER] Trouble is, i think that RH is just a symptom, not a thing itself. Sorry if that sounds like a copout, but it is, unfortunately true... In my case, I too got RH symptoms early (pre teen, actually from around 4 yrs old ish). But that can’t have been caused by the PCOS which arrived in my teens. Then sometime in my late teens, I got more hormonal stuff going on too (prolactinoma) in my pituitary gland. You have thyroid ‘stuff’. I have pituitary ‘stuff’. I got fat. You’ve stayed slim. We both have RH symptoms. It is so frustratingly individual. You asked about insulin resistance. I think that it varies from person to person too. IR is soooo personal. RH involves the overproduction of insulin, so if (like me) you are predisposed to IR, then the excess insulin leads to resistance. Like standing next to a maxed out loud speaker too often, for too long, will send you deaf. Someone else could be exposed to the same amount of insulin and not be so resistant. Same reason most people eat carbs, but only some get type 2 diabetes. Pcos and IR go hand, so if you don’t have one, maybe your tests will show you have NACH? Ikm afraid I have absolutely no knowledge of it, but I will be googling! :D Please let us know how those tests go. :) As for hypos causing harm... gosh... big subject. Hypos cause a lot of stress. And stress is harmful. I think anything that causes major stress hormone release repeatedly for years can cause knock on effects. Adrenal exhaustion is one. Then there are a few documented effects that type 1 diabetics get with very low numbers. [B][I]Some[/I][/B] of which potentially affect RHers too. I doubt if you will find many (any) studies on RH hypo effects long term. All I know is that i want to avoid them, and that until i learned to avoid them, my health was slowly deteriorating. Maybe not all of that was the hypos though... Hope that helps, even though I have come up with absolutely no definitive answers! Sorry about that! [/QUOTE]
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