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<blockquote data-quote="Lamont D" data-source="post: 2381169" data-attributes="member: 85785"><p>Hi and welcome to the forum.</p><p>What I can tell you is reactive hypoglycaemia is too much insulin.</p><p>This is because food (carbs) trigger the overshoot of insulin, which in turn drives your blood sugar levels into Hypoglycaemia.</p><p>The one description of getting out of bed and collapsing doesn't sound like it, but until you have the tests, you won't know. The tests are designed to eliminate other conditions. The reason I say this is because, if I haven't ate in at least five hours, my blood sugar levels will always normally be in normal levels. The fact that in the morning, you should be in normal levels as a non diabetic condition.</p><p></p><p>Metformin will not cause the trigger.</p><p></p><p>RH is caused by too much glucose after eating, which triggers the insulin overshoot.</p><p>How that imbalance in your hormonal response, occurs is individual and not everyone gets the condition the same way.</p><p>Those who have bariatric surgery, has been a cause, as is heliocobacter pylori, or because of having rollercoaster ride blood glucose levels up and down every day from morning to night for years and years. Going really high, then low, then high, low, high low. And so on your body adapts to this imbalance.</p><p></p><p>Stress is not good for anyone, and it can raise blood levels, but so can too much exercise, being ill, adrenaline or thyroid issues.</p><p></p><p>If you are getting episodes of hypoglycaemia, there could be many reasons for it.</p><p>Ask your endocrinologist to recommend tests such as Hba1c, c-peptide and insulin levels and insulin resistance. If he suspects RH, a six hours glucose tolerance test will confirm that you do go hypo. It will also track your blood glucose levels.</p><p>If your endo suggests a two hour glucose tolerance test, it is not long enough, because if it is similar to my RH, they won't see the hypo. I go hypo about three to four hours after the glucose.</p><p></p><p>There is a lot of information on our forum, I suggest you have a read, also Wikipedia has a good description of the condition, but I wouldn't try the recommended dietary advice. I am on a Keto diet, and my blood sugar levels are in normal blood sugar levels and stay there. No carbs, no trigger, no spike, no insulin overshoot, no hypo!</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps.</p><p></p><p>Stay safe</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lamont D, post: 2381169, member: 85785"] Hi and welcome to the forum. What I can tell you is reactive hypoglycaemia is too much insulin. This is because food (carbs) trigger the overshoot of insulin, which in turn drives your blood sugar levels into Hypoglycaemia. The one description of getting out of bed and collapsing doesn't sound like it, but until you have the tests, you won't know. The tests are designed to eliminate other conditions. The reason I say this is because, if I haven't ate in at least five hours, my blood sugar levels will always normally be in normal levels. The fact that in the morning, you should be in normal levels as a non diabetic condition. Metformin will not cause the trigger. RH is caused by too much glucose after eating, which triggers the insulin overshoot. How that imbalance in your hormonal response, occurs is individual and not everyone gets the condition the same way. Those who have bariatric surgery, has been a cause, as is heliocobacter pylori, or because of having rollercoaster ride blood glucose levels up and down every day from morning to night for years and years. Going really high, then low, then high, low, high low. And so on your body adapts to this imbalance. Stress is not good for anyone, and it can raise blood levels, but so can too much exercise, being ill, adrenaline or thyroid issues. If you are getting episodes of hypoglycaemia, there could be many reasons for it. Ask your endocrinologist to recommend tests such as Hba1c, c-peptide and insulin levels and insulin resistance. If he suspects RH, a six hours glucose tolerance test will confirm that you do go hypo. It will also track your blood glucose levels. If your endo suggests a two hour glucose tolerance test, it is not long enough, because if it is similar to my RH, they won't see the hypo. I go hypo about three to four hours after the glucose. There is a lot of information on our forum, I suggest you have a read, also Wikipedia has a good description of the condition, but I wouldn't try the recommended dietary advice. I am on a Keto diet, and my blood sugar levels are in normal blood sugar levels and stay there. No carbs, no trigger, no spike, no insulin overshoot, no hypo! Hope this helps. Stay safe [/QUOTE]
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