Santanaman99
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Hello everyone. Thank you for taking the time to read this thread. I am new to this website and new to the world of low blood sugar. I have been having a number of problems lately and I am very worried so I would like to discuss these problems with some of you guys.
I am 20 years old and have never been diagnosed with diabetes. My grandpa is type 1 and my father is type 2.(Don’t know if that makes me more likely to get it) In the last few months I have been experiencing what I believe to be low blood sugar.
My body’s first warning sign to me is sweaty hands and feet. I will feel normal then out of no where sweaty hands and feet, then about 5-10 minutes later I feel very irritable. My heart is pounding and I feel weakness in my arms and legs. It happens up to 3 times a day sometimes. I somehow figured out that eating and drinking sugar helped so I started to do that for these episodes.
After months of dealing with this myself I decided to ask my dad some questions since he has diabetes. He told me I should be checking my blood sugar and gave me my grandpas poke test kit. This has helped me manage a lot. I’ve poked myself 4 times a day for the last 4 day’s straight and here are the results.
06/27/20
8:30AM reading- 83
Pre meal
12:00PM reading- 68
Pre meal
3:00PM reading- 143
Post meal
8:30PM reading- 120
Post meal
06/28/20
9:00AM reading- 97
Pre meal
12:00PM reading- 107
Pre meal
3:00PM reading- 112
Post meal
7:30PM reading- 102
Post meal
6/29/20
9:00AM reading- 86
Pre meal
12:30PM reading- 94
Pre meal
3:00PM reading- 93
Post meal
8:00PM reading- 102
Post meal
6/30/20
8:30AM reading- 85
Pre meal
11:30AM reading- 86
Pre meal
That is all I have done so far. I take 2 tests before meals and 2 tests after meals. I am trying to see if eating is even raising my sugar and if so how much. As you can see the very first day I tested myself I got my first official test showing for a fact I was experiencing hypoglycemia. My sugar was under 70.
I’m 99% sure during my many episodes over the last few months I have been under 70 many times. But seeing these numbers has helped me manage a lot. As you can see the first day was all over the place then it started to stabilize as days went on of me checking. The first day was weird because I woke up at 83, ate waffles for breakfast, then my test before lunch was 68. Lower than my fasting blood sugar!?
All I want to know is what might be causing this? I have acid reflux and arfid so my diet is very very picky. Although I am eating often I doubt my meals are as nutritious as they should be. This is because of arfid(adult picky eating disorder). I also have severe anxiety so I’m almost always thinking I’m about to have an episode. Having episodes so often has also made me get less warning signs. Sometimes i am fine one moment then I feel faint right after with no warning.
It seems like I can never get my blood sugar up. I will eat a full meal and do no physical activity after and my sugar still gets burned fast. I eat a meal and sometimes I am lower than I was before, or just the same. Maybe my body is making too much insulin. I have no clue.
I have no medical insurance, and like I said I have severe anxiety so I am so scared to go to a doctor. I know I will have to I’m just trying to get insurance currently. I know me being young is the best chance I have at overcoming this but I am scared I will be diagnosed diabetic for life. Thank you for taking the time to read this and any insight or advice would be very appreciated.
I am 20 years old and have never been diagnosed with diabetes. My grandpa is type 1 and my father is type 2.(Don’t know if that makes me more likely to get it) In the last few months I have been experiencing what I believe to be low blood sugar.
My body’s first warning sign to me is sweaty hands and feet. I will feel normal then out of no where sweaty hands and feet, then about 5-10 minutes later I feel very irritable. My heart is pounding and I feel weakness in my arms and legs. It happens up to 3 times a day sometimes. I somehow figured out that eating and drinking sugar helped so I started to do that for these episodes.
After months of dealing with this myself I decided to ask my dad some questions since he has diabetes. He told me I should be checking my blood sugar and gave me my grandpas poke test kit. This has helped me manage a lot. I’ve poked myself 4 times a day for the last 4 day’s straight and here are the results.
06/27/20
8:30AM reading- 83
Pre meal
12:00PM reading- 68
Pre meal
3:00PM reading- 143
Post meal
8:30PM reading- 120
Post meal
06/28/20
9:00AM reading- 97
Pre meal
12:00PM reading- 107
Pre meal
3:00PM reading- 112
Post meal
7:30PM reading- 102
Post meal
6/29/20
9:00AM reading- 86
Pre meal
12:30PM reading- 94
Pre meal
3:00PM reading- 93
Post meal
8:00PM reading- 102
Post meal
6/30/20
8:30AM reading- 85
Pre meal
11:30AM reading- 86
Pre meal
That is all I have done so far. I take 2 tests before meals and 2 tests after meals. I am trying to see if eating is even raising my sugar and if so how much. As you can see the very first day I tested myself I got my first official test showing for a fact I was experiencing hypoglycemia. My sugar was under 70.
I’m 99% sure during my many episodes over the last few months I have been under 70 many times. But seeing these numbers has helped me manage a lot. As you can see the first day was all over the place then it started to stabilize as days went on of me checking. The first day was weird because I woke up at 83, ate waffles for breakfast, then my test before lunch was 68. Lower than my fasting blood sugar!?
All I want to know is what might be causing this? I have acid reflux and arfid so my diet is very very picky. Although I am eating often I doubt my meals are as nutritious as they should be. This is because of arfid(adult picky eating disorder). I also have severe anxiety so I’m almost always thinking I’m about to have an episode. Having episodes so often has also made me get less warning signs. Sometimes i am fine one moment then I feel faint right after with no warning.
It seems like I can never get my blood sugar up. I will eat a full meal and do no physical activity after and my sugar still gets burned fast. I eat a meal and sometimes I am lower than I was before, or just the same. Maybe my body is making too much insulin. I have no clue.
I have no medical insurance, and like I said I have severe anxiety so I am so scared to go to a doctor. I know I will have to I’m just trying to get insurance currently. I know me being young is the best chance I have at overcoming this but I am scared I will be diagnosed diabetic for life. Thank you for taking the time to read this and any insight or advice would be very appreciated.
