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danben123

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hello. i have just joined this forum looking for help really would like to point out first i have dyslexia so forgive the bad spelling ect. .as i kid i was always very skinny no matter how much i eat i used to eat non stop all day and wake up the next day with weight loss. and feeling very cold all the time am 34 now i just got a accu chek blood sugar monitor and have been taken reading over the last few days i eat a very clean diet with plenty of carbs veg and meat i dont eat junk atall or drink beer or wine. any how i have notiiced over the last few weeks that after i eat my blood suger does not stay very high say 6mmol/l for very long then it goes back down to near 4 mmol/l and i have seen it go to 3.6 mmol/l and last week it went to 2.6mmno/l any how its like my blood glucose wont stay high and seem to go down to fast when it get in to the 4.4mmo/l i stay feeling pretty light headed when its round 6.1 ish i feel fine its like my body it putting out loads of insulin and keep going till the blood sugar it super low its like i cant keep up with the food to keep the blood sugar were i feel ok. some times i have eating and then in 30 mins the blood sugar has gone lower this has happend only about 5 times in the past few weeks. so its like i have the opposite of diabetes like i go hypo not hypa. i have had to stop working cus by the end of the day i feel so cold with low blood suger even tho i was eating .its like i just cant give my body what i wants. i lose weight very fast and often feel dehydrated and pale and have to drink water and go teh bath room all the time what going on please help as i cant go on like this its been pretty much this way all my life and i cant cope with it . hope you can make some sense of all that i have a lead coming soon so i can up load the data for you to see thanks for any help over this,
 
Hi and welcome. This is very unusual and I think you need to see the GP to have some investigation carried out. I have heard of a few others having excess insulin production and the cause needs to be determined; sorry I can't help further.
 
You may like to read up on a condition called reactive hypoglycemia.

As a test try comparing how your glucose changes after you have a high carb meal with how it changed after a low carb meal.

Do you end up going lower after a high carb meal?

Despite mentioning the above possibility, you will appreciate that we are neither qualified nor trained to make any kind of diagnosis, particularly over the net.

It is just something to look into and perhaps mention to your GP.

All the best

Pavlos
 
Hi @danben,
I have late reactive hypoglycaemia, I can see by your symptoms that you do have a form of hypoglycaemia. Which one, I'm not to sure.
If you will have a look at the thread - please can we have a forum on reactive hypoglycaemia. @Brunneria will give you the link.
In the meantime do not eat high of medium carbs or anything sugary because that's the stimulus for the extra insulin and that triggers the hypos.
Eat every two to three hours have small meals. Drink plenty of water. If you hypo don't have anything that will start it over again. Black tea or coffee and a plain biscuit will slowly raise your bloods.
If you think your out of control fast for anything up to a day only drinking water. This will stabilise your blood glucose levels and stop the extra insulin.
You do need to see your GP. Ask him for a referral to see an endocrinologist.
Please read up on hypoglycaemia. Google it on Wikipedia as it's up to date. Come back and ask questions.
Nosher.
 
it does go up after eating carbs but comes down way to fast and the odd time its just gone down after a meal but most of the time it does go up but will not stay up very long i eat at 14.00 the reading was 5.8. by 15.29 it was down to 4.3 if i wanted say one more hour is that it would be 4 or less. i did read about reactive hypoglycemia yes. when it gets into the 4 range i go pale and very cold. so after the meal i get the carbs in the blood but something it taken them away far to fast
 
i dont eat any sugar or sweets what so ever i do drink like 3L of water every day. you say dont eat carbs if i did i would get the point were i will pass out. i will have a look at the link now thnaks
 
dont drink tea of coffee anyhow. i was the other day making smoothies with just oats and water i did feel of most of the day i have been eating low gi food
 
Your extra insulin produces more glucagon which is glucose. A form of sugar. You drink more because that is an unfortunate symptom of fluctuating bloods. Therefore extra insulin extra toilet time.
It does get to you. And it is understandable that you feel the way you do as expressed in your post. That's another symptom. And there are plenty more as you read up, you will see that some will apply to you.
Keep posting and ask away if you are not certain or if you can't understand it because of your reading problems.

Nosher.
 
danben123 said:
dont drink tea of coffee anyhow. i was the other day making smoothies with just oats and water i did feel of most of the day i have been eating low gi food
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Some low GI food will also spike you then you have a hypo. These I would avoid, these include wheat, rice, pasta, spuds, other grain products such as oats and barley, batter etc anything with carbs and sugars. There are very good recipes on the forum.
 
thanks for you help. the best was i can say this is its like i cant ever catch up with the what my body wants. am at the point now i just have to stay in a do very little if i do to much the blood sugar drops even faster .its been like this all my life. its a living nightmare. i few week ago i just eat food all day every hour just to see what happneds i felt good tho i was bloated and full but the next day i got up was down on weight and was cold again. i wont do that again am ring the docs in the morning as i just cant cope any longer
 
Been there, done it, had it and felt the same way. This is what hypos do to you.
Stop eating.
You say your body can't cope with food, then stop feeding it, you have hunger symptoms your mooching, lock up your cupboard. Just stop, if you really have to eat, a piece of meat or a couple of berries or nuts.
If you feel that bad, go to A&E and tell them you have hypos all the time, I had to when my docs kept saying it was diabetes and it wasn't.

Nosher
 
Have you tried eating lots of protein and fats?
Perhaps eggs scrambled in butter is an easy way to start.
As others have said, if eating carbohydrates is pushing your BG down the best thing is not to eat carbohydrates.
The more you eat carbs the worse you get.

It is hard to grasp, but if you eat protein and fats you will still get energy, and your body will still make glucose, but it will be a much slower process.
Also, fats help to reduce insulin production.

Listen to Nosher - he knows what it is like!
 
but when i dont eat the bloood sugar just keeps dropping last time in went to 2.4 i think i was so i had to eat.
 
out of intrestest for a normal person after that eat a normal meal how long on average will the blood sugar stay up before it starts coming back down ?
 
danben123 said:
but when i dont eat the bloood sugar just keeps dropping last time in went to 2.4 i think i was so i had to eat.
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So eat a plain biscuit and a cup of tea? Then at meal times eat meat, fish, eggs, cheese, above ground vegetables, good fats, salads, and a good old fry up without bread, with meals little but often..
 
danben123 said:
out of intrestest for a normal person after that eat a normal meal how long on average will the blood sugar stay up before it starts coming back down ?
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A non-diabetic will spike at about an hour to an hour and a half, and be back down to base at 2 hours to 2 and a half hours, depending what they ate.
 
danben123 said:
but when i dont eat the bloood sugar just keeps dropping last time in went to 2.4 i think i was so i had to eat.
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It doesn't happen quickly. You do need to stabilise and then fast. The way they stopped my symptoms and the first time I felt 'normal' was when I fasted for 72 hours. You don't need food. You can survive without food for quite a few days as long as sip water regularly.
If you feel out of control go to A&E.
It was my specialist who discovered my condition. It was he who said after two days fasting. That I looked healthier and better than before fasting.
Please look after yourself.
If you can't fast eat something very small and often. No carbs.

Nosher
 
danben123 said:
out of intrestest for a normal person after that eat a normal meal how long on average will the blood sugar stay up before it starts coming back down ?
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You are a normal person!
You have a condition that probably isn't diabetic. I'm not!
My bloods at fasting are between 4-6 mmol. I don't want to spike after eating so I don't eat anything that spikes me. So I stay in control , between 4&6mmol, si don't hypo and I feel great and have a lot more energy, better sleep pattern, no mood swings etc.

If I did and I have spiked my spike is high and the reaction is slower than yours then I hypo after about 4 hours.

I do have meds to help me but they will have to be prescription drugs, no over the counter stuff!

If you are sick and fed up with with feeling **** after eating than stop!

Nosher
 
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