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<blockquote data-quote="windhover" data-source="post: 1083503" data-attributes="member: 75679"><p>Hi,</p><p>Anyone out there struggling with RH and T2?</p><p></p><p>I was diagnosed with reactive hypo glycaemia about 20 years ago. Told to eat "diabetic diet" - high in good carbs and eat frequently. I did and it worked, I stopped having hypos.</p><p>All was well, then</p><p>After 15years or so I started cheating on the diet (? becoming insulin resistant so craving more carbohydrate) and was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes 2 years ago.</p><p>I did some research and decided to go low carb (60-100g/day but often cheated with the staff room biscuit tin). I lost nearly10% of my weight (78 to 71kg) which dealt with the diabetes (last few HbA1C's have been really good).</p><p>All was well, then</p><p>the reactive hypoglycaemia kicked in again with hypos which ended up with me occasionally being on the floor at work.</p><p>With no ideas from the GP or the diabetic dietician I solved the problem by putting the weight back on back to 78kg.</p><p>Now</p><p>I've stopped cheating and am stricter on my carbs so started losing weight again. At 73kg have started having hypos again.</p><p>By hypo I mean BG under 4 (3.9 - 2.8) and symptoms (weak, shaky, light-headed, inco-ordinated, emotional, tearful, need to sit down, make mistakes, say stupid things, sometimes have to lie down on floor before I fall over etc).</p><p>I think it's weight loss that does it???? Live a life of too long at work, lots of stress, supporting mother in advanced dementia, daughter with major depression and husband with depression he won't admit but none of this has changed.</p><p>In the last 6 days have had 6 hypos on 4 days.</p><p>Has anyone any ideas or how have you coped with this sort of problem?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="windhover, post: 1083503, member: 75679"] Hi, Anyone out there struggling with RH and T2? I was diagnosed with reactive hypo glycaemia about 20 years ago. Told to eat "diabetic diet" - high in good carbs and eat frequently. I did and it worked, I stopped having hypos. All was well, then After 15years or so I started cheating on the diet (? becoming insulin resistant so craving more carbohydrate) and was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes 2 years ago. I did some research and decided to go low carb (60-100g/day but often cheated with the staff room biscuit tin). I lost nearly10% of my weight (78 to 71kg) which dealt with the diabetes (last few HbA1C's have been really good). All was well, then the reactive hypoglycaemia kicked in again with hypos which ended up with me occasionally being on the floor at work. With no ideas from the GP or the diabetic dietician I solved the problem by putting the weight back on back to 78kg. Now I've stopped cheating and am stricter on my carbs so started losing weight again. At 73kg have started having hypos again. By hypo I mean BG under 4 (3.9 - 2.8) and symptoms (weak, shaky, light-headed, inco-ordinated, emotional, tearful, need to sit down, make mistakes, say stupid things, sometimes have to lie down on floor before I fall over etc). I think it's weight loss that does it???? Live a life of too long at work, lots of stress, supporting mother in advanced dementia, daughter with major depression and husband with depression he won't admit but none of this has changed. In the last 6 days have had 6 hypos on 4 days. Has anyone any ideas or how have you coped with this sort of problem? [/QUOTE]
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