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Reactive Hypoglycaemia

Linagirl said:
For me at least it seems that my issues are the rise and fall not the actual blood sugar is that familiar to anyone?
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That's me!
I Eat carbs, I hyper, then a couple of hours later, I hypo.
So the answer is don't hyper!

My fasting blood glucose level and my hba1c level are in the normal range, and I keep them there as much as possible and it works!
 
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Thanks Nosher my GP seems obsessed by the fact that it can't be RH because my blood sugar doesn't drop when it happens but I absolutely know that the have had issues when I have home hungry then eaten carbs and then get hypo symptoms. I usually feel jittery and cold and shaky and very hungry but I don't usually pass out like last week. I think maybe the dumping syndrome thing is connected and because my body has been low anyway lately the sudden dumping cause the drop in bp.
 

Have they tested you for other food groups ie gluten, potassium. Or even the blood pressure?
 
I had a treadmill session in cardiology today. Before the test my pulse kept going between 77 and 97 up and down. During the test my blood pressure rocketed to the point they asked if I wanted to stop and then it dropped really low but resting it was fine so the nurse said nothing to worry about. I was lightheaded and shaking. And nearly fell asleep after. I felt awful but not hypo level so didn't test my sugar levels. My hearts fine yey.
 

That's good news @Wendolph , so pleased for you!
 

It is probably linked to one another.
Everything reacts with everything else.

I'm seeing through my experience that whatever is not in balance affects all the rest, so your high then low bloods affect your BP. And your low or high BP affects your brain or your nervous system and your endocrine system and so on.
That's why low carb works for us RH ers!
We don't do the hyper, so the symptoms for that go away, so following on, we don't get the hypos, and the symptoms recede away. So to follow on, we don't get the fluctuations in blood glucose levels and the horrors of that. Because the symptoms are relieved and our bloods are in normal range, we feel better and once the body adjusts to living off our muscle fat and not carbs, (glucose), we have better energy. No excess insulin (baddie), the weight starts coming off instead of going up!
Hope that explains it without the science stuff!
 
I have absolutely no idea what my bg levels were for all those years of hypos - no one tested them, and home meters didnt exist - or i didnt know i could get one.

But now i have a meter and i am T2, my hypo symptoms (the mild ketosis ones) kick off when i hit the mid 4s. I never go as low as an official hypo. But can still identify the feelings as a hypo. And i still feel as wrecked afterwards

My belief is that my body has learned to produce the stress hormones that cause a liver dump and raise the bg, and make me feel like i have been run over by a truck, far earlier than it needs to. Kind of like a safety buffer zone.

I can still hypo for real, but this process usually prevents it.
A real hypo is considered to be when bg drops below the mid 3s, although normal people can often function normally at those levels.
 
Thinks Nosher and Brun.

I want to take some kalms to chill me out but they are covered in sucrose! Anyone experienced any problems with this? They are very small!
 
Hey wendolph. I've had some
Blood pressure tests this week and have some more next week. I'm going to mention food allergies to my GP tomorrow. I'm panicking because have read that if I truly have dumping syndrome it can cause TIAs so maybe I did have a stroke! Although I've never had any issues with veins or high bp as far as I know it.

I'm going to ask if I can be referred to a specialist tomorrow at our local Nuffield as the specialist I saw at the hospital was anorexia. Very dismissive didn't take a proper patient history and didn't even consider hypoglycaemia in any form!!
 
@Linagirl don't worry too much. I had to read up on everything going, thought i had ms at one point but not everyday so it didn't make sense. Which is how I discovered this group.
Unfortunately drs rely on us to know our own triggers and symptoms and put 2 and 2 together. I've been tested for so many things. Tired, dizziness and confusion are symptoms for many things. Keep at it. One dr told me it might be annoying to you but its not life threatening, it is when you're 7 year old is holding your hand trying to keep you on the path as you are so dizzy you can't walk in a straight line and don't have the brain power to steady yourself.
 
Thanks Wendolph! Today I have been anxious jittery hot then cold and have a numb feeling in my left cheek bone! All
Odd! I have eaten really well and my sugars have been ok. Just checked my sugar plus 2 hours after meal and it was 5.7 and yet I feel low. I wonder if it is my blood sugar average resetting that my body is finding tough as my average from the hp1ac was 6.3. Not much of a difference but perhaps my body is fighting back. I was 4.6 in waking and felt ok. It's weird.
 

I think you are getting it and it does sound as if your body is starting to adjust!

We do weird! Right!
 
Hope you don't mind me jumping in on your post Linagirl, but I've been the same tonight. BG of 5.6 two hours after my meal but feeling really shaky and jittery. I was 4.9 mid-morning and felt OKish. My highest recorded reading today was only 6.6 an hour after lunch, so I don't think I've been up and down all day as such. It's so confusing, doesn't make much sense some days does it?!! x
 
Numb isn't good.
Blood sugar is weird mine have settled down but a couple of weeks ago I was spinning alot and when I tested I was 5.9 so I guess its the rise and fall? What are your bloods 15-30 minutes after eating?
 
Not sure Wendolph I haven't checked I'm short of sticks now but at the Gps tomorrow so I'll get on to that. I'm like Kaz says above though I haven't had a score above 5.7 at all today but I always check after two hours. Just eaten again and my numb cheek has eased. Is this a hypo symptom!

Hopefully Kaz we are just resetting as the others have said and it is the best thing we can do for our bodies.
 
Has any one read the news bot item on excess insulin in the brain triggering hunger and pleasure centres?

I have read this a few times and I'm wondering and pondering, how this would affect RH ers and the constant hunger pangs when not in control. A symptom that increases when fluctuating hypers and hypos.

I do remember this and the constant urge to eat anything carby!

I would do the link thingy but I'm useless at it!
 
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