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Reactive Hypoglycemia Question

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My husband has T2 Diabetes and we've been controlling it with diet and exercise (We got his a1c down to 5.2!!!)...anyway... I have PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) and for as long as I can remember I have been told that I am pre-diabetic and insulin resistant. 2 years ago I had fasting blood work done, and not only was I no longer prediabetic, but my fasting blood sugar was low (65) I thought it was odd that suddenly I was no longer pre-diabetic when, at the time, I had done nothing special to change my diet and activity level....

well over the last year or so I've been having hypoglycemic episodes. If I go too long between eating or if I eat something incredibly sweet and then nothing else for a while I get so shaky and hungrier than I've ever been. I currently am having a hypoglycemic episode because I had a huge frappucino for brunch and nothing else(Though, I do get these symptoms if I eat natural sugars or too much oatmeal). After slamming some applesauce and eating a tangerine I'm starting to feel normal, but I hate how this sensation sticks with me for the remainder of the day.

What I want to know, is this hypoglycemia problem a precursor to full-blown diabetes? Is this just my pancrease throwing out a last-ditch effort to control my blood sugar? Other than avoiding sugar altogether, is there something else I should be doing? I've tried going low-no carb, but then after a while I feel shaky again and crave carbs harder than anyone has ever craved carbs in their life. Like, if I don't eat sugar I may die. <----seriously, not an exaggeration
 
Hi and welcome,

We have a whole section for people with reactive hypoglycaemia, if you fancy popping over there and having a read. Most of us manage it with diet. The carb cravings are a part of it.

Here is the link:
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/category/reactive-hypoglycemia.70/

We have also had a few interesting threads about PCOS lately, if you want to do a Search for 'PCOS' they should crop up.

Hope that helps.

:)
 
The only way we would really be able to advise what this could be is with blood sugar tests. I would recommend forgetting about sugar now, because if it's causing a serious issue already you could even have hyperglycemia, which is super high blood sugar that your body struggles to control- sometimes it just rids it through your urine, or you could be closer to bring diabetic than you thought- or of course, could be reactive. I would recommend getting a glucose tolerance test done

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This thread is more than a year old and the OP has not logged in since. Hopefully, they're sorted now.
 
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