hypoglycemia- UPDATE 10-19 it's diabetes mellitus (post 34)

[beeniesmom]

Wow, I'm so happy you were able to get all those tests done. It does sound like diabetes to me too. That will cause a lot of your symptoms. 280 after a sugar test is high but not sure if it's expected after ingesting the crap they make you drink. I hope you get good news tomorrow. hugs

[mrspunkysmom]

As a diabetic, I might be able to answer some of your questions, even the ones you haven't asked yet.

First of all, many of the docs act like they have the answers and they don't. There is still a lot about diabetes they don't know.

Our cells need carbs. I view carbs as cellular go juice. Without it, we crash.

I learned in the last two years that the liver stores sugars in case of emergency. It will make a sugar dump if you get hungry or need to eat for energy. What medical science has recently learned is that sometimes the liver makes a sugar dump when it isn't needed. This raises your blood sugar. This is one of the reasons type two diabetics have difficulty controlling blood sugar levels. I have found that if my sugar is high in the morning, I take my medicine and I still eat. Even without the medicine, my blood sugar usually comes down if I eat correctly.

Exercise is essential. What the docs won't tell you is that your body doesn't need insulin to process carbs if you are exercising or very active. The insulin is used when your body is inactive, such as sleep. Too much inactivity leads to too much insulin use, and thus you develop insulin resistant diabetes.

In short:
You have to eat regular meals or you liver will dump sugar and the sugar level might go up. The less exercise you get, the more insulin you need. This also means you need to eat more high carb foods to get energized. This is a never-ending cycle.

Good luck with your health and I hope I didn't confuse you. I also have thyroid issues. I hope that yours can be easily treated with medicine. Female hormones also mess with the thyroid and weight loss and vice-versa. It's so complicated.

[wolfsoul]

I used to have moderate hypglycemia. During my first pregnancy, my body miraculously 'cured' my pancreas (pregnancy has been known to do the strangest things) and I no longer have an issue with it.
I constantly needed to eat; I kept very good track of my body and what I was feeling, so I knew exactly when and what I needed to eat. Typically I ate something small every 1.5 hours. Protein is very very important as it will keep your blood sugar from dropping too fast. So typically I would eat alot of eggs, seeds, nuts, meat, etc with my meals. I was also on a range of different natural remedies to help my pancreas, and digestive enzymes so that my pancreas wasn't overworking so it could heal.
The pancreas is typically damaged by poor diet (too much fat and sugar) and alcohol. A low fat diet is key, and losing weight is essential for an overweight person.
If my blood suagr is low, I will usually feel very warm. I get confused/frustrated/upset/sad very easily. My brain seems to slow down, I can't mentally process things nearly as easily. If things progress I get shaky, I feel faint, and I might pass out. It took me a while to realise the beginning signs (mainly feeling warm and emotional). If my blood sugar had already dropped too low, eating something high sugar like candy and keeping it under my tongue would pick me back up again or tide me over until I could eat a normal meal. I constantly carried candies or chocolate on me, just incase.
I have no experience with diabetes, but this is my experience with hypoglycemia. Hope this helps.

[aTailOf2Kitties]

this just in: Diabetes Mellitus type 2 . I will be on metformin starting today and have a class about it next week.

[smokey the elder]

There are loads of good information about diabetes out there; make sure you get a good endocrinologist, and keep after your blood sugar testing. There are a lot of diabetic cookbooks out there, too.

The business with the liver dumping glucose happens in cats; that's one thing I learned when I had a diabetic cat. It can, counterintuitively, come from an insulin overdose (at least in cats.)

Good luck! Diabetes is a drag but at least now you know what's wrong.

[mrspunkysmom]

this just in: Diabetes Mellitus type 2 . I will be on metformin starting today and have a class about it next week.

You get a class? Wow, the docs just prescribed the metformin and let me be. I've had to research the net to find out what i needed to know. And try to pin the doctors down on what's happening.

Good luck with it.

[mrspunkysmom]

There are loads of good information about diabetes out there; make sure you get a good endocrinologist, and keep after your blood sugar testing. There are a lot of diabetic cookbooks out there, too.

The business with the liver dumping glucose happens in cats; that's one thing I learned when I had a diabetic cat. It can, counterintuitively, come from an insulin overdose (at least in cats.)

Good luck! Diabetes is a drag but at least now you know what's wrong.

But the sugar dump explains why my body doesn't react consistently. I would eat and exercise consistently yet sometimes I would feel great and other times extremely tired, sometimes from high blood sugar, sometimes low. And this sounds crazy but not eating on time can cause the blood sugar to rise.

ARGH!

[momcat]

An excellent resource for information about diabetes is the American Diabetes Association website.

[beeniesmom]

this just in: Diabetes Mellitus type 2 . I will be on metformin starting today and have a class about it next week.

The classes are good. They helped me and so did Metformin. I did really well on the drug. Then had to stop when I got pregnnt with Laura. Yo will see how much better you will feel. I'm glad they found out what was wrong.