I wanted to add that about 10 years ago or so (I was thin at the time), I stopped eating sweets due to what seemed to me to be like a high/low pattern. I just didn’ tlike how I felt so I stopped with most carbs in general.....
It’s been an interesting journey since then, that’s for sure. Lots of errors and mistakes along the way, but thankfully now the roads are good and I’m very healthy.
chatnelle
On 3/18/10 9:52 PM, "susieq_az1" <susannauw2010@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Eric,
I just wanted to add that I have been diagnosed with reactive hypoglycemia, and when my blood sugar drops too low, my symptoms are nausea and fainting, which are atypical. I have had that happen once or twice during exercise in the past, before I was doing FF (although I had changed my diet fairly suddenly for the week or two prior to when it happened on at least occasion I remember).
I haven't had an episode in a while, because I'm more careful with eating sweets, which seem to put me a high/low pattern. I also am pretty aware of the early symptoms, and try not to let it go too far. I get nausea, clammy skin, my mouth starts watering, then tunnel vision, then the hearing goes . . . I truly hate passing out and avoid it at all costs, so when I recognize it, I lie down quickly wherever I am. I tend to get very low blood pressure at the same time, so low that it won't register on a blood pressure monitor. I know this because I passed out once while I was having a minor outpatient medical procedure (and I was lying on the table at the time!). So I don't know which causes the symptoms or whether it's the combination, or one causes the other.
I was tentatively also diagnosed as pre-diabetic a few years ago, but I seem to have gotten that under control with eating fewer carbs, and better ones, as it seems you have been doing. I have never taken meds, so I haven't needed to balance the effects of those with my eating.
I haven't done any strenuous workouts since I started FF, so I don't have any advice in that area. I do hope you and your doctor can get to the bottom of what's going on and adjust your meds or whatever you need.
My doctor didn't set me up with the glucometer, but I did buy one at my local drugstore. There is almost always a store running a "buy it free" deal on one model or another, sometimes with a few test strips included.
I really feel for you. It's not a nice thing to have happen. Best of luck to you in sorting it out.
Susie
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