Wed, Aug-07-02, 17:27
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Posts: 11
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Plan: Common Sense
Stats: 135/130/120
BF:
Progress: 33%
Location: Dundas, Ontario, Canada
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thanks Jaykay
Thanks Jaykay. I've heard of reactive hypoglycaemia. I've pretty well been treating my food choices as though that is what it is, regardless of what the doc's say. I can't be too far wrong if not eating sugar means not having seizures anymore. Actually, I was binging once a month on caramel crunch cake with whipped cream and caramel and the whole bit. When I glut myself with tons of sugar like that all at once what happens is that I literally feel drunk from it. Speech slurred, giggly, coordination and balance all messed up...but I must confess it feels great...like a night out on the town. Near as I can figure, if the sugar goes way high, I punch out all kinds of insulin like always, but the insulin isn't enough to drive such high sugar levels down through the ground. Consequently, I don't hit the ground. I regret the hell out of it in the morning! Hangover and ubearable lethargy for a day or so! But no seizures.
What has proven most dangerous is taking smaller doses of sugar or carbs. My insulin seems to go ballistic over sugar and carbs no matter how much or little. So if I'm going to be stupid, it pays to be VERY stupid. (gotta appreciate the absurdity of the situation) But I'm not doing the cake thing anymore. I'm meeting too many diabetic amputees these days not to worry about ending up in their wheelchairs long before I reach a ripe old age.
I'm having a heck of a time figuring out what "enough" is for me. For instance, I ate all the good low carb stuff this morning and felt fine. Not tired or hungy at all. Then I walked down to the grocery store (about a half mile) and half way through my shopping I was feeling very tired and a bit shaky and irritable. By the time I carried the groceries home (up a long, steadily rising hill) I had just enough time to put the groceries in the fridge before I passed out for a two hour nap on the floor. Almost any exercise - even scraping and sanding chairs! - so easily shoves my bg down and I fall asleep until it rises. I'm finding I have to eat food every single hour just to maintain anything resembling balance. My entire life revolves around getting food into my mouth!
Does this still sound like reactive hypoglycaemia? Did you go through a seemingly endless period of adjustment like this? If you completely abstain from all the 'bad stuff', do you stop being so impossibly sensitive to food??
I'm thrilled to talk to anyone who has even the remotest clue. Thank you so much. I realize you're not a doctor, but the doctors available to me are not really 'available', if you know what I mean. They keep telling me to work it out on my own. "You know your body best!" they say. I'm not so sure. I'm hoping SOMEONE else knows my body better than me because I'm still missing a lot of information.
Thanks again for listening.
iwantmore
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