Vertigo After Carbs/Sugar

Hi Everyone,

I am not even sure I am posting in the right forum, but being a part of the healing well community, I know I am among very knowledgable folks and am in desperate need of being pointed in the right direction. about 7 months ago, I quit smoking and gained weight. I began doing a low fat keto diet, and binged terribly. My head was spinning with the most intense vertigo ever. I since switched to IF fasting, and started eating low GI fruits and veggies, which I completely cut out during Keto which seem to be fine. However, anytime I eat carbs/sugar I have the same episode happen and tested my fasting, post-meal, and A1C levels: 82 fasting, 106 one hour after eating, 4.7 A1C. I also lost my period during this time and am desperately praying someone could help me find some answers, as many believe this is in my head. I should also mention that sugar/carbs give me strong palpitations.

Thank you so much for your time.

Hey Lanie,

Thanks so much for your response. I asked my doctor to test these levels due to the reactions I was having to sugar. As of now, I have not been diagnosed with anything but went to see him as soon as this happened. Also, I am not taking any medications.

Thanks again!

Oh, Faith, that might explain a few things. Here is what WebMD says about PCOS: www.webmd.com/women/tc/polycystic-ovary-syndrome-pcos-topic-overview

If you are indeed insulin resistant, then you definitely should not overload on carbs but if you're following a keto plan, then you aren't doing that. I don't know if your binge on carbs produced those strange feelings, maybe.

Blood sugar and hormones and how they may dip and spike can surely cause odd feelings. I don't have PCOS so I only know what I've read about it.

Obviously, your doctor is the one who should guide you, or you might want to see an endocrinologist. As a specialist, an endo may be able to help you balance things out.

In any case, I would still go for a balanced eating plan not over-loaded in carbs, and I wouldn't fast. Fasting messes up our blood sugar and maybe doing that and then a sudden binge of carbs could make you have those strange feelings. I have no idea.

The palpitations would worry anyone and I don't know why you had them. Could it be anxiety or your blood sugar reaction? This is why you need to have a doctor sort it out.

So, in the meantime, maybe eat smaller meals, protein, lots of different kinds of veggies (including all types of greens like lettuce, spinach, leafy greens, etc.), some fruit.

I hope you're feeling better. When are you seeing the doctor?

Yes, your blood sugar results from the tests you wrote are all normal and that's great! According to the article, there is a connection between PCOS and insulin resistance and that is a red flag. Knowing that, you'll want to make sure you don't overload on carbs.

I hope you can get this resolved. I'm sure it can make you worried.