Hypoglacemia

Yes, I do suffer from hypoglycemia as well. You have to eat every 2 to 3 hours small snacks that are high in protein to keep your blood sugar stable. I do eat three meals a day but I make sure they are normal size portions. Also try not to eat excessive amounts of sugar. The sugar helps if you need a quick fix to raise it, but won't keep it stable. Apples work very well at keeping blood sugar level. Good luck. Feel better cause when it drops it's the worst and I turn into a bear grrrr!

I have always had what appears to be hypoglycemia.  I even fast-tested for it (negative). 

I wanted to pipe in because I am learning SO MUCH from my RA's PA and thought I would share.  We can actually develop food sensitivities that look and act like hypoglycemia but are really food allergies.  For instance, I have always had an aversion to bread carbs.  No matter what I did, if I ate more than one piece of toast, or a whole bagel, or a piece of pizza, you would find me pretty much passed out like it was Thanksgiving. Now that I have fibro, I still have that but also get acute and long term pain after eating it.  So the connection is still there but it's now a relatable food alllergy which mimics hypoglycemia.  Does that make sense?  That doesn't mean you don't have it - but that it might be your fibro messing with you and you have developed food allergies - which is a much bigger deal because it can mess with you systemically.

I would do either an elimination diet, or at least take out the high sugar stuff (bread, sugar, fruit, booze, etc) and focus more on healthy proteins and see how you feel.

I was going through these spells after eating meals. I would say to my husband that it feels like my energy just bottomed out after eating. I sometimes had to lay down. Well after reading my fibro book I came across the term reactive hypoglycemic. It was several pages on it. It's common in fibromites.

You can look it up on line. I just love this book I got on fibromyalgia. It's called fibromyalgia and chronic myofascial pain by Devin Starlanyl and Mary Copeland. It's the second edition survival guide. I have several books by Mary Copeland.

Now I know what is going on, I can watch my diet better. There is several things you can do to make it better. Look it up on line. Too much too type. Lol

Post Edited (ak angel) : 9/1/2013 4:52:57 AM (GMT-6)