Hypoglycemia symptoms with normal glucose?

I am experiencing something that can't be described any better than the feeling of hypoglycemic symptoms however I always have normal blood glucose levels whenever I check. I get this weak, jittery feeling and almost feel like I begin sweating, and feel the need to eat something with sugar in it. I am getting this feeling pretty well every day and it usually begins as the day progresses. I remember getting this feeling here and there when I was a kid. Does this sound like hypoglycemia symptoms and can a person suffer these symptoms but have normal blood glucose? Does anyone with fibro experience this?

Just looking for some more info on this.

Thanks,

Jeff

Jeff,

I've had this for years, also with the normal reading. It's such a yucky feeling! Sometimes I can attach it to my diet, other times not. I get it less often since I've been on thyroid meds.....

Debbie

Hi Jeff,

I get this feeling now and then but I'm diabetic on insulin. Yes, if your blood sugars move quickly, even in the normal range, you may feel a dizzy, queasy flush that is very strange and it's very easy to identify. But, as said above....do NOT eat sugar, sweets, starchy/white carbs and the like as it will only make it worse.

Look at what you are eating each day. Are you starting your day with mostly carbohydrates? sugary foods? sweets? cereal, white toast, pastries, fruit juices? These will all send your blood sugars high, and quickly especially if eaten in large quantities. Then your body gets to work producing insulin and pumps it into the blood stream to convert the the excess sugars into a form your cells can use and opens the gate for the food to get into those cells. It likely pumps out an overload in response to the carbs/sugars you ate and like said above, begins the roller coaster effect. Been on that coaster a few times and it NO fun! It can actually be very dangerous.

Above I grouped a bunch of foods together...carbs which include cereal, toast/bread, fruit juice, pastries, and most anything white like potatoes and rice too. These all are 'fast sugars' meaning they turn into sugar quickly once eaten. To our bodies carbohydrates = sugars. Sugar is the forum in which the cells can utilize them. This is why things like starchy vegetables like corn can send your sugars up high. Starch = carbs = sugar.

Before I was diagnosed as diabetic I would have either cereal or something sweet with milk before bedtime. The more sweet it was the more often I would wake up with an awful headache. It was the high blood sugars, and I mean up in the 200-400 range, that were getting me. I still have a small portion of cereal some evenings but I have to be very careful about when, now much and what else I've had that day. Otherwise I'm in trouble again.

Please have your doctor check this out. It's not difficult for them to find out what's going on with your body/endocrine system and get those symptoms to stop. No need to feel so awful when there is most likely something you can do about it.

Warm hugs and keep in touch..
Chutz

I have these symptoms and look up Reactive Hypoglycemia...I even had a 6-hour glucose test several years ago and it was "normal." The doc said there was one point where I went low, but then my body kicked in and handled it.
But since the fibro symptoms I did find Reactive Hypoglycemia in my reading and it's been very interesting....so I suspect I have that alongside fibro.