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Posted 6/14/2016 12:06 AM (GMT 0)
What's that about? Trembles, head fogginess, that off-balance feeling heightened when hungry. Once a healthy meal is eaten, then I feel much better.

Has anyone else experienced this connection? And if so, what is it all about?
Posted 6/14/2016 12:10 AM (GMT 0)
dacarte - have you checked your glucose levels when this happens? Maybe you're blood sugar is low?

Maybe try smaller, more frequent meals throughout the day?
Posted 6/14/2016 12:22 AM (GMT 0)

Girlie said...
dacarte - have you checked your glucose levels when this happens? Maybe you're blood sugar is low?

Maybe try smaller, more frequent meals throughout the day?

I'm on 90% no sugar diet. However on my cheat days I do feel better. I already got tested for diabetes and that is not the issue.

But there is a connection of starting the paleo diet and feeling this way.

But with lyme and candida, what else can I do! I may re-introduce fruit but in moderation.
Posted 6/14/2016 12:27 AM (GMT 0)
Do you have a glucose monitor at home?

Maybe your blood sugar was in range when you happened to test for diabetes.

It does sound like it could be low blood sugar, if it's remedied when you eat.

Here in Canada we can get a glucose monitor for free...we just have to buy the 'strips' to test with.
It's nice to be able to monitor our sugars at home.
Posted 6/14/2016 12:34 AM (GMT 0)

Girlie said...
Do you have a glucose monitor at home?

Maybe your blood sugar was in range when you happened to test for diabetes.

It does sound like it could be low blood sugar, if it's remedied when you eat.

Here in Canada we can get a glucose monitor for free...we just have to buy the 'strips' to test with.
It's nice to be able to monitor our sugars at home.

Well this is "Merica" where the healthcare system is a for profit conglomerate, they don't give people anything for free, especially if it's something that actually prevents even greater health complications. There's no money in prevention. But anywho, I can on forever with that topic.

Yes I do feel better after I eat. And I do feel better when I eat some sugar. However, I think the human body needs sugar (in healthy way like fruit). I think that's where anti-candida diet and paleo falls short. You can't literally remove 100% sugar, the body needs some.

Is it possible to feel this way and NOT have diabetes. I don't think it's that black and white.
Posted 6/14/2016 12:35 AM (GMT 0)
Drink a little juice and see if you feel better. That would probably tell you if it is low blood sugar.
Posted 6/14/2016 2:59 AM (GMT 0)
My husband is the healthiest person I know and when it gets close to his time for a meal his personality can change because he is hungry. He goes to the gym for a couple hours a day and then he is a very physical worker around the home. He uses all that he has eaten.

It can just be a matter of you burned more than you ate. Paleo is not high in calories. You might want to check your caloric intake and see if you are getting enough.
Posted 6/14/2016 4:27 PM (GMT 0)
Lyme can cause insulin resistance and/or adrenal issues - both of which can produce these symptoms.

The idea of more frequently eating will help you get through, but I would encourage you to have your adrenals tested if you haven't recently - just in case.
Posted 6/14/2016 6:34 PM (GMT 0)
My first thought was hypoglycemia myself. I carry glucose tablets for if I'm away from food for any reason. If I start getting shaky, sweating, irritable, etc, I pop in a glucose tablet and feel better in minutes. Might be worth a try. Also, my doc told me to start taking chromium to help with the hypoglycemic symptoms.
Posted 6/14/2016 7:11 PM (GMT 0)
Yep! Either eat a ton more or eat more fruit. Don't starve thyself. We noticed the same on Paleo, esp when hungry.
Posted 6/14/2016 9:34 PM (GMT 0)
Oooooo DaCarte, I get real hangry when I go too long without eating and yeah a lot of different body reactions, too, like headachey, definitely off-balance is heightened ( lately, I have been dizzy-like all day for a while now, anyway ) and a real sense of lethargy, too - more than usual. Just over all yucky feeling. I usually feel a tad better after I shove some food into my face, for sure.
Posted 6/14/2016 11:33 PM (GMT 0)

needhelp4 said...
Oooooo DaCarte, I get real hangry when I go too long without eating and yeah a lot of different body reactions, too, like headachey, definitely off-balance is heightened ( lately, I have been dizzy-like all day for a while now, anyway ) and a real sense of lethargy, too - more than usual. Just over all yucky feeling. I usually feel a tad better after I shove some food into my face, for sure.

Yes the symptoms don't completely go away but it helps a lot. And instantly feel better. It's almost like my brain knows I'm eating even before it really start digesting. Like my brain is telling the rest of my body like "hold on boys, he's eating now, chill out".

Lyme and what it does to us will always be a mystery.
Posted 6/14/2016 11:38 PM (GMT 0)

kliend said...
Yep! Either eat a ton more or eat more fruit. Don't starve thyself. We noticed the same on Paleo, esp when hungry.

I think it takes the body some getting use to cutting out almost ALL sugar. At first I was doing anti-candida diet with the paleo, so I wasn't even getting sugar from grains.

Next trip to the grocery store I"m going to reintroduce fruit. I don't believe the body should have ZERO sugar. It should have some from a healthy source (in moderation).
Posted 6/15/2016 5:32 AM (GMT 0)
I feel slightly better after meals. It could just be my glucose levels, as someone mentioned, or some sort of chemicals that are but off from your body being "satisfied" with fuel - fuel, perhaps, that was needed, especially due to the strain my sicknesses put on me.

You gave your body, cells, all that jazz some more energy to keep up the fight, so it settled down a bit.

Another user mentioned something about feeling better after sleep the other day. Seems natural, right? Tired. Sleep. Wake up feeling better, at least a little (hopefully).

But, the question was WHY? What about sleep makes you feel better?

I was thinking of this earlier.

I got about 6 hours of sleep last night, had much to do today, even more to do after getting home, and, after supper, a bit of studying, I started losing it. I couldn't focus, maintain my emotions, etc. On top of that, the aches, fatigue, God.

I still had a lot to do, but told myself I needed a break, so I took a nap for about an hour. Then, woke up feeling much better, and wondered why. The simple answer is, like I said, sleep = gives body the fuel/rest it needs. I'm curious about what the heck all goes on that alleviates certain symptoms though.

Maybe I'll know, someday.
Posted 6/15/2016 12:14 PM (GMT 0)
I have an ayurvedic practitioner as well as an acupunturist. Both tell me to always stay full, prefferably with warm food prepared with warming spices. I have a lot of neurological symptoms. Neuro symptoms are described in Eastern medicine as 'wind'. My symptoms get worse when I'm hungry, and both practitioners explained that wind blows through an empty vessel and wrecks havock a lot easier than it blows through a blocked vessel. Staying full keeps you grounded. Just thought I'd add this interesting perspective! Take it with a grain of salt if you will....or with a pinch of warming spices ;)
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