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Posted 5/13/2017 4:52 PM (GMT 0)
I hate to keep posting about the same issue, but I'm starting to get concerned. Plus, the feeling of low blood sugar is horrendous and I'm afraid I'm going to just collapse one day. I think I'd rather have low blood pressure but I'm not sure on that ...lol

It seems that my sugar crashes around the same time everyday now...right around 11am, give or take a half hour. It is unrelated to eating. I was never one to really eat breakfast but I thought that might be catching up to me now. Yesterday, I had peanut butter crackers in the morning, thinking it would prevent the sugar crash; it didn't. I ended up having to drink about 3 glasses of oj again in order to get myself right.

This morning, I ate a protein bar, thinking I needed more protein than carbs (I read something about functional hypoglycemia and protein vs sugar.) Still didn't work...ended up taking 3-4 glucose tablets to get myself right.

I'm just not sure how good it is to keep going through this. But I can't get to the dr because my car is in the shop until further notice (I'm not sure who's in worse shape: me or the car lol).

I guess I wouldn't be so worried except that it's not just a little shakiness like I've had in the past...it's racing heart, shakiness, dizziness, and full body weakness. I'm worried I'm going to just collapse one day.
Posted 5/13/2017 5:09 PM (GMT 0)
Have you talked to your doctor about this? It may be that these infections are interfering with your pancreas quite a bit - has your doctor said anything about this?

You can also buy Glucose test strips to check your urine - that would be something I'd start doing so you can keep track of it. Use one early in the morning while you feel fine, then one during your "attack" and then (at least) one later one to see how well it balanced back out. And, you can order them online and get them delivered - that way you don't have to wait until you have your car back!
Posted 5/13/2017 5:10 PM (GMT 0)
pmm73 -

I'm so sorry this has continued - unfortunately, if you can't call someone to get you to MD or ER or Urgent Care, your best bet is to call an ambulance. There aren't any "fixes" for this around the house and if the episodes continue, you're also taking some risk because yes, you will collapse one day and you'll likely be alone.

You need to be under MD care and will need to have some tests run so that they can get a better picture of your metabolic function, glucose levels, insulin response, etc.

Please make a couple phone calls - let us know that you can get into see someone.

-p
Posted 5/13/2017 6:22 PM (GMT 0)
I will probably try to see my old GP or go to a local urgent care on Monday. I just can't get to my LLMD this week, as he's a little too far for Uber.

In the ER, I had CBC, Liver/Hepatic profile, magnesium, cardiac enzymes, chest xray, and lytes plus panel performed. EVERYTHING was normal, except for hematocrit which was flagged as low (36.4; normal range is 37-45) and the urinalysis.
What else would need to be performed? (aside from cortisol test?)

I always seem to be at work when this happens. I'm wondering if I'm pushing myself too much. I was home sick Monday and Wednesay and I don't remember it happening then.

In my entire 43 years of life, I don't think I've ever felt this bad.
Posted 5/13/2017 6:33 PM (GMT 0)
I'm sorry you're feeling bad... it should pass.

But you gotta remember that you're pretty sick and you're in treatment (at least I think you are) and it is ROUGH on the body. I can guarantee that you are pushing yourself too far, too fast, too much. I'd guess that 90% of us here do that more often than not. It's so difficult to make the drastic changes in our lives to slow things down so that our bodies can recover. It feels impossible to be sick for so long and not try to have normal days. It's also impossible for many of us to not be working through treatment. Some of this is a gear we just can't shift our brains out of.

So yes, it could be adrenal fatigue is part of the equation but you're also reacting to the juice and not regular foods. Were you having a hypoglycemic/blood sugar issue while you were in the ER - or why were you in the ER? Doesn't look like blood sugar or insulin or associated tests were done?

-p
Posted 5/13/2017 6:54 PM (GMT 0)

Pirouette said...


So yes, it could be adrenal fatigue is part of the equation but you're also reacting to the juice and not regular foods. Were you having a hypoglycemic/blood sugar issue while you were in the ER - or why were you in the ER? Doesn't look like blood sugar or insulin or associated tests were done?

-p

I went to the ER via ambulance on Tuesday. I was at work and got a very weird feeling, felt dizzy, lightheaded, room was spinning, I was sweating and had uncontrollable full body shakes. My coworkers said I got very pale and felt cold and clammy. Diagnosis was ketosis and moderate dehydration, but glucose level was normal. ER doc said it wasn't diabetes, that I probably wasn't eating and drinking enough and that the Biaxin (I'm on 500mg 3x a day) is probably too harsh for my body.

None of what he said makes sense to me: I eat a lot and drink 1/2 gall to a gallon of water a day. I'm thinking that if my glucose level is normal, than I shouldn't be burning fat and in ketosis, right?
Posted 5/13/2017 11:37 PM (GMT 0)
PMM what was your glucose level? I didn't have these issues until my adrenal fatigue got worse. I have been working on this for the last month or so when things really started getting bad.

Also note that if it is adrenal fatigue you need to add Celtic sea salt to your water. Too much plain water isn't good if you do have adrenal fatigue.
Posted 5/14/2017 12:12 AM (GMT 0)
Spirulina and honey helped to build glucogen levels in liver and treating helped my pancreas with insulin
Posted 5/14/2017 10:38 AM (GMT 0)
I would call what you are experiencing a herx. If blood sugar levels are normal and you are in ketosis, dehydration could be setting in due to sodium depletion. Salty foods may be something you need to increase in the morning. I'd eat some potassium containing foods as well. Lithium can help stabilize sodium levels so low doses of lithium orotate may be beneficial. Choline deficiency could be a possibility so try eating an egg in the morning. The Biaxin must be hitting something pretty hard and since it maintains much higher blood concentrations than some of the other antibiotics, it sounds like you may have blood borne pathogens. Lyme doesn't prefer to be in the blood but when your immune system becomes depressed through multiple pathogens, it will thrive there.
Posted 5/14/2017 2:47 PM (GMT 0)

Georgia Hunter said...
I would call what you are experiencing a herx. If blood sugar levels are normal and you are in ketosis, dehydration could be setting in due to sodium depletion. Salty foods may be something you need to increase in the morning. I'd eat some potassium containing foods as well. Lithium can help stabilize sodium levels so low doses of lithium orotate may be beneficial. Choline deficiency could be a possibility so try eating an egg in the morning. The Biaxin must be hitting something pretty hard and since it maintains much higher blood concentrations than some of the other antibiotics, it sounds like you may have blood borne pathogens. Lyme doesn't prefer to be in the blood but when your immune system becomes depressed through multiple pathogens, it will thrive there.

By blood borne pathogen, do you mean Bart or Babs? My LLMD suspects both and will be adding Rifampin into my protocol at my next visit.

I think you may be right about it being a herx. Mostly because all of my levels were normal - potassium, sodium, glucose, etc, but I also woke up today with major tooth and jaw pain (which is usually my telltale sign of a herx). But I also feel more "normal" than I have the last couple of days; I don't have that "off" feeling that I've had.

Thank you all for your advice and suggestions! Hopefully, it is "just" a herx. If so, it's been the scariest one yet lol
Posted 5/14/2017 7:18 PM (GMT 0)
I have found that cryptolepsis has helped my blood sugar issues tremendously. Especially the hypoglycemia. Just made the connection recently. I found a site (maybe WebMD?) that said cryptolepsis DOES help it. I think because cryptolepsis helps babesia, and babesia is a major culprit in hypglycemia.
Posted 5/14/2017 9:40 PM (GMT 0)

pmm73 said...

By blood borne pathogen, do you mean Bart or Babs? My LLMD suspects both and will be adding Rifampin into my protocol at my next visit.

I think you may be right about it being a herx. Mostly because all of my levels were normal - potassium, sodium, glucose, etc, but I also woke up today with major tooth and jaw pain (which is usually my telltale sign of a herx). But I also feel more "normal" than I have the last couple of days; I don't have that "off" feeling that I've had.

Thank you all for your advice and suggestions! Hopefully, it is "just" a herx. If so, it's been the scariest one yet lol


Yes, Bart and/or Babesia. I have a hypothesis that when we herx, it is due to some form of intracellular dehydration. When a physician checks electrolyte levels, they check them in the blood. A herx would be like a localized cellular dehydration due to the way water forms on the exterior of the cell and allows sodium to pass through the sodium/lithium channels. Due to whatever reason, sodium can't navigate the channels and intracellular dehydration occurs. It's just a thought.
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