Low Blood Sugar Problems

Over the last month or so, my blood sugar has been getting quite low for no
apparent reason. When it does I get very jittery, anxious, sweaty etc. Often
times my blood sugar will go from roughly 100-110 to 70-75 in a couple
hours. When it gets this low I can really begin to feel it. I've had many
various blood tests and a glucose tolerance test and everything has come
back normal. Also, during this same time, I've pretty much lost my appetite
but I do eat snacks/small meals frequently to try and keep my blood sugar
up.

Anyone have any experience with this, and/or know what might be causing it?

Thanks.

x-no-archive: yes

Internet Birder wrote:
> Over the last month or so, my blood sugar has been getting quite low for no
> apparent reason. When it does I get very jittery, anxious, sweaty etc. Often
> times my blood sugar will go from roughly 100-110 to 70-75 in a couple
> hours. When it gets this low I can really begin to feel it. I've had many
> various blood tests and a glucose tolerance test and everything has come
> back normal. Also, during this same time, I've pretty much lost my appetite
> but I do eat snacks/small meals frequently to try and keep my blood sugar
> up.
>
> Anyone have any experience with this, and/or know what might be causing it?
>
> Thanks.
>
>

What are you eating, and how often?

Are you on any kind of steroids, nasal inhaler, topicals, oral, or other
adrenal suppressive meds?

Any family history of endocrine disorders?

Susan

"Internet Birder" <internetbirder@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:wvednbA4boVqkazanZ2dnUVZ_vCknZ2d@buckeye-express.com...
> Over the last month or so, my blood sugar has been getting quite low for
> no apparent reason. When it does I get very jittery, anxious, sweaty etc.
> Often times my blood sugar will go from roughly 100-110 to 70-75 in a
> couple hours. When it gets this low I can really begin to feel it. I've
> had many various blood tests and a glucose tolerance test and everything
> has come back normal. Also, during this same time, I've pretty much lost
> my appetite but I do eat snacks/small meals frequently to try and keep my
> blood sugar up.
>
> Anyone have any experience with this, and/or know what might be causing
> it?
>
> Thanks.

There are many things that can cause this. I assume you are diabetic? Or
prediabtic? If so then the answer probably lies in what you ate. Probably
too many fast acting carbs and perhaps not enough fat.

You could also have a thyroid problem. When I was running hyper thyroid, I
was having near constant hypos.

A few years ago, we had a woman here with Cushing's Syndrome. She had a lot
of hypos.

Perhaps you should see an Endo. to find out what is going on.

On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 19:55:18 -0500, "Internet Birder"
<internetbirder@gmail.com> wrote:

>Over the last month or so, my blood sugar has been getting quite low for no
>apparent reason. When it does I get very jittery, anxious, sweaty etc. Often
>times my blood sugar will go from roughly 100-110 to 70-75 in a couple
>hours. When it gets this low I can really begin to feel it. I've had many
>various blood tests and a glucose tolerance test and everything has come
>back normal. Also, during this same time, I've pretty much lost my appetite
>but I do eat snacks/small meals frequently to try and keep my blood sugar
>up.
>
>Anyone have any experience with this, and/or know what might be causing it?
>
>Thanks.
>

I suspect you are missing some test numbers at "high" times.
Those lows are actually quite acceptable for most people but
are really noticeable for those of us who go too high and
then swoop lower rapidly; part of the problem is the size
and speed of the drop.

For a couple of days I suggest you follow Jennifer's "test,
test, test" advice totally,
http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/NewlyDiagnosed.htm
testing at both one and two hours after meals. Study the
results that you get, review the foods and activity that
caused them, see if you can detect any patterns that
indicate the underlying problem.

If I'm wrong, what is it likely to cost you? Two days and a
few dollars worth of strips. If it helps it could be money
very well spent.

Come back with the results; for many of us (certainly for
me) the solution was to eat in a way that caused lower
spikes and to do that with more but smaller meals and snacks
spread over the day - "grazing".

Cheers Alan, T2, Australia.
d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg
--
I have no medical qualifications beyond my own experience.
Choose your advisers carefully, because experience can be
an expensive teacher.
http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/
Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.