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Friday while I was at work I began to have symptoms of hypoglycemia/ low blood sugar. This has happened to me on and off the past two years. I did an accucheck and it read 55. I ate as soon as I could and rechecked it. It read 114.
A couple of hours later I ate some yogurt. As I prepped myself to do a med pass (I'm a nurse in a long term care facility) I felt dizzy. I rechecked my blood sugar and it was 66.
When this first started happening doctors ran all kinds of tests on my pancreas and concluded nothing was wrong. I have been tested for diabetes more than once. I do have benign thyroid tumors and a slightly off TSH level.
I am wondering if anyone knows if this is common in fm patients. Is there anything thing specific I should tell my doctor? My theory is my pancreas nerves become over-stimulated due to fm and secrete too much insulin but I have no evidence of this being fact.
A couple of hours later I ate some yogurt. As I prepped myself to do a med pass (I'm a nurse in a long term care facility) I felt dizzy. I rechecked my blood sugar and it was 66.
When this first started happening doctors ran all kinds of tests on my pancreas and concluded nothing was wrong. I have been tested for diabetes more than once. I do have benign thyroid tumors and a slightly off TSH level.
I am wondering if anyone knows if this is common in fm patients. Is there anything thing specific I should tell my doctor? My theory is my pancreas nerves become over-stimulated due to fm and secrete too much insulin but I have no evidence of this being fact.
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My 6mo twin DD's are EBF and just started rice cereal on the first. Everything has been going fine except this morning one of them had a diaper rash (lots of redness around her anus). I read this as one of the signs of an allergy. BUT I did just buy a different brand diaper yesterday (which they have used randomly before w/no issues). Do you think its the cereal or the diaper? Im ready to start...
Good luck, and good wishes:-)
Can Hypoglycemia Cause Anxiety?
http://www.calmclinic.com/anxiety/causes/hypoglycemia
Hypoglycemic Diet and Anxiety
http://www.livestrong.com/article/471251-hypoglycemic-diet-and-anxiety/
Periodically I will suddenly feel weak, get shakes, sweat, light headed, faint feeling. I eat something and it subsides. So I kinda figured it is hypoglycemia. It seems to fit the bill. It's happened for years.
I get fed up with doctors and I don't tell them every little thing. What's the doc going to tell me? Eat every 3 hours. Or push a pill.
I've had my thyroid checked and it's ok, don't have diabetes either.
I don't know if hypoglycemia is common among fibro sufferers. It wouldn't surprise me if it was.
I do have anxiety, depression. It's been going on for years.
Maybe we can message. Yeah?
Thanks for the articles, DaisyGirll.
You are welcome. My pleasure! :)
I the other thing about these hypoglycemic attacks is that I become super fatigued after them. So I try like crazy not to allow them to happen. I find eating smaller meals more frequently helps me. And I'm always keeping things in balance. But I do allow myself daily treats too.
I don't understand the entire Fibro/Hypoglycemia connection, though I do know many have it. Haven't been able to understand fully as to why.
Several years ago there was a post about fibro and it's link to Thyroid conditions. But like many other research studies and such they just don't pan out to any kind of reasoning.