Could your carb count be too high? My first nutritionist had me eating 36 carbs per meal (6 meals per day) and I wasn't seeing any results. My new doctor cut me back to 60 per day maximum. It took me a while to get used to it, but I've been doing this for about 6 months now and I am starting to see some good results.

My symptoms are very similar to yours except my blood sugar goes into the 70s or 80s when I feel very hungry and up to the 120s or 130s immediately after almost any meal then drops to the 90s at the two-hour mark after a meal. Regardless of the carb count, I often feel drunk by the last bite.

Have you had the 2-hour or 5-hour OGTT? I've had the 2-hour test and it didn't reveal anything. Must've been a good day for me. But, suddenly in the past three weeks my symptoms have drastically changed to be similar to yours. I don't function well after almost any meal, especially breakfast and lunch. My doc might schedule the 5-hour OGTT for me in a few weeks. Forcing myself to take a brisk 10-20-minute walk after a meal often helps me recover faster.

Does your face feel funny, kind of numb?

I get very sleepy if I eat carbs without adding a protein.

I have been feeling the same way FOREVER now.. and is so scary, my face and lips feel like it is burning or like it has been scrapped or something. I have tried to reduce carbs, tried exercising, but I end up feeling like I have the flu with real low sugar. I know this isnt helpful but just throwing it out there that you are not alone in this. I just want to feel normal again...

I am brand new to hypoglycemia, but I can tell you that burning lips is a sign of a food allergy. I am going through the same thing and I don't know what is wrong with me. It doesn't matter what I eat, carbs or not, I feel confused afterwards. I have been tracking my meals for two months with no discernable pattern. I feel for you.

You can test for food allergy by taking your pulse before and after a meal. If it goes up 10+ while sitting still, you should get checked out.

Of course I'm not a doctor and I've learned all this from the Internet in desperation. God's love and blessings to you.

If you have a drunk feeling you might be alleric to gluten &/or the nightshade family that includes:potatoes
tomatoes
All peppers
and eggplant

I used to feel especially drunk after I ate potatoes and gluten.I also got tested by a enviromental medicine MD that tested me for these foods and they showed positive.Something to look into.
I also take a product called sport from a company called mannatech that really helps my bloodsugar.

Insulin resistance causes hypoglycemia. Yes, I do feel drunk but only when I eat sugar or wait all day to eat, If I don't spread out the meals- then I get clumsy and weirded out and drunky

I do feel drunk too. Usually with too much food no matther what type. Of course, carbs and specially sugar make me dizzy, nausea, upset stomach, gas, etc......
If I stay on vegetables, poultry, fish, cheese, its ok.

And not sleeping and resting enough is like the queen trigger.

Something else: I can have exercise and do better, on veggie and proteins. Enough. But feel better than with carbs

Insulin resistance (IR) is a physiological condition in which cells fail to respond to the normal actions of the hormone insulin. Cells are not able to take in glucose, amino acids and fatty acids. Thus, glucose, fatty acids and amino acids 'leak' out of the cells. A decrease in insulin/glucagon ratio inhibits glycolysis which in turn decreases energy production. The resulting increase in blood glucose may raise levels outside the normal range and cause adverse health effects, depending on dietary conditions. Certain cell types such as fat and muscle cells require insulin to absorb glucose. When these cells fail to respond adequately to circulating insulin, blood glucose levels rise. The liver helps regulate glucose levels by reducing its secretion of glucose in the presence of insulin. This normal reduction in the livers glucose production may not occur in people with insulin resistance.

Insulin resistance in muscle and fat cells reduces glucose uptake (and also local storage of glucose as glycogen and triglycerides, respectively), whereas insulin resistance in liver cells results in reduced glycogen synthesis and storage and a failure to suppress glucose production and release into the blood. Insulin resistance normally refers to reduced glucose-lowering effects of insulin. However, other functions of insulin can also be affected. For example, insulin resistance in fat cells reduces the normal effects of insulin on lipids and results in reduced uptake of circulating lipids and increased hydrolysis of stored triglycerides. Increased mobilization of stored lipids in these cells elevates free fatty acids in the blood plasma. Elevated blood fatty-acid concentrations (associated with insulin resistance and diabetes mellitus Type 2), reduced muscle glucose uptake, and increased liver glucose production all contribute to elevated blood glucose levels. High plasma levels of insulin and glucose due to insulin resistance are a major component of the metabolic syndrome. If insulin resistance exists, more insulin needs to be secreted by the pancreas. If this compensatory increase does not occur, blood glucose concentrations increase and type 2 diabetes occurs.
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Actually today I just got checked to see if I am hypoglycemic, so I'm in the process of waiting on test results. However, I'm pretty positive that I am hypoglycemic. But I must say, if I eat too many carbs and sugar, I have that drunk/ high feeling.

Testing for this is difficult. I want to say that I have read somewhere that sugar can ferment in the body leaving the hypoglycemic feeling drunk because the sugar turns into alcohol. Anyone know if this is true?

n2god, I'm sorry you are feeling this way, but I am happy to know that I'm not alone. I feel drunk after I eat too. I also describe it as though it feels like my brain is shutting off. Whenever I test my sugar levels they are definitely considered normal. The only time they ever were not was when I had a GTT done and that showed my true state of a roller coaster ride of sugar levels plummeting. Insulin was normal the entire time.
Also, I eat very healthy and have for years. The worst my health has ever been when I was eating a diet for reactive hypoglycemia of only meat, green vegetables and very little low glycemic fruits. I gained 50 lbs. I would say that's pretty abnormal response. As I added more carbs back in I didn't feel as bad, but still, not good.
The most concerning thing for me is that when I just have straight sugar or don't eat at all I feel terrific. I know this is terribly unhealthy but in order for me to get through the day to be able to provide for myself, this is what I have to do : (
I have not been able to find any answers and doctors ignore my complaints. Working on my adrenals and thyroid has helped somewhat, but still this feeling remains and it is disabling. I am afraid of driving, like you said. It is hard for me to do anything.

I'm sure this info doesn't really help you, but I hope, like me, if feels good not to be alone. If we do discover the cause, we can at least let each other know. Best wishes to you.

Hi. my heart goes out to you.. but i can only respond on what's worked with me. I cut all sugars except for the organic icecream occasionally.

this direction is for "reactive hypoglycemia type"

get in tough with how your body is with sugar and monitor every damn once! every damn gram. this could mean the difference between a terrible life and an outstanding one while you are hear.

If i have to much sugars I can be suicidal. Vegatables and meats kick ass. I make my own soup, no ketchup sugars.. I eat or drink water every two hours if I can. I've found an amost sugarless wheat bread I can take with high protein and almost no sugar but some rasin jiuce. can take this some. careful with the carbs!

even brown rice careful. careful with dairy sugars. if ketchup has sugar be careful. don't do it daily. think of your body like a a bowl of container for sugar. if surgars get to high you'll feel wierd, shaky, anxiety, confusion. Go drink water and lots when this happens you'll start feeling better, that or walk and work out.
take it easy on yourself. find jobs that work with you. follow your dreams but now yourself. :)

I quit soy milk because it had sugar n was eating it daily. I can't do blueberries daily, too much sugar. 7 grams daily of sugar had fowled me up. I am so much better now!! i've found soy and almond milk with no sugar and I use stevia. I make my own stuff but if i do rice more than once in the day, you guessed it too much carb sugars over time. alchohol have to be leery with and careful..

in an attack drinking shit loads of water can pull you threw it.. it will flush out the sugars.. also peanut butter kicks ass when needing protein. a half cup of peanut butter. (must be adams, no sugar!!) can pull you through. you can even add a little honey if you need to balance out sugars momentarily.

If your having milk that has sugar.. One thing that you eat daily could be causing the issue. finding that one think could be amazingly beneficial.

Now if it is a thing like me it can be frustrating.. but you have to look at it like this.. I will just start eating with as much dedication as rockstars or actresses and actors who are world famous.

that will give you mental strength. the social preasures are the heartest part of eating right.. but it's soooooo worth it!! learn how to combat the social preasures and you can eat better. if someone offers you gum w/ sugar say thank you and take it and put it in your pocket and later throw it away.. these are lil secrets.. it takes effort.

your eating organic? Great. that's awesome. but time to limit carbs and experiment. You must keep a journal in the begining. !! Journal what foods work and what don't. it will seem pointless at first but if you keep at it I promise you can improve.

Let your employees know even before you get a job that you are an awesome worker but you do have mild hypoglycemia where you just need to eat small and a lil more often but totally won't get in the way of your job. You can do it.. Hang in there!! ;) :)

I too have had to go totally organic. No sugars, wheats (Jesus help me!!), and refined sugars and stick with fruits lower on the glycemic index chart...since cutting out the wheats ive felt a lot better so it may be a gluten thing as suggested prior to this depending on how far you are taking your nutrition.

Grass fed beef, free range chicken (non caged eggs etc), an non farm raised fish. Its extreme but it has helped me a lot with the drunk/tired feeling.

I know what ya mean bout tired of fighting ...hang in there!

Also I meant to add in my prior post you may wish to look into a digestion repair cleansing treatment from a holistic type of doctor...

Right now the gluten has damaged my stomach and dietary track to the point of where its not breaking the food down properly...

I am currently doing:

http://drakibagreenblog.com/food-sensitivities/repair-vite-diet

http://blueskyvitamin.com/ther-biotic-factor-4-bifidobacterium-complex-60c-klaire-labs.html

http://www.pureformulas.com/gisynergy-90-packets-by-apex-energetics.html?gclid=CNma_cuetbYCFQTqnAodnkMAyQ#sthash.8g8Y2hHq.fs27RHlz.dpbs

takes about 90 days to get things back on track from what I understand...

Oh and Nerd...yes that is true...my brothers wife had a diabetic condition that made her body turn sugars into alcohol of some nature...I forget what it is called though...but it is very rare.