Just seen this post. Sorry.

Did your doctor give you a four hour glucose test to find out you were Hypoglycemic? Or is the doctor relying on the meter? Personally I didn't think the meter worked out to well. I was givin the 4 hour test and my level was 44 and I felt a little sleepy but that was it ( makes me wonder what it's at when I'm really feeling bad), so my doctor gave me a meter to check my levels and to be quite honest they read in the low 70's when I'd feel pretty bad. So my doctor and I just tossed that aside since I knew when it was dropping. Why does your doctor insist you have one?

My only thought is that they don't go down. lol. Just up for diabetics.

Hi Tessies...Well, my family doctor is the one who recommend I get a meter...the doctor she refered me too(which is the one who found out about my insulin situation) Did not mention to me that I get one...she just explained to me how it could be the reasons for some of my symptoms and hopefully soon my vertigo will improve. She sent in a nutritionist etc... When my actual doctor found out she said she wanted me to get a meter and to let her know if it ever gets below 50 right away. (Because I had let her know how the night before I had a horrible night with vertigo and my body temp was 95.2 and I was trembling terribly....) LOL...this morning I woke up and it tested 65. However, in a couple of hours it was up to the 80's. I think if my meter actually read me below 50 I would be passed out on the floor! ha!
Now, the tests that the doctor took I am not sure. She ran a lot of labs on me...testing for nutritional deficiencies and such. And she said the one thing that was consistantly showing was my insulin levels. So, she said I am hypoglycemic. I was overwhelmed with the info I was getting that day that I did not think to ask what the test was and the numbers and such. I will next time I go in though.
Ugh...I just want to start consistanly start feeling better...sick of the dizzies and vertigo crap!!! A year is enough already....

I think that the numbers considered "normal" for blood sugar are fairly meaningless. I have serious symptoms even when my blood glucose levels are in the 70's or 80's (which is considered "normal"). I once passed out after eating sushi (white rice bad!), and my glucose level was 56. I know other people routinely have glucose levels lower than that, and remain concious. I tend to think that different people have very different thresholds for when their symptoms begin. If cutting white flour, most sugars, potatoes, etc. out of your diet and eating frequently helps alleviate your symptoms, then I wouldn't worry about what the meter says.

The meter only gives you a snapshot of where your blood sugar is at. My best guess is that the symptoms occur not just when it's low, but when it drops too quickly.

Cactusren, go for the sashimi instead. No rice!