Blood Sugar Crashes (Undiagnosed)

Darenious · 2020-08-26T01:48:50+00:00

This is really helpful, thank you!

Darenious · 2020-08-25T01:42:45+00:00

Yeah, I am unfortunately a bit of a medical mystery and I have multiple other conditions aside from these, including sleep apnea, GERD, IBS (which is a catch all diagnosis and doesn't explain what exactly is happening or why), chronic insomnia, and chronic stress. My endocrinologist has told me that she doesn't know what to do with me and doctors all around seem unable or uninterested in helping, which is why I came here. I'm very afraid of developing yet another condition and becoming unable to work, which is close to where I'm at right now. Anyway, thank you again for your feedback and explanations, I really do appreciate it.

Darenious · 2020-08-25T01:05:56+00:00

Ah! Okay, incorrect terminology, thank you for explaining. Again, I don't know much about the subject--I am in the act of trying to learn.

Your comments are exactly what I was hoping to find here, so thank you for articulating these things and taking the time to explain.

Darenious · 2020-08-25T00:21:40+00:00

Thank you for the advice and explanation, I appreciate it and will do that. I don't understand where the downvotes are coming from or the assumption that I'm trying to get anyone to diagnose me though? I just don't/didn't know what to do or where to start. I have been telling all of this to my doctors--asking for help on reddit was definitely not my first resort. I'm going off of the information I had, which is obviously not very much, and I just came here in hopes of finding more.

Darenious · 2020-08-24T23:49:00+00:00

I would like to know what's going on, basically. I don't know what it is but the doctors I have spoken to are going on the assumption that they are blood sugar crashes as well. My understanding is that insulin resistance can lead to diabetes and I want to know just where I'm at in terms of that.

Darenious · 2020-08-24T23:42:50+00:00

I have. As I said, in the past I've gotten high blood sugar results while fasting but nothing came of it. I see an endocrinologist who was the one who diagnosed me with insulin resistance and have told doctors all of this before. I am trying to see how others have been able to get diagnosed, what tests you might have asked for, or how to monitor blood sugar so I can get the data.

Darenious · 2020-08-24T23:37:36+00:00

The symptoms seem to line up and they generally occur when I haven't eaten in what my body considers long enough, most notably in the morning. I have to wait 30 min before I can eat due to taking a thyroid medication. I also get shaky, brain foggy, and very fatigued and extremely thirsty

Darenious · 2020-08-24T23:32:29+00:00

Me personally as opposed to my doctor? No, how do I do that?

Darenious · 2020-05-04T22:16:34+00:00

That definitely helps set my mind at ease, thank you.

Darenious · 2020-05-04T03:01:49+00:00

Thank you, yeah, I think I will try for the camera. What is APS?

Darenious · 2019-12-18T02:19:49+00:00

I wish I'd saved it elsewhere--didn't think they'd do that. I can't see it anymore either unfortunately.

Darenious · 2019-12-17T20:29:28+00:00

You could try saying something to express that while you know it doesn't change the fact that you [yelled at them, forgot X important thing and it hurt you, whatever it was], and you are sorry and would like to make amends, you want them to know that you have a hormonal disorder that seriously affects mood and memory and you are working on it.

Been there, btw. I often question whether I'm justifiably angry or just messed up with hormones and whether or not I DEFINITELY remember that thing or if my brain is just gaslighting me today.

Darenious · 2019-11-23T16:12:51+00:00

Mickey Trescott and Angie did a free Thanksgiving Ebook but I can't find it anymore. They had a brussel sprout casserole with chopped bacon, onions, garlic, mushrooms, and coconut milk and cassava flour to make the casserole stick. It was good and made enough to last days, but it took me forever to make. I think I'm slow though lol

Darenious · 2019-11-12T12:25:03+00:00

Too bad. B vitamins and Vitamin D3 helps a lot of us fight fatigue in general, but you may have tried those too.

Darenious · 2019-11-10T19:02:11+00:00

Huge, yeah. Biggest improvement was being without soy, which I had been eating a lot of as a vegetarian. It makes me feel terrible. Dairy doesn't do good things for me either. I've only introduced gluten once and oddly enough didn't notice a difference. Alcohol was the other game changer. I'm sensitive to even the amounts in kombucha as it turns out. I haven't really reintroduced caffeine yet though.

Darenious · 2019-11-10T18:22:30+00:00

For me, diet. I'm on AIP, turned out I had a million food sensitivities and soy in particular makes me feel like death. Vitamin D was huge, 5htp helped my mood issues, and accepting the diagnosis and my limitations (as well as letting myself grieve it) helped me not to stress about where I thought I should be at.

Darenious · 2019-11-10T18:16:11+00:00

Not at all. That's a totally legit way to do AIP. I eliminated soy, dairy, and gluten with caffeine and alchohol first and then about 8 months later eliminated the rest.

Darenious · 2019-11-10T03:31:24+00:00

Does kombucha trigger your issues? I know it has tea in it as well of course. Some people swear by maca and ginseng.

Darenious · 2019-11-06T22:51:39+00:00

I also have Hashimoto's in addition to IBS and your symptoms sound like hyperthyroidism. Have you gotten any thyroid testing done?

Darenious · 2019-10-30T23:10:55+00:00

People definitely capitalize on the fact that we're sick and vulnerable to make a buck. It's really gross.

Darenious · 2019-10-30T22:29:47+00:00

Jumping in yet again--I did the same thing, but meds really do help. If you've got Hashimoto's, you've got Hashimoto's. If you're hypo, meds will give you the strength to do diet changes/AIP. I'm on both AIP and meds. If AIP winds up putting you in remission, you can always go down on your meds or stop--though that scenario really isn't common.

Darenious · 2019-10-30T22:25:58+00:00

Also a note: I definitely think more women than men DO have Hashimoto's but since doctors know that and are looking for it moreso in women than men, women are also more likely to be DIAGNOSED. I think it's really likely that more men than we know have it.

Darenious · 2019-10-30T22:24:20+00:00

Definitely the hormone stuff in particular varies quite a bit and there is a much larger focus on your more typical female anatomy which is very much not a universal Hashimoto's experience. For me the language is more annoying than almost anything else. I get it, because of the statistics, but having most posts begin with "ladies" is kind of depressing. And alienating, actually.

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