Top Ten Signs That You May Have Reactive Hypoglycemia

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Do you have an array of vague, seemingly unrelated symptoms that you think might be reactive hypoglycemia? According to the Merck Medical Manual, Hypoglycemia is generally considered to be blood glucose levels of below 50 mg/dL. Read the following list of symptoms; if this sounds like you, you may have this condition.This list isn’t exhaustive, and just because you have some (or all) of the ailments on this list doesn’t necessarily mean you have reactive hypoglycemia. A diagnosis for this disorder is like a puzzle: the more pieces you have, the better armed you are to see the big picture of what might be causing your health issued.

  1. Do you have a “food allergy” or frequent stomach upsets but you can’t pinpoint the cause?

    One of the first signs that your blood sugar is dropping can be feeling sick to your stomach. But a drop in blood sugar isn’t visible. Perhaps it’s lactose intolerance, you think. So you avoid pizza and lasagna. Or it’s a sensitivity to gluten, so you stop eating bread. But you still get ill, and blame food poisoning, or “bad food” or “stress”. Whatever food is making you feel “ill,” you’ve been unable to adjust your diet to feel better.

  2. Do your hands shake after meals? Two hours after meals? Three hours after meals?

    Trembling, shaking, cold hands/feet, and a cold nose can all be signs of low blood sugar. My hands and feet would tremble 2 1/2 hours after high carb meals, like I was naked in Antarctica. I had no idea that a glass of apple juice and a piece of toast would stop the shakes in ten minutes.

  3. Do you seem unusually clumsy when compared to everyone else?

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    Your clumsiness or “butterfingers” may be more than you’re just uncoordinated: people with reactive hypoglycemia are also often clumsy. There’s a whole article I wrote about clumsiness and reactive hypoglycemia, and you can find it here. My son, Leo, went to the emergency room sixteen times for various falls, broken bones, and even a fall with a seizure before he was diagnosed with reactive hypoglycemia.

  4. Do you often feel faint and have to sit down?

    Feeling dizzy or faint, especially if you feel better after drinking juice, is a sign of low blood sugar. I used to get dizzy in grocery stores, and I would drink juice to feel better. My son complained of feeling like he would pass out frequently (and often did). I have passed out on many occassions: getting my blood drawn, out at a dance club…before realizing that the “fainting” occured hours after a meal.

  5. Do you crave sugary foods like chocolate cake, candy, cookies, or sodas?

    Most people like a slice of cake, but craving sweet foods might be a sign you have reactive hypoglycemia. Before my diagnosis, I used to crave sugar-loaded foods like chocolate cake from my local coffee shop, smothered with sugary frosting. I would swear that the cake would lift my mood. And the truth was…it did. It elevated my blood sugar levels and made me feel better. The trouble is with cake and refined sugar, is that mood elevation was only temporary, and soon I would be on a “down” and craving sweets again.

  6. Do you suffer from sweaty hands?

    Sure, there are many reasons for sweaty hands, but that could also the first sign of blood sugar levels dropping for me. My husband always knows it’s time for me to have a snack when he holds my hand and it’s cold and clammy.

  7. Have you had panic attacks, or have you been diagnosed with a panic disorder?

    Those panic attacks might not be due to stress at work. I have suffered from panic attacks for years, and so has my brother. We thought it was a family disorder. I even went on medication (Buspar) for a year. But I never could shake the feeling of feeling frequently nervous and shaky. I’d have heart palpitations and stomach churning and trouble breathing…all symptoms of a low blood sugar crash. If you have had panic attacks and are an anxious person, think about when these attacks happen. If they tend to occur after meals (1-3 hours after), and you feel that perhaps the diagnosis doesn’t quite “fit”, you may have this disorder.

  8. Do you get hungry to the point of feeling ill?

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    Does your hunger consume you? If you often get a feeling of starvation, that is, you have to eat now or you’re going to die…this could be a sign of a blood sugar problem, especially if you find yourself craving carbs.

  9. Do you often have trouble thinking straight?

    Mental confusion often occurs with low blood sugar. In fact, the lower blood sugar gets, the more the brain struggles to operate. My family has always called me “scatterbrained” and “forgetful.” I forgot birthdays. I forgot where I put my car keys. I forgot names. As I reached my forties, I would joke it was “early Alzheimers.” Once I was diagnosed with reactive hypoglycemia and began to treat my disorder, my “confused” symptoms diminished.

  10. Do you have unexplained mood swings?

    Mood swings go hand in hand with uncontrolled reactive hypoglycemia. Do you have mood swings that cannot be explained by pre-menstrual syndrome, bipolar disorder, or other ailment? Does your stress level not seem to be commensurate with your ability to throw dishes, slam doors, and burst into tears?

This is only a partial list of symptoms. People with reactive hypoglycemia have listed up to an astonishing sixty different symptoms. It takes only a little time and cash to be tested (actually, you can do it for free if you follow the advice in my article How to Get Diagnosed With Reactive Hypoglycemia, and send off for a “sample” blood glucose monitor). What do you have to lose?

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  4. 4 Emily said at 11:33 pm on June 28th, 2009:

    I think i may have this
    But these symtoms don’t exactly match.
    Arent there different kinds of hypoglycemia?
    I think i may have a differnt type then you.
    I do get very hungy and shaking and get weird mood swings but i only start shaking if i’ve been excersising too much and dont get enough to eat.
    I’m not sure how i got hypoglycemia.
    I don’t drink or do drugs and i’ve never had diabetes? How else could i have gotten this?
    This has been happening all my life, even since i was little.
    Until today i never knew what was wrong with me.
    So im just wondering how i got it???

  5. 5 Steph Kenrose said at 11:47 am on June 30th, 2009:

    Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) can have different causes, and different ways of presenting. Some people gt all the symptoms, some people get only a few of the symptoms. If you think you might have it, you should consider getting your blood sugar tested. As for how you got it, have you seen my article on causes of Tietze’s syndrome? There’s many reasons why you might have it, from dietary to hereditary. Good luck!

  6. 6 Carl said at 11:22 am on July 1st, 2009:

    Someone dear to me seems to hafe these symptoms, but when we went to the Doctor’s for a full blood test of all blood components, her sugar levels were normal. Could she be hypoglycemic anyway?

  7. 7 Steph Kenrose said at 12:42 pm on July 1st, 2009:

    Carl…hypoglycemia is low blood sugar (technically 60mg/dL and below) but symptoms (shakes, sweats etc) can occur below 80mg/dL for some people. I’m not a doc, and without seeing her actual results I wouldn’t even want to hazard a guess if she is hypoglycemic or not. There are other disorders that can cause the same symptoms (adrenal fatigue for example). I’d recommend going to an endocrinologist for a 2nd opinion. Good luck :) Steph

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  9. 9 Anna said at 10:46 am on September 21st, 2009:

    Hey Steph.
    Love the website, I find it really helpful.

    I’m 15 and I find that while I don’t seem to have symptoms as severe as yours, I still suffer incredible fatigue, moodiness and shakes after not eating for around 3 hours, as well as panic attacks. However I can eat sweets or drink coffee and not have crash much worse than I would if replacing sugary snacks with nuts or seeds for example.
    I know you have to eat every two hours and I was wondering if your symptoms got worse as you aged?

    Thanks for everything you do :)

    xx

  10. 10 Steph Kenrose said at 12:04 pm on September 21st, 2009:

    Yes, my symptoms worsened as I age. My endocrinologist told me that for some people, they “grow out of it”, others get worse. I’m one of the unlucky ones, lol.

  11. 11 Anna said at 1:44 pm on September 21st, 2009:

    Ah that really sucks, sorry to hear it :\ I know it’s awful for me now and I’m not nearly as bad as you seem to be. However I think it is easier to control when you’re in charge of what you eat…but my mother won’t let me loose with anything but a microwave xD
    Thanks for the reply.

  12. 12 Steph Kenrose said at 1:57 pm on September 21st, 2009:

    It’s fine as long as I eat every two hours :)

    I’m also going to be trying a raw food diet soon, because I’ve heard all kinds of good things about it. (Now that wouldn’t require even a microwave :) )

  13. 13 lu said at 11:48 pm on October 6th, 2009:

    My sugar only goes down into the 80s. I am going to the best endo. in the chicago area. and he says because my numbers are normal that I’m not hypo or diabetic. But I know I have reactive hypogly. and have been dealing with it for years. I have all the symptoms. I read the book written by the foremoost authority on R.H. Eating every few hrs helps. I eat a lot of protien. I try to stay away from bad carbs, There can be causes and no one will look into it. My son has it . My brother has it. and I think my mother had it and did’nt know. she had the outbursts, her hands shook , she hid sweets in her room. i wish I could get rid of it . It consumes my life sometimes. I cant think straight, I cant talk to someone very long, I cant be on th computer too long, before I get dizzy and confused. Is there anything that could be done?

  14. 14 Steph Kenrose said at 10:29 am on October 7th, 2009:

    Lu,

    I completely changed my diet and eat basically vegan with no artificial junk. I eat every 2 hours. As long as I adhere to my exercise and diet regime I keep RH at bay. I put everything I know about it in the book, but there’s a lot of info here on the site too.

    Have you considered Adrenergic Postprandial Syndrome as a possible cause of your symptoms?

    I wish you the best of luck,
    Stephanie

  15. 15 Joan said at 4:05 pm on October 19th, 2009:

    I recently walked a half marathon — felt really ill after – was pale had to lay down. Last check up my sugar was normal – is it possible to get reactive hypoglycemia from extensive exercise?

  16. 16 Steph Kenrose said at 7:35 am on October 20th, 2009:

    Joan,

    My RH gets worse after I exercise (I swim and do Tae Kwon Do). Did you check your blood sugar when you had the symptoms? Did eating/drinking alleviate the symptoms? That’s probably the only way to tell,

    Stephanie

  17. 17 Lu said at 10:37 am on October 20th, 2009:

    I know all about what to eat but have never gone completely vegan. I haven’t been exercising lately and have gained more weight. Yes as long as I eat every two hrs and stay ahead of it I can keep the symptoms away.
    i have thought about Ardenal Fatigue. I’ve had a stressful life and sometimes wake in the middle of the night with the feeling of an adrenalin rush. and I know stress causes more cortisol and that causes belly fat which I have a lot of.
    I want to bring this up to the Dr. but sometime they act like its all in your head. Well its not , just ask my husband who has seen all the symptoms first hand.Sometimes I just give up and eat sweets and junk but have to eat a lot of protein afterwards to counter the carbs. I have told alot of Drs and none have really helped. I hate it!

  18. 18 Nicho said at 9:15 pm on October 29th, 2009:

    I am 28, 6 foot, muscled, 168lbs, and have a very fast metabolism. I can eat as much as I want of whatever I want and still loose weight. The more I watch what I eat and cut out sugars the worse I have gotten. I get low blood sugar 1-2 hours after every meal. I get confused, angry, disoriented, and fall asleep without fail. The more often I eat, the more I have to eat, and the worse the symptoms get. The most visual effect is chronic acne from changes in my blood sugar. When I stopped eating sugar after 10 days I felt like I was dying, with extreme adominal pain. Is their any hope for me?

  19. 19 Steph Kenrose said at 6:20 am on October 30th, 2009:

    Nicho,
    Without knowing the rest of your diet, it’s hard to say. Have you seen a knowledgeable nutritionist? You can also try swapping out the sugar for agave syrup or evaporated can juice. Both of those provide the same amount of carbs yet tend to be easier on blood sugar levels.
    Please take a look around the site–there’s a ton of tips. I hope you find something that helps :)
    Stephanie

  20. 20 Tim G said at 1:51 am on March 18th, 2010:

    Guys,

    I have had hypoglycemic symptoms for years and finally found a doctor that was smart enough to request a C-Peptide test which showed that my insulin level was 3x what it should be. Try requesting one of these tests and see if it helps. My I.M doc has referred me to an Endo. now and he thinks that it is either an Insulinoma or Reactive Hypo. and is doing further testing. I have read that inisulinomas can be hard to test for because the tumor may not be releasing excess insulin in the time frame that is needed for a blood test but that the best way to find them is with a MRI or CAT. Good luck

  21. 21 Steph Kenrose said at 7:29 am on March 18th, 2010:

    Tim,
    A great suggestion, thank you for that.
    My endo has also suggested I may have an insulinoma (small chance). In order to diagnose it, he said I would need an inpatient starvation test (24 hours).
    Best of luck with your journey,
    Stephanie

  22. 22 Suzanne said at 7:59 pm on March 29th, 2010:

    ***Please read this comment!***
    I want to help someone else who has gone through what I have!

    I’ve had crazy blood sugar for years. I have had to deal with blood sugar crashes on an almost daily basis. If I changed my eating/sleeping schedule at all, I’d have a crash. After exercising, I’d have a crash. I would get totally groggy after eating a big meal. I’d feel like I was going to die when my blood sugar crashed. Eating, of course, would make me feel better. However, my blood sugar always tested in the normal range. Of course the test would take place when I was not having a crash! Any other test you can think of showed normal, as well. But I had the classic hypoglycemia symptoms, that would clear up when I ate something (especially if it was sugary). My answer was to eat “good” carbs, to keep my blood sugar high to prevent crashes, that would make sense, right? As it turns out, this didn’t help, it just made me, well, fatter. And trying to lose weight was horrible, my blood sugar would really get whacked out, so I’d give up before losing more than a pound or two (which would take forever). Time to do something different, right? I will make a long story short here…I stumbled upon the Protein Power diet. This diet is high protein, low-carb BUT the diet authors were making some really interesting claims that this diet would help stabilize people’s blood sugar. WHAT?! I thought carbs were good? Well I had nothing to lose (except 15 lbs!) so thought I’d give it a try. To my AMAZEMENT, my blood sugar stabilized, no more crashes EVEN AFTER EXERCISING. AND….I’ve lost over 10 lbs. in 2 months. I’m energetic, less achy…I can hardly believe it myself. I can hike a couple miles without re-fueling–something I’d NEVER been able to do (my blood sugar would always crash when I did strenuous physical activity), and have plenty of energy. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, if you have a story similar to mine, try a low-carb diet. It changed my life!

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  24. 24 Rebecca said at 4:25 am on May 24th, 2010:

    Hi all :) Im 20 years old and think I have reactive hypoglycemia. If I eat healthy in the morning ie- oats and a tea with sweetener, before lunch even comes around i’m nauseas, irritable, STARVING and basically withdrawn until I eat. But when I eat, because im sooo hungry, I eat take-away (not everytime this happens as its almost daily) alot of the time! How can I stop feeling sick everyday??

  25. 25 Holli said at 3:47 pm on May 27th, 2010:

    my husband was put on a practically no-grain diet – no potatoes, no corn, only goat and sheep cheese and it made a huge difference. He lost 11 kilos in 3 months, his cholesterol levels improved, his tryglicerides improved and his constant stomach pain ceased. The only thing is he crashes during the day, huge hunger, shakiness etc., it also happens during the night waking with nightmares and panics. After reading information here I really think there is something going on with hypoglycemia or insulin. Great information

  26. 26 Trudy said at 12:35 pm on May 30th, 2010:

    I was diagnosed in 1971 and again 1973 with reactive hypoglycemia, per the Endocrinology Dept. Head of Tripler Army Health Center, Honolulu, Hawaii. I was in my mid-20s, underweight, pregnant and/or nursing. My fasting was 100. 2 hours after ingesting half a bottle of Glucola, my peak was 150, dropping to 50 within 30 mins. I used to go temporarily blind, which I fixed with a Tblsp honey and a Tlbsp peanut butter; my sight returned in a few minutes. I also had accompanying tingling and subsequent numbness in extremities and lips. Sometimes I also had jagged bright lines in my vision–the size and complexity of the shape increased until I could not see past the bright jagged lines. I also had double vision in each eye independently, increasing during the day. These symptoms continued and worsened through the decades. In 1989, a doctor, in whose office I twice was tested for suspected blood sugar drop, the results returning as 35 and 30 blood sugar, respectively 2 1/4 and 2 1/2 hours after a meal, with activity, said there was no such thing as reactive hypoglycemia lasting more than 3-6 months as a transition into diabetes, and ordered a pancreatic cancer rule-out: a 3-day hospital fast followed by a hospital meal and blood draws. My 1989 fasting was no longer 100, it was 60, peaking at 170 2 hours after the meal, then in 30 minutes dropping to 60 (research in some medical journal once, states that prolonged bed rest artificially increases fasting blood sugar levels; now they say that testing should be done standing and walking or exercising to get true values–but nobody but me seems to have read that!). PROBLEM IS: I still have reactive hypoglycemia. I still have tingling and numbness in fingers and toes, then lips. I also get bright, pulsing jagged lines in vision, or tunnel vision leading to temporary blindness, double vision in each eye separately–all of these symptoms being relieved by candy or honey. Nobody has offered TWO blood draws 30 mins apart–they take one draw, get 104 reading, say that sounds good, and diagnose me for anxiety! No one has offered a glucagon test. The hospital doctor who supervised my 3-day fasting rule-out for pancreatic cancer, told me he knew nothing about “diabetes” so he hoped I would not ask him about it–he said he was just filling in for a friend. He did not even know the test was to rule out pancreatic cancer! Yet he felt competent to diagnose my 60-170-60 test results–as pseudohypoglycemia. While he was writing up his diagnosis, the hospital Nutrition Dept. Head was telling me that I had “life-threatening” reactive hypoglycemia. She said I must set my alarm to wake up and eat every 90 mins round the clock, 24-7, the rest of my life, if I wanted to live! So much for obtaining belief from doctors–her information did not get included in the doctor’s written report. NOW: Why aren’t the symptoms of tingling leading to numbness of extremities and lips, or the jagged lines in the vision, or the tunnel vision leading to temporary blindness, included anywhere as symptoms? AND: what can I do to prove I have reactive hypoglycemia and not mere anxiety? AND: should I ask for a glucagon test? If so–when should the glucagon blood draw be done–at the peak of the 2 hour sugar rise, or just before the peak, or fasting then peak then 30 min after peak? That is 3 draws. LASTLY: I controlled my blood sugar swings pretty well with Angelica sinensis (Dong Quai aka Tang Kuei). My diabetic, 71-year-old, morbidly-obese, cancer-survivor neighbor with fasting in the 390s under maximum legal dosage of insulin, tried Dong Quai 2 days (2 caps 3x/day). The 3rd morning, her fasting blood sugar was 150–and so was her stroke-level blood pressure! Would you please list Angelica sinensis as an alternative treatment?
    Meanwhile, how do I convince my doctor and ER doctor to reconsider me as having reactive hypoglycemia and not anxiety? The ER doc diagnosed the tingling extremities and clammy forehead as anxiety instead of as reactive hypoglycemia (because the blood draw slightly over 2 hours after eating was 104). The PCP doctor–shortly to be ex-PCP, for double-billing–did not order a 2-hour post-prandial for reactive hypoglycemia–but in any case, it would require a fasting, then 2-hour, then 2 1/2 hour draws to find anything meaningful. What advice does anyone have for me?

  27. 27 Brian Hardaway said at 12:49 am on June 8th, 2010:

    I’m going to rebut Suzanne’s testimony for low carb.

    I’ve tried low carb/no carb two times now for several months each time. At first, yes my blood sugar normalized and the diabetic complications of high insulin/sugar (I had black skin and dead nerves on my feet) completely reversed.

    The diabetic complications are still gone, but I seem to have backed myself in a corner on this one.

    I’m to the point now where I can not tolerate eggs, beef, pork fat and am about to have to stop butter because my mouth is physically rejecting it to the point of throwing up a little when I eat it.

    If I eat zero protein and zero carbs and pure fat my insulin doesn’t change and I have no blood sugar swings at all. In fact I can go the whole day without food and have no crashes.

    However, it is not normal to be unable to eat protein. If I eat more than a little protein I get hypoglycemia like I did before on the high carb diet, and I urinate out all the meat as well. I can tell because my urine will smell like it.

    This also happens with sugar. If I eat sugar I will urinate it all out. Starch/complex carbs don’t seem to do this.

    Low carb diets do not work in every case because in the absence of carbs the body will induce gluconeogenesis, and sometimes certain amino acids in protein will actually cause a greater insulin spike than some carby foods (see red meat).

    I’m not saying it didn’t work for you, but I can tell you that my insulin sensitivity problems have only gotten worse on this diet, and am now in a pretty tough spot being unable to even tolerate protein.

  28. 28 Suzanne said at 4:43 pm on June 21st, 2010:

    Brian, it sounds like you are between a rock and a hard spot. It’s too bad that while the low-carb thing was working for you, you have developed an inability to tolerate protein — strange…I suspect something else is going on that only a doctor can address. The low-carb diet continues to be a godsend for me…I find that if I sneak in some carbs here and there, I definitely can feel the effect a couple of hours later. So for me, it’s not worth it to go back to eating more than about 30 grams of carbs a day. I find that I don’t even miss things like french fries, fruit, etc., it’s almost like I’ve been to rehab!
    Rebecca, your post sounds just like what I used to experience…I would try to fuel up in the morning by eating “good” carbs + protein, and would always, every day, feel like crap by about 10 a.m. I switched to a low-carb diet and it’s made a world of difference in stabilizing my blood sugar. Plus I lost 15 lbs. almost effortlessly and don’t have food cravings anymore. Here is a link if you want to learn more: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.proteinpower.com%2Fforum%2Fattachment.php%3Fattachmentid%3D12%26d%3D1141991495&ei=2NwfTK3YL5iJnAfpwuybDg&usg=AFQjCNG0IO6rqTyrrc355lO-g72dXHOhdw&sig2=1GEFuiVWYIzSmuPdie6VgA

  29. 29 michael said at 1:02 pm on September 9th, 2010:

    I noticed there never was a reply to Trudy’s post in May of 2010 or to the two following June posts. Is this blog still active?
    I was really struck by Trudy’s post in that while I experience nearly all of the “Top 10 signs” of RPH, the symptom I experience the most is the numbness / tingling / and cold in my hands and feet. This often worsens while I am eating and sometimes improves within a 1/2 hour of eating. For instance, right now I am following Steph’s dietary ideas for eating every 2 hrs. I ate at 1:15 pm. The numbness and tingling in my hands and feet has progressively worsened since eating. I ate no refined sugars or carbs. My mental clarity, anxiety, and many other symptoms have begun to improve through following Steph’s suggestions. However, I have seen little improvement with this numbness. Is anyone else experiencing this? Any thoughts or suggestions?

  30. 30 Steph Kenrose said at 10:20 am on September 17th, 2010:

    Michael,
    Yes, the blog is still active. I was very sick for a few months with a related disorder that I’ll post about soon. It’s not just the timing: it’s what you eat throughout the day. What exactly did you eat?
    Stephanie

  31. 31 Lucy Francis said at 10:05 am on November 8th, 2010:

    I have had hypoglycemia all my life. It started off occurring if I hadn’t eaten, now it’s both. I now crash the worst after I have eaten carbs so my insulin must be running riot! It is definitely getting worse but I have been told my the docs it’s asthma, panic attacks, anxiety, etc, etc despite my mum having an overactive thyroid! I did the starvation test repeatedly and was told again recently nothing had shown up, never once being tested for the reactive kind. I was told I had “high cholesterol” and no evidence of hypoglycemia showed up… Er, presence of high cholesterol in someone who does not eat a lot of fat IS a sign of reactive hypoglycemia! Don’t trust the docs, fight for YOUR health.

  32. 32 Steph Kenrose said at 10:41 am on November 15th, 2010:

    Definitely…you know your health better than any doc!

  33. 33 CM said at 10:22 pm on January 12th, 2011:

    I have hypoglycemia and recently started taking cinnamon pills. I would highly recommend this to anyone! They are very safe and help to regulate blood glucose levels. I take one with each meal and, while it has not “cured” my hypoglycemia I can definitely go longer without eating. Also, last summer I was really having problems with heart palpitations associated with low blood glucose, went to my doctor and found out I was also anemic (low iron). Once I got that under control my heart palpitations stopped. Just make sure there isn’t something else going on that is causing your RH to worsen!

  34. 34 Dana said at 3:11 pm on March 31st, 2011:

    I figured out I have reactive hypoglycemia a few weeks ago. I changed my diet and have been doing well. However, I started my period this week and it seems to make it worse. What can I do?

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  36. 36 veronica said at 8:52 am on May 17th, 2011:

    Hi! is this blog still working? I am in my 40s, i have all the symptoms , it’s very hard even to think straight, sorry if i have mispellings, i have the 10 symptoms. My numbers go to low 40s in 3 hours. I was diagnosed last year but I am getting worse. I am in a very strict low carb diet, I am looking for a endo in nyc but specialized in hypo but I can not find him! pls, help!

  37. 37 Steph Kenrose said at 8:56 am on May 17th, 2011:

    Veronica,
    Look for a teaching hospital with an MD/PhD. You can also seek out a naturopath. I too, had drops to 40s and below before I changed my diet completely. I wish you the best of luck!
    Stephanie

  38. 38 Sonny said at 10:01 am on June 2nd, 2011:

    I’m with Brian Hardaway on this. My skin turned black on the tops of my feet and around my ankles and was completely numb. It started to heal once I tried a low carb diet although I noticed that I can’t eat to much protein as well. If I eat to much protein or sugar I’ll uriniate every 40 minutes or so till it’s gone. And I get a huge adrenaline surge when I’m trying to sleep. .

    By the way, none of the doctors that I went to diagnosed RH. I had to do it myself and then tell them what to test for. They suck. I can’t believe that these doctors can’t figure this stuff out. It is their job! I want to kick my PCP’s ass plus he’s an Endo..

  39. 39 michelle said at 10:50 pm on June 7th, 2011:

    I am 40 years old and have been suffering wih this for over 2 years, finally went to an endo at a hosp, and she diagnosed me right away, she is referring me to a dietician who might be able to help `i have gained over 40 pds, i have been to so many doctors telling me my sugar is fine its anxiety, my sugar drops quickly at 95 and can go down to the 50s, i really feel like im losing my mind with this i hope i can stop this some how the endo said ther is no cure just changing my diet somehow

  40. 40 Mohammed said at 5:32 pm on June 26th, 2011:

    I would like to ask , is there any posibilities for a person with reactive hypoglycemia to get back to his normal live , in other way, are these kind of symptomes for certain period of time or will stay with me for the whole life ?

    Thanks

  41. 41 Steph Kenrose said at 12:25 pm on July 11th, 2011:

    Mohammed,
    After modifying my diet, I am completely symptom free.
    Stephanie


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