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From: tog on 29 Sep 2006 15:59
This helped me understand my sensitivity..

http://majidalimd.com/lions-1.htm

"The fifth face of glucose-insulin dysregulation is too much adrenaline-a
state you may call adrenergic hypervigilance. When an insulin surge drives
sugar below the desirable range, the adrenal glands kick in and dispense
blasts of adrenaline to counter the insulin.

Adrenaline is one of the most-if not the most-potent oxidant in the human
body. The oxidative fires lit by adrenaline overdrive the heart causing
palpitations, tighten arteries producing high blood pressure, rev up
nerve-muscle conduction sites causing stiff muscles, jitters, sweating,
sudden weakness, mood swings, nausea, abdominal discomfort and brain fog.
(Very similar symptoms of hypoglycemia.)


And that sugar-insulin-adrenergic dysregulation is what the stress
specialists call the stress response.

what blood tests and scans are used to diagnose sugar-insulin-adrenaline
dysregulation?


Glucose studies to perform three- or four-hour tolerance tests are
frequently done, but insulin and adrenaline activities are rarely, if ever,
evaluated in clinical medicine.
Patients with Glucose-insulin-adrenaline dysregulation are dismissed as
hypochondria, anxiety-neurosis or the all-time favorite, the all-in-the-head
label. "

Sue

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type2 A1c 5.6/5.8/5.2 Metformin1g



"Eddie" <everreadyeddie(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1156266631.467567.248720(a)75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>I have just been diagnosed with reactive hypoglycemia, 20 years late
> but we got there. This in itself is not a problem. My GTT came out with
> a low of 3.9 which I believe is quite mild. What I do have a problem
> with is my sensitivity to my own sugars. I crash off pretty much
> anything, even just a handful of spinach leaves. Porridge for breakfast
> means no more than 3 spoonful's every hour or so. Any more than this
> and after 2 hours or so I crash like a switch has been flicked, I will
> be 'off line' for about 4 minutes and then back on just as fast. If I
> do crash its almost impossible to recover by eating because I feel like
> I'm operating on a knife edge. Too high a GI means I will have a more
> servere problem in 20 mins, too low and nothing will happen at all.
> Snacking is tricky because of overlapping crashes.
>
> The NHS dietician said he had never seen anything like it. Well, I
> seemed to know more than he did so I dont quite know how to take it.
> Has anyone else had this, is it common? I'm very active so I would
> think I have a fast metabolism, but still.
>


From: Alan S on 29 Sep 2006 19:01
On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 18:56:51 +0100, "Nicky"
<ukc802466929(a)btconnect.com> wrote:

>
>"Eddie" <everreadyeddie(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>news:1159549679.333397.317880(a)i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> At the moment I am doing a combination of all 3. I don't know what to
>> do next but bed down and learn to live with it. Has anyone heard of
>> anything like this when everything else appears to be functioning
>> normally?
>>
>
>Eddie, try posting the question on alt.support.diabetes - there's a couple
>of posters on there who've learnt to live with it, Ozgirl (Jan) being one;
>she went for your #1 option.
>
>Nicky.

Jan replied to Eddie in this thread back in August; maybe it
didn't turn up on his newsreader, so I'll repeat it below.

And Eddie, my immediate reaction in the situation where "My
endo has now given up and he can give me no idea what I can
do next either" would be to look for a second qualified
opinion.

That would be reinforced by this "The meter gave me readings
of between 3.1 and 9.6 he thinks these don't neccessarily
mean I have rh more a variation on normal". The endo thinks
3.1-9.6 is normal? Bloody hell. Get a second opinion.

Jan's earlier post:

"Heh, wecome to my world of 23 years. I don't care what kind
of good stuff is said about porridge, it would drop me like
a bomb within half an hour. I learned some tricks that may
work for you. When I first started treating it the was no
glycemic index, carbs were fast carbs or slow carbs. I chose
slow carbs for all my carbs and I ate every half hour for
the first months. Waking hours that is. If I woke during the
night to pee I had to snack then as well. I had to keep
things by my bedside table to have before getting out of bed
becasue my legs would drop from under me if I didn't.

Every snack and meal (which eventually became 2 hourly) I
would need the slow carb, not too large an amount, some
protein, like chicken etc and some fat. Without the fat to
help slow the absorption rate of the carbs I was lost. Fat
could be butter, cheese margarine, a good serve of peanut
butter etc. Fruits were not great for me but things like
strawberries and cream or a half apple with cheese worked.

Hope this has helped a bit."

Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
d&e, metformin 1000mg, ezetrol 10mg
--
Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.
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