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by Guest » Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:24 am
Hi everyone,
I was diagnosed with hypoglycemia last year after weeks of headaches, dizziness, blurry vision, and just plain not feeling well. The doctor did blood tests and my glucose was 61. She told me to eat frequently throughout the day. I changed the way I was eating, including more protein in my diet and I started feeling better. Yesterday however, I left work early because I had a headache, dizziness, the blurry vision, and I was on the verge of a panic attack. (I haven't had one of those since early last year). I also had this sudden OVERWHELMING feeling of sleepiness!!! Don't know if that's a symptom of hypoglycemia but if they could bottle that sleepiness, I'd be rich off of insomniacs!! I had eaten lunch about 30 minutes prior to the symptoms so it didn't even occur to me that it could be my blood sugar. When I got home, I checked and my blood sugar was 76; a perfect value in most people. I had some orange juice and a couple of strawberries, started to feel better, and then checked it again a few minutes later. It was 85.
My question is: Does anyone else have a "cut off" value in which you know your blood sugar is low? Mine seems to be in the 80's. Anything lower than that, I start with the symptoms. Anyone else?