Please I'm begging you to help me figure out what this is - Diabetes Message Board

pickles23 · 08-30-2009, 12:28 PM

I am only 17 and this is not the first time it has happened. yesterday I felt dizzy then I just felt like I was going to pass out. I got done eating dinner and then I was sitting down. Right before it happens it feels like my body gets this like "shock" I don't know how to explain it. It's like when you jump into a really cold lake. Then it just feels like I'm gonna pass out. It literally felt like I was doing everything I could just to stay conscious and alert. today my body just feels kind of exhausted and my muscles are a bit sore from shaking I guess. that's what happened last time too. I just feel like I ran a marathon or something. It happened before and I started losing color and turning white. Every time this has happened it's followed by uncontrollable shaking. The first time they said I could have been diabetic and going into diabetic shock. Well now I've been to the doctor and I do have numerous signs but she tested for diabetes and anemia and other things. she was pretty thorough and said my blood sugar is fine. When it happens It really scares me. If you have any knowledge about this please let me know. And if this sounds like hypoglycemia what can I do to stop this from happening? I'm so scared it's gonna happen again. I want it to stop. I've been to the doctor and they don't find anything. I don't know what else to do.

itotito · 08-30-2009, 02:46 PM

First you need to be sure if this is hypo or not.

Can you ask your parents to get a meter and test your levels when this happens?

SamQKitty · 08-30-2009, 08:59 PM

Itotito gave you some good advice. The fact that this happens after you eat could be indicative of hypoglycemia, which is the opposite of diabetes. In hypoglycemia, the body actually produces too much insulin in response to food, so it uses up the circulating glucose too quickly, leaving you with low blood sugar. The best way to test for this is with a five-hour glucose tolerance test, but you can test at home using a blood glucose meter. When you get that weak, shaky feeling, test immediately. If your blood sugar is much below 70, then it's going too low.

Treatment for hypoglycemia is rather simple...it's just a matter of watching what you eat and following a lower-carbohydrate, higher protein diet, and never eating simple carbs without also eating some protein and a bit of fat. But before you go off searching for hypoglycemic diets, let's make sure that's what this is. Either buy a meter and start testing, or ask your doc to do a glucose tolerance test.

Ruth

AMP54 · 09-13-2009, 09:45 PM

I am advising you to seek a insulin leavel test it sound like you need a test on insulin not blood sugars! GO back and ask for the test when you have blood sugar problems at your age it is a sign of the diabetes to come... Do not let normal medicane make you their victim!!! Get a true test as for a A1C test too!!