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Hypoglycemia
17/f
i have Idiopathic Reactive Hypoglycemia. Most forms of hypoglycemia is caused by diabetes but IRH is just the blood sugar problems without the diabetes. I was just wondering if anyone on here has this also or knows anyone with it. How do you deal? Because right now it's the biggest annoyance in my life. There's rarely a day that i can go without being completely sick to my stomach. I'd love to be able to go a week without having this effect me but i dont know if that's possible. If you have hypoglycemia do you know any tricks or foods that help the nausea?
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My mom has hypoglycemia and she loves to have nuts when she feels an attack coming on. I'm insulin resistant, so I have similar symptoms to you. Cheese usually helps me.
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i don't have hypglycemia, so i just googled it, but here is what i found
(someone's home remedy) [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
also ginger caplets, pepto bismol, tigan and zantac are medicines that you can use. pramlintide is a new medication that is also supposed to help. i believe pramlintide, zantac, and tigan are all prescription medice though.
you can also try buying some fresh ginger root (this is actually found at most grocery stores). with this you can cut a small slice and put it into a hot tea. you can also drink this cold. ginger is proven to reduce nausea in general, including nausea due to hypglycemia
this is really drastic and possibly illegal in your state, but i also found that marijuana can help with nausea.
also i found this diet plan, i know you proabbly already have one but maybe this has different suggestions
If you feel weak and shaky like you are going to faint (hypoglycemic), eat protein like cheese or luncheon meat. This is different than the recommendations for a diabetic experiencing an insulin reaction who is instructed eat sugar-containing foods like orange juice. Sugar would temporarily bring your blood sugar up, but it would fall rapidly again within a short time.
Nausea with or after eating is not normal and should be addressed by your doctor and a dietitian. The amount of food you eat (one piece of fruit or half sandwich) is probably not sufficient to prevent or cause hypoglycemic symptoms between meals. Do you sporadically eat much larger meals at other times? Or binge eat? Or fast?
One 12 ounce can of soda (carbonated beverage) contains 9 tsp. of sugar or 45 gm of carbohydrate. How much soda do you drink a day or at one time?
Simple carbohydrates are sugars like those found in candy, soda and desserts as well as fruit (fructose) and milk (lactose). Complex carbohydrates are starches and fiber found in bread, cereal, rice, pasta and vegetables like potatoes, corn and peas.
Protein containing foods are meat, poultry, fish, cheese, lunchmeats and sausages. Milk contains protein as well as milk sugar (lactose).
The dietary treatment for hypoglycemia is slightly reduced carbohydrates (50% of calories), slightly increased protein (20% of calories) and six small meals per day. With a regular meal pattern, your hypoglycemic symptoms should lessen and you will probably feel better. This diet is very similar to a diabetic diet that does not include sweets or sugars. Two 4" pancakes or 2 frozen round waffles are allowed and can be exchanged for 2 starch breads for breakfast, but no syrup. Try fresh fruit (1/4 to 1/2 cup) on the pancakes or waffles instead.
i'm really sorry you are feeling like this, i don't know how i could live with that. i hope something works for you!
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