anyone else suffer from this? Im wondering if it is a symptom of lyme or just me. ive had this since i was like 10...but didnt get full blown sick till 2 years ago. im 32. i eat protein galore, try to eat every couple hours, im always getting sugar lows even at night, i eat more frequently than anyone i know and its still a struggle.
Seems i also have trouble with alot of regulating in my body. My body always feels hot, even in winter, etc.
Could this be lyme? A co-infection? Or probably just me?
Oh..and before i found out about lyme i tested moderately elevated for candida and thought that was the sole problem for everything going wrong with me. Alot of people on the candida forums have hypoglycemia. So im confused.
Thx.
Posted by AGuess (Member # 5075) on :
Yes,
I also was told that I have this around the age of 11. Interesting that in thinking back this was about 1 year after my first known tick attachment, on top of my head while visiting relatives in NC.
The hypoglycemia was very hard for me to control until age 42 when I found out I had Lyme and started treatment. When the Lyme got better, the hypo got better also.
I also tested positive for co-infection. Babesia and I can not tell you which treatment made the hypo better, but it did make a huge difference.
I now eat a small sandwich bag full of almonds in the AM along with a large cup of coffee and this gets me through until lunch. I don't know if it is the proteen, the fat or the fiber that does it, but for me it works.
I now snack on almonds throughout the day and night when I am hungry and have not had any hypo problems in several months. I have also lost 12 pounds.
I used to have really bad headakes, nausea and if I did not eat every few hours, I would end up in bed really sick. Also I found that if I did any type of heavy exercise it would impact the hypoglycemia. While I believe I still have the problem, it is not bad anymore.
Please get tested for co-infections and get treatment for what ever tick borne disease you have.
Good luck to you and I hope you have a Healthy New Year.
AGuess
Posted by Beverly (Member # 1271) on :
I was never offically tested for hypoglycemia, but my blood sugar would drop. I passed out a few times because I didn't eat.
It has gotten better for me since Lyme/Babesia treatment.
Posted by chiz (Member # 10301) on :
The author Amy Tan has Lyme disease. She suffered from hypoglycaemic attacks prior to her diagnosis. She documents her medical story in "the opposite of fate" (last section). It's beautifully written and I recommend it. I don't know if her hypoglycaemia has improved since treatment for Lyme.
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
have you tested for diabetes?
ask your pcp to order a A1C blood test for you, a 3 mo. quarterly test checking out your blood sugars. anything above 6.0; you are a diabetic!!
i was correctly dx with diabetes 2 6 mo. prior to my being correctly diagnosed w/chronic lyme after 34 yrs. misdx!!
Posted by panicbegone (Member # 10760) on :
My blood sugar is always low. I dont see how that could be diabetes. Im always struggling to get it up.
Posted by tdtid (Member # 10276) on :
Panicbegone,
Not sure if this helps in any way, but when I was pregnant, I was gestational diabetic. This means that I was only diabetic when I was pregnant.
After I would give birth, they would test me and say that I was hypoglaucemic. I use to suffer the symptoms you discuss but just assumed that was the way my body was.
I was told that as I aged, I would have to keep an eye on diabetes. But after five years of no diagnosis, I still never tested positive for diabetes even though I still would have severe bouts of hypoglaucemia.
I got the lyme diagnosis and have started treatment less than two months ago, so I don't know if this will have any bearing. Or can I say that lyme made this condition worse or stayed the same since it would be in spells.
In any case, I hope you get the answers you need and perhaps your LLMD would know. Good luck.
Cathy
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
try reading some of this from NIH'S med line library: