Any thoughts on how lyme disease interacts with blood sugar levels? My *hypothesis* is that the neuro-lyme has already aggravated my nervous system creating sensitivities to what would otherwise be normal daily blood sugar changes.
This manifests itself through feeling really terrible a little after eating breakfast. Is this common for the rest of you with lyme? I will feel shaky around lunchtime and then right before dinner. I will often feel almost completely normal after dinner.
Also, been on Doxy 400 for about 10 weeks. Might this break soon? Was bitten about 13 months before treatment started.
Posted by electrafoggy (Member # 13805) on :
thomasx,
Breakfast is hard for me too. Your feelings about blood sugar and feeling better after dinner are the same as mine.
I am curious. Do you eat any sugar or fruit? Did your doctor tell you not to?
Also curious about what you eat for breakfast. I'm trying to find the right food in the mornings. I think I did best one morning after having left over salmon and a tortilla with refried beans. It may not sound good but it did well with me that day.
electrafoggy
Posted by sixgoofykids (Member # 11141) on :
What do you eat for breakfast? If you are having blood sugar problems, you want to include protein and avoid simple carbs. That seems to help my daughter and I.
Posted by thomasx (Member # 13431) on :
I don't know that I am having blood sugar problems. It's just a good way to describe the feeling. Last check my blood sugar was fine.
Like I mentioned, my neuro system is all aggravated. Anything that seems to have an influence on that like eating seems to be magnified.
As far as my diet goes, I don't restrict it much. I haven't found that eating or not eating anything in particular makes much difference. The mornings have definately been getting better with the doxy treatment of the last 10 weeks.
Posted by broguearcher (Member # 5905) on :
I have had the shaky feelings associated with eating for years now.... when it's time to eat I get ravenously hungry and often after eating the "wrong" kinds of foods I feel exceptionally bad. Initially my problems in this area were probably due primarily to LD... now that I've been treated extensively for that matter (over the course of about 1.5 years ending 2 summers ago) my problem now seems to be a rather stubborn candida infection. I'm on a strict diet and it really helps me to manage my overall wellbeing.
Posted by improver (Member # 8380) on :
We know that the endocrine system is thrown out of whack with lyme so it can effect insulin production, adrenal output etc. I think that once one thing is off they can all be effected.
As far as blood sugar goes, I was having the shaky thing going on before eating and everytime the regular docs checked my blood sugar it was fine. Then I had a glucose tollerance test ordered by a very smart doc.
I went in the am after fasting since the nigh before. I drank the sugar/glucose drink and then they drew blood and checked my blood sugar every 15-30 mins for several hours. After the first hour my sugar dropped to 40 something. I now know I am hypoglycemic but never had this until lyme.
This test is the only way to know. Just checking sugar level doesn't really tell you how your body reacts and regulates insulin. I noticed that for me I can somewhat control it with what I eat, a low Glycemic index diet, which happens to be very similar to an anti yeast diet.
At first people would tell me to just keep a piece of chocolate with me and eat it when I had symptoms. Now I know that this will only cause a quick spike in sugar and then a sudden drop.
Take care.
Good luck
Posted by broguearcher (Member # 5905) on :
quote:Originally posted by improver: At first people would tell me to just keep a piece of chocolate with me and eat it when I had symptoms. Now I know that this will only cause a quick spike in sugar and then a sudden drop.
Take care.
Good luck
Indeed. Eating something sugary like that is of NOOOO help at all to me. My best bet is some chicken and veggies to feel better.
Posted by thomasx (Member # 13431) on :
Very interesting. I often need to eat a little sugar to get back in whack. Would you mind telling me more about the endocrine system and how Lyme beats up on it? And then, would you mind telling me when I'm going to feel better?
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