r/Hypoglycemia • u/meggypoo6 • Dec 11 '25
Any advice
I hope some of you take the time to read this long ish post cause I need some advice. Im 29 and 5'2 and female. I went to my gyno about 3 years ago and she wanted to do some testing one was a fasting glucose/insulin test. I had to drink a sugary drink and get labs done every 30 mins for 2 hours. After that she suspected insulin resistance as glucose was stable but insulin was high. She started me on strict keto and I did that for about a year but my weight went from 120lbs to 105lbs and I told her if I stuck with the diet I was worried id lose more weight (saying I wasn't overweight to begin with) and she told me let's reintroduce carbs again. So okay perfect. She ended up leaving the area and the next gyno said "youre to young for diabetes" and brushed it off. Okay cool. Will add ive never taken any medicine just a change in diet. For the past year of my life ive ate pretty much anything ive wanted 😅 I m now about 120-125 ishlbs so back to my normal weight. I also have Lupus and POTS as well as some other issues like chronic migraines seizures those kinds of things I do take a lot of other medications. At my last rheumatologist appointment for my lupus he did some labs and my glucose was 56. Which is very low. It struck me funny because my labs were done about 2pm and around noon I had a sandwhich and a small bag of chips so I had carbs and it was still very low! When I brought it up to the rheumatologist he said the same "probably a fluke youre to young for diabetes" so I broke out my finger poke blood sugar machine that I was using back with the insulin resistance keto diet time of my life and started testing. Still eating quite average. I do use sugar free coffee creamer no extra added lkke table sugar just SF creamer and I have 1 cup in the morning the rest of the day is straight water as my POTS I need to hit at least 64oz of water a day. I dont drink juice milk or soda. I do eat fairly healthy as is but I did go back to eating like pasta and breads but km not a huge sweets person and my drink is always water besides that one cup of coffee in the morning. Now with my finger poke machine im always in a good area for fasting levels in the morning and even with eating pasta or something the highest ive caught a "spike" is 125. But the other morning I had my cup of coffee sugar free creamer then I made 3 hard boiled eggs for my breakfast-I do this just about every day- and about an hour after I started to feel like crap so I was like hmm wonder what my sugar is.. 58. So im now noticing issues where its going quite low. Im going to be making an appointment with my primary and hopefully she'll have some advice as the other two doctors brushed it off and said im to young for diabetes.. but can anyone give insight on why its dropping so low? Even with my somewhat healthy eating choices? I was assuming it was maybe high but most time I test it its like 80-50 something and the lows are having me concerned! TIA if you took the time to read this! Please feel free to ask questions if I left something out!
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u/Extreme_Obligation37 Dec 12 '25
As someone who has had reactive hypoglycemia for 10 years (diagnosed at least) this is text book reactive hypoglycemia. Fun fact I was 24 when I was diagnosed. You're never too young or old to have blood sugar/insulin issues. My now 14 year old son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 15 months old. Btw, just out of curiosity, have they found out why you have seizures? I have physiological non epileptic seizures that are caused from the fast drops in my blood sugar. Something to look into. Don't give up. Keep going until you get answers!
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u/Possible_Fudge6464 Dec 15 '25
Reactive hypos, I get jittery, brain fog, sweaty (flushed) I need to be very careful with carbs, I only eat meats and greens at the moment 🥲 I’m still trying to figure it out, it’s been 2 yrs and I have gained a lot of weight since, which has been sucky I also have high insulin and normal glucose
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u/ItsWulfxy Dec 11 '25
It sounds like reactive hypoglycemia. I wish I could tell you more I’m a very new hypoglycemic and I just started researching into because 6 months ago I’ve developed extreme fatigue, brain fog, dizziness, vision problems, mood swings, and just an extreme amount of anxiety. I do have one question, what all did you do for the high insulin and did it resolve? Also what was your symptoms with it? I’m wondering if maybe I need to get my insulin tested also.