i think i might be hypoglycemic....? any thoughts?

Question

last night. i was getting up to use the restroom & i got really dizzy (its happened 2 other times) & i was like i gotta sit down im feelin weird again. i was walking like i was on a ship (side to side) this time though i laid down before it got really bad & i was like 'calm down you will be okay its happened before' and my hearing gets all messed up (like when a TV turns on and you can hear it, think of that single nose but extended) i tried to check my heart rate but i was so disoriented all i could do was put my hand on my heart but it was racing. i started sweating bad (like the other times). but the other two times. didnt make it to lay down in time. both of those i went into the kitchen and was like 'i need to sit' and i slid down the fridge like a puppet and then started convulsing (for like a second or 3) then it was over and i stood up still disorited & laid down sweated it out then was normal again. last 2 times i didnt eat but last night i ate a BUNCH of candy and no food.

thanks for the input guys and gals. i will deffinately be making an appointment for my next day off.

Answer 1

My doctor tells me I'm borderline hypoglycemic, and when I get hit, I also get dizzy, but I also feel hot, break out in a sweat, and I get really shaky. My heart does race a little, but mostly I can feel it thumping in my chest. I've checked my blood pressure during one of these "episodes" and it was normal. The best thing I can do to make it stop is eat some chocolate and drink orange juice (simple sugars for the quick fix), and some chips or a Nutrigrain bar or two (more complex sugars to keep me from crashing again). I usually don't get hit with this more than once a day, and it became much worse during the second half of my second pregnancy.

I've never convulsed and I've never had issues with my hearing, but I had vertigo once, and I would also suggest that your dizziness may be due to some fluid build-up in your inner ear. But when I had vertigo, I couldn't get up without help, and the dizziness didn't go away for several hours (after the emergency room visit!)

Make an appointment soon!

Answer 2

I am a diabetic, not a doctor. In my humble opinion, you need to see a doctor immediately because your symptoms do indeed suggest grave hypoglycemia. If you can't afford a doctor, perhaps a diabetic friend will let you use his/her blood glucose meter when you begin to feel as you described. Results around 100 mg/dl are normal. Lower than 60 is poor. Lower than 40 is scary-dangerous. Take this seriously. You may have a life-threatening condition.
Eating is the right thing to do when you feel that way, but be careful: it's extremely easy to overdo it and put yourself into hyperglycemia or keto-acidosis. This can also be deadly.

See www.mendosa.com for more information.

See a doctor immediately! Treatment is simple and effective.

Answer 3

You had an episode called "near syncope". Simply put you stood up too fast. When we have been sitting still for a period of time and then stand up our body has to adjust to the change in our blood flow. Sometimes this adjustment can be slower than other times. When you sat down and or laid down your body was able to readjust to that position. This condition can be worsened by issues like not getting enough food and especially enough fluid intake. When I say fluid, I mean water or juices. Not cokes or coffee. Next time it happens make a note of how long you were sitting still and how fast you got up.

Answer 4

In simple layman's language, hypoglycemia is the body's inability to properly handle the large amounts of sugar that the average American consumes today. It's an overload of sugar, alcohol, caffeine, tobacco and stress.

In medical terms, hypoglycemia is defined in relation to its cause. Functional hypoglycemia, the kind we are addressing here, is the oversecretion of insulin by the pancreas in response to a rapid rise in blood sugar or "glucose".

All carbohydrates (vegetables, fruits and grains, as well as simple table sugar), are broken down into simple sugars by the process of digestion. This sugar enters the blood stream as glucose and our level of blood sugar rises. The pancreas then secretes a hormone known as insulin into the blood in order to bring the glucose down to normal levels.

In hypoglycemia, the pancreas sends out too much insulin and the blood sugar plummets below the level necessary to maintain well-being.

Since all the cells of the body, especially the brain cells, use glucose for fuel, a blood glucose level that is too low starves the cells of needed fuel, causing both physical and emotional symptoms.

Answer 5

To me, it sounds like you may be experiencing anxiety attacks. Anxiety attacks tend to make you believe all sorts of things are happening to you, when in reality, they aren't. I've been there! But...my best advice to you is to see a doctor. It's crazy for you to be asking people on here, when no one can give you an actual diagnosis. My brother is hypoglecmic. He does get dizzy when he doesn't eat, but all the other symptoms you described sounds like it could be much more than that. I don't want to scare you, but for a case like this, you need to see a doctor.