Hi,
Before I begin I'll say that I'm not a hypochondriac or someone who just read a magazine article about glycemic index. I just wanted to get something straight about hypoglycemia, and I figured who better to ask than those at risk of arbitrary hypoglycemia almost every day of their lives?
Every now and then (every 1-2 weeks maybe?) I get attacks of this mysterious I-don't-know-what. It happens at random times, sometimes even in the middle of the night, but always several hours after I've last eaten. At first I feel a bit tired, especially mentally, like I just don't want to do work or talk to people anymore, so I go lie down. I also feel cooler internally and put on a sweatshirt. But as I'm laying there I'm not resting but rather squirming and figeting, as if I had a fever or something. So I figure I'm not tired and get up and go to the next room, but that doesn't feel right either. I don't want to be anywhere: I'm just straight-up uncomfortable, and feel like I want to crawl out of my skin. I don't think I've ever had a panic/anxiety attack - I'm a pretty chill person - but I would imagine it feels just like this. Finally I will recognize that I'm hungry, but by that point eating makes me nauseous, so I will take 4 chewy granola bars or something and slowly make myself eat them over the course of 5 or 10 minutes. After what seems like forever (maybe 20 minutes), I'll start feeling better and be able to get off the coutch or bed and start walking around. I'll take off my sweatshirt because I'm all sweaty.
Long ago, when this started, I supposed it was low blood sugar, just from the feeling. It didn't bother me though because usually once I started slowing down I would get hungry and then just eat a ton of food (I could down massive amounts, like upwards of 2,000 calories in one sitting) which would stave off the other negative consequences. However, I haven't been eating as much recently and hunger is much slower to come to me, and I find myself in a kind of freak-out situation as described above much more often, which happened acutely about 30 minutes ago. I have chronic fatigue syndrome (look it up if you're not sure what it is. I guarantee you though that I'm not faking it like some people accuse - it's legit, I am a 19 yr old dude who was a bodybuilder 2 years ago and then, wham! postviral, yeah) so there is some stuff wrong with me, but I would just like to know if what I described sounds like hypoglycemia? I tell my parents that (they're doctors) and they say it's probably just an anxiety attack or something, but I don't feel anxious and it just feels so much like it should be hypoglycemia - I'm not sure why, I understand there's no reason that I should be getting attacks. Well I suppose that's why I'm so eager to get this sorted out, because if it is hypoglycemia it is very puzzling.
Well, thanks for reading that friggin essay! I really appreciate it.
Before I begin I'll say that I'm not a hypochondriac or someone who just read a magazine article about glycemic index. I just wanted to get something straight about hypoglycemia, and I figured who better to ask than those at risk of arbitrary hypoglycemia almost every day of their lives?
Every now and then (every 1-2 weeks maybe?) I get attacks of this mysterious I-don't-know-what. It happens at random times, sometimes even in the middle of the night, but always several hours after I've last eaten. At first I feel a bit tired, especially mentally, like I just don't want to do work or talk to people anymore, so I go lie down. I also feel cooler internally and put on a sweatshirt. But as I'm laying there I'm not resting but rather squirming and figeting, as if I had a fever or something. So I figure I'm not tired and get up and go to the next room, but that doesn't feel right either. I don't want to be anywhere: I'm just straight-up uncomfortable, and feel like I want to crawl out of my skin. I don't think I've ever had a panic/anxiety attack - I'm a pretty chill person - but I would imagine it feels just like this. Finally I will recognize that I'm hungry, but by that point eating makes me nauseous, so I will take 4 chewy granola bars or something and slowly make myself eat them over the course of 5 or 10 minutes. After what seems like forever (maybe 20 minutes), I'll start feeling better and be able to get off the coutch or bed and start walking around. I'll take off my sweatshirt because I'm all sweaty.
Long ago, when this started, I supposed it was low blood sugar, just from the feeling. It didn't bother me though because usually once I started slowing down I would get hungry and then just eat a ton of food (I could down massive amounts, like upwards of 2,000 calories in one sitting) which would stave off the other negative consequences. However, I haven't been eating as much recently and hunger is much slower to come to me, and I find myself in a kind of freak-out situation as described above much more often, which happened acutely about 30 minutes ago. I have chronic fatigue syndrome (look it up if you're not sure what it is. I guarantee you though that I'm not faking it like some people accuse - it's legit, I am a 19 yr old dude who was a bodybuilder 2 years ago and then, wham! postviral, yeah) so there is some stuff wrong with me, but I would just like to know if what I described sounds like hypoglycemia? I tell my parents that (they're doctors) and they say it's probably just an anxiety attack or something, but I don't feel anxious and it just feels so much like it should be hypoglycemia - I'm not sure why, I understand there's no reason that I should be getting attacks. Well I suppose that's why I'm so eager to get this sorted out, because if it is hypoglycemia it is very puzzling.
Well, thanks for reading that friggin essay! I really appreciate it.
