How low does you blood sugar go before you feel whacky?

I've been having what I previously thought were weird anxiety attacks for the past 2 weeks.  I just read the discussion under Shauna's post about hypoglycemia then checked my blood sugar.  It was 83 !  My symptoms have been the shaky trembles, heart palpitations (which could be my atrial fillibration), fuzzy headed feeling. 

If you have Type II Diabetes pre wls, how low does you blood sugar go before you begin to feel hypoglycemic symptoms?  I see the nut and dr. mann on friday but I just want to know what "real People" experience.

Donna,

A normal blood sugar is 80 but if your blood sugars normally run high then a blood sugar of 80 will definetly not feel good. Call the doctor and see what you can eat.  I have sugar tablets that I take which will make my blood sugar go up if that really is my problem. I am one of those that when the blood sugar goes low so does the blood pressure whi*****reases my hypo glycemic episodes. People do not know what to do with me because I start shaking, my  teeth start chattering and I can't talk. I have told the staff around me that they should not call 911 when I do this. If you have a blood pressure cuff take that also. A lot of doctor's want to know what your blood pressure is so they can make sure to give you the right treatment.

Tamara

I had type 2 diabetes pre-op. No issues with blood sugar now. I do get weird if I go too long without eating.

83 is within normal limits for blood sugar. It shouldn't be low enough to make you feel weird. But then again if your "normal" was much higher than that then 83 may take some getting use to. I read somewhere several yaers ago that glucometers are accurate to plus or minus 40. Hopefully the mewer glucometers are more accurate.

I have a friend you gets the reactive hypoglycemia and she feels bad at 50 to 60. She was not diabetic pre-op.

My vague ramblings may not be all that helpful. but I wanted to add some words of encouragement.

Get your blood sugar often between now and your appt.

Take care
Belinda

My DH has type II.  If he gets to 85 he starts with his 'crash'.  If we don't get him some orange juice or hard candy, he continues to crash.  He starts with shakes, and confusion, etc.  After we get his numbers back up, we are sure he gets some protein, to keep him level.  He is generally napping the rest of the day after one.  It really wears him out!

He hasn't had one in a long time.  He isn't keeping himself under control like he was a year ago.  I think he was expecting he would have his WLS by now, and was thinking he'd have his "last meal" of carbs for the last 6 months! Naughty, naughty!

Thanks to all of you.  I think the info you have given me has prepared me better for my appointment on Friday. 

Hi Donna,
A good reading for me is below 150 so if I start getting 100 or below, I start feeling strange.
It got down to 56 once and I felt like I was sliding right out of my chair. My co worker ran and got me a coke. It started bringing it up but it was hours before I felt normal again.

HUGS
Pam

Donna,  We are two peas in a pod!  Let me explain...

I have been having what I was calling "sugar attacks" for quite some time...I'd say approx. 2-3 years.  They happened when I was out shopping (mostly at the mall), or volunteering at my son's school, or when I had an early morning appointment somewhere.  I noticed a trend...it was always when I was somewhere for an extended period of time where I either didn't eat well before I went and/or didn't eat for an extended period of time while I was there. 

I spoke with a local friend about them since she is diabetic and thought she might have some insight for me...am I diabetic, hypoglycemic, etc.?  She said that when I'm having a spell and can make it over to her office during the week, she would test my blood sugar.  It was quite awhile before that happened (about 6 months later and 6 months ago), but when it did, my reading was in the 80's, which she said was "good."  I was so confused!  What could this be??? 

So, it was right after that I began to wonder, "Are my panic attacks back?"  I hadn't been having them since we moved to NC in 2002 and no longer needed my Xanax prescription to get me through.  I put two-and-two together and realized these new spells had started around the time we began having trouble with our daughter.  Read an article online about how people mistake panic attacks for blood sugar problems...by the time you get something to eat to raise your blood sugar level, the panic attack has subsided.  "Besides," I thought, "food is my comfort so maybe that's why it also stabilizes my panic?" 

Well, at my last PCP appointment, I talked to her about my self-diagnosis and asked her for a new Xanax script.  I take only 1/2 of the smallest mg pill as needed, which is seldom.  She gave me the script.  Just a month or so later I started my liquid pre-op diet and I now KNOW that my blood sugar goes wacko!  I know that 80's for me is enough to start sending me in a tailspin!  (And I'm glad to see in other posts here that I'm not alone in that!)

I hope you don't mind the long story but I wanted to tell you about my personal correlation with anxiety versus blood sugar.  I really hope you can get this figured out and managed because it certainly isn't any fun!  {{{Hugs!}}}

A healthy FASTING, no food after midnite before is up in the 90's or single dig 100's.  I have low blood sugar now due to the surgery and it is very common usually many months on out.  It is controled with diet and or meds.  I have issues with muddle brain confussion, not good when your counting money, dizzyness, feeling like crude, shakes, nubness in hands or arms or face( which can be symptons of heart issues for woman but not my case).  They come and go.  It was getting really bad so I brooke down and went to  diabetis doctor who explained it was related to the fact that the part of the colon that was bypassed is related to signally the organ that regulates our sugar.  Hence so many that have high sugar before surgery are almost cured weeks after.  After surgery are bodies aren't sure what to do and sometimes do nothing.  It is more common in those that have high sugar tendancies/hereitary issues so I was told.  Most likely at this point I will always be on meds for this for ever.  Oh well it is a trade off for insulin, my sisters and mom are overweight and diabetic!  My mental fog has lifted for the most part but it I get into something high sugar, LOL example Evan Williams Egg Knogg my sugar spikes (for me in the high 170 than crashes real quick which can nock me out and off my feet.  It will make me real sleepy when it crashes.  I do also have more energy now.  I asked the Doctor what would happen if I didn't take the meds or follow a diet (which I am bad about) and she said basically I will continue to feel bad and muddle brain which wasn't good for work or driving.  Oh well!  You will find though different opinions on what is normal and 80's or 90's after eating is not that normal.

thanks shauna and zlynnc for you comments.   At least now I know it's not all due to my craziness and anxiety  lol.  Hopefully I'll get some good input from the nut and dr on friday.  I'm really looking forward to finding out what my a1c is now.  at 1 month it was 6.1