pcos and low blood sugar related?

stephaniedanielle Mansfield, OH Stephan R. Myers, MD, FACS Member Since: 06/22/10 [Latest Posts]

i'm new to this website, but enjoying every minute of it & getting lots of helpful information. anyway i'm 21, 5'6 and 314lbs (eeeek).. ive gone to my seminar and im awaiting approval from my insurance.. however i goto  my family doctor tomorrow after 3mos of recording my blood sugar levels, and a normal level for me from what im gathering is 79.. i was told that is extremely low.. i get the shakes and sweats, and my eyes get blurry from time to time. i was just confused, i thought most over weight people had high blood sugar? is anyone in the same boat as me? while at the seminar they said how much their bloodsugar drops after surgery so its kind of scaring me out of having it, because mine is already low? i also have pcos and am insulin resistant, could this be why its always so low?

79 is not extremely low! 60 is low, 50 is low... 79 is on the verge of being low.
That being said... 79 might be low "for you". And you are having symptoms of low blood sugar.
Have you had your surgery yet? What kind?
I think you will find after surgery some relief from those yucky symptoms.
Prior to surgery I had borderline high results with huge drops into the 50s and 60s ...  the metaformin help me to regulate.
My life after surgery has still had moments of low blood sugar that tells me ... "Girl go eat some protein!" Protein help keep your sugars stable and gives your insulin something to work on. I am off the metaformin right now as long as I watch out for signs.
So after surgery... you still gotta be conscious and know the signs to go eat something full of good proteins to get your sugars up. You still have to have regualrly scheduled meals, so your body has a schedule to plan its insulin production. I can not stress water and protein enough! Watch your carb intake! That will drop you fast!

Good luck!

I haven't had my surgery yet, but since i already am "borderline" low, i was scared because at the seminar i attended the doctor said after the surgery your sugar drops an inadequate amount- and i was thinking uh oh mine is already sort of low!!!

i was told to take metformin by my OBGYN because of my pcos & being insulin resistant -- however my regular family doctor advised me not to as i am on the verge of low sugar and metformin will lower it???

idk, its all confusing to me. but thanks for your input :)

Have you been referred to an endocrinologist yet? I found that although my PCP and OB are great they were not well versed enough in PCOS and its side effects. I would suggest going to see one. Mine has answered soooo many questions that my other dr's couldnt. My endocrin dr was the one *****ally suggested having surgery and him and my surgeon have worked together to give me the best care possible



Erin

I'm a post BPD-DS, 2 1/2 yrs now. I had PCOS pior to my surgery and they told me the surgery would improve the condition greatly, unfortunatly it hasn't in fact it has gotten worse. I was just in the hospital 4days last week because of the hypoglycemia. I dipped down to 25 and 27 several times, they said it was d/t the PCOS. Just be careful, I have lost over 100 lbs and just below my target weight but it has been a battle. I am glad to have lost the weight but the 3 things I wanted to accomplish with it hasn't happened. I was on 2 meds for high blood pressure now I am on 4 now. My PCOS was supposed to have gotten better instead it has gotten worse and I want a baby, still without that and d/t to the pain with the PCOS at ovulation and menstration it makes it hard to have the needed sex to even get pregnant. There has been times that I wonder if I should reverse my surgery but I still have the fears of getting large again and having more problems. Good luck to you. I hope it works out.

Yes, it is directly related.  In part to the insulin resistance, in part to the hormones going out of whack.  I was hypoglycemic from the age of 16 until 26 when I was diagnosed as type 2 diabetic.  The chronic hypoglycemia precedes diabetes.  In hindsight, it all made sense.