Anyone ever had this problem???

I am 3 1/2 years out from gastric bypass and every few days I have this weird problem.  I get really hot, shakey  and light headed like  I could pass out - I am literly taking off clothes and turning on the ceiling fan - when this happens I go get some protein (a smoothie, detour bar or cottage cheese) as soon as possbile and in a few minutes it goes away.  It's not like I haven't eaten well earlier, it could happen after eating some steak and veges an hour earlier.  Anyone had this happen???

It could be any number of things. Does your sugar get low? I feel like that when mine drops too low. Hormonal changes (such as menopause) can do some bad things too. :)

There have been several posts about severe reactive hypoglycemia on this forum.  Some of the symptoms you describe match up.   I think it's melting mama who has a bunch of stuff on her profile about it, you might want to go take a look. Scott

That is exactly what happens to me when my blood sugar drops low.  Eating something brings it back up.

Sounds like hypoglycemia like the above posts mentioned.  I have this same problem and I noticed it was usually occuring after an influx of carbs or sugar.  I've cut out almost all "white" carbs and only left in fruits and veggies with the occasional whole-grain and I haven't had any problems since. ~Lisa

Not to sound like a broken record, but being a registered nurse and having experienced these symptoms myself, I would make a safe bet that your blood sugar is dropping when this happens.  You are doing exactly what you need to be doing by having a protein snack.  I had to add one every afternoon to prevent a mid afternoon BS drop.   Good luck to you!

I read your post.. immediately recognized the symptoms... low blood sugar.. i agree with the others. Gotta include a little bit of carbs in each meal... like 30 grams of carbs with 10 grams protein.

Thanks everyone for the advise - ya'll were right.  Once I cut out the white carbs and stopped drinking with my meals (which I knew was wrong) everything is going much better.  I haven't had a spell in over a week and feel so much better.  THANKS AGAIN!!

Dingram, I was having the same problem with hypoglycemia. I started eating small frequent meals every 3 hrs and i have stopped the episodes and lost weight to boot!

Hello, I don't post here very often, Cajungirl gave me a reminder that this board is here.  I am a little over 4 1/2 years out, and I was having issues like this.  I went to my surgeon to see what was going on.  He ran a lot of tests, and low blood sugar was not it for me.  However, with having all those symptoms above I was also have real bad dizzy spells (feeling drunk all the time so to speak).  It took about two months to pin point what it was.  After doing a urinalysis, it turned out that everything I ate was completely burning.  Which lead to, I'm not eating enough.  Who would have thought that me eating my 5 to 6 meals a day not enough food.  Doc told me, to eat all the pastas, breads, and so forth that I could to get my calories in.  After doing this for about 2 months now I feel fine again.  I've not gained any weight at that!  Which of course is what I was scared of is gaining the weight with adding a heck of a lot more food and carbs.  Anyways, this is what happened to me when I thought I had low blood sugar.