head count for Reactive Hypoglycemia?

Old thread, but I wanted to chime in that you can add me to the ranks of RH sufferers

I've suspected it for a long time. I don't get hungry, but "fuzzy in the head" has been my signal for needing to eat.

I've recently realized that a few episodes were CLEAR indicators that I probably had RH, so finally I bought a glucose meter.

One of the many times that glucose meter has confirmed that my self-diagnosis is spot-op was yesterday.

Came home from work and had some Fage and Berries at 5 pm.

Got distracted, and four hours later hubby was making dinner, and I was feeling really lousy, nauseous.... realized I hadn't eaten in four hours. Got all snappy at hubby and he looked at me funny and then it struck me, could I be having an RH episode? Blood sugar was 61..... the shakes, racing heart, and drenched in sweat was quick to follow. Thought that RH led to hunger, but I had to force myself. An hour later my BS was falling again.

After a week of my Blood Sugar yoyoing all over the place, I figure it's time to see a doctor about this, because I just don't know what I'm doing wrong, and I'm sick of how it makes me feel.

Is an endocrinologist  the right specialist to see? I dump like a truck, and I worry they might want me to do a Glucose Tolerance Test....

Anyway, thought I'd check in as one among the ranks.

I have also noticed when it gets hot my blood sugar crashes more frequently.  So even if I have eaten an hour before if I am out in the sun and walking around it will happen. Really puts a damper on summer fun!

I know this is an old thread but the book Wheat Belly recently came out and I believe it could be useful to you.  Whole wheat has been to shown to raise blood sugar higher than table sugar does.  Maybe grains need to be avoided as well as other white carbs.  The book is fantastic by the way.

 Just a thought for those having issues with cereal in the morning... I read an article somewhere that said the chance of an occurence of RH might be increased when you haven't eaten in a long time (meaning something you have for breakfast, when you've gone 8-12 hours since your last meal might cause RH, but the same food might not have the same effect at any other time of day.

Ive self diagnosed RH in myself. I can't always predict what food will trigger it, but when it happens I can always track it back to white carbs (most recently was a small amount of white rice). I'm curious, who has seen a doctor about this issue? I'm wondering if it's even worth the cost of seeing the doctor, getting officially diagnosed if the treatment is simply diet modification anyhow...

I have struggled with the reactive hypoglycemia myself.  But, like you, I started journaling the crashes and what foods I had eaten.  Mine seems to be affected by the first meal I have of the day.  I have had to give up cereal and oatmeal early in the day.  I can have those things for dinner but not first thing in the mornings.  I also find that milk and icecream are triggers.  So, I don't eat/drink those things.  If I eat cereal I use the Lactaid milk.  My episodes are few and far between now.  I do still have the crashes occasionally, but it is usually because I ventured away from what I know works and started my day off with less protein and more carbs or just had to have some ice cream.  LOL.