meds for reactive hypoglycemia

 Hey, everyone!  Have any of you tried meds for reactive hypoglycemia?  I'm having quite a struggle with it right now, and I'm not sure I want to bother going through the frustration of seeing doctors if they are only going to tell me what I can find out through my own research.  For the most part, doctors are only good for getting the meds you know you need or the surgery you can't perform yourself.  LOL! (Yes, I know this is an exaggerated, very cynical statement, but you know what I mean!)

:)Michelle

I didn't realize there were meds for it.

Have you tried diet changes? I found that eating 6 times a day, and making sure I had protein in each meal, got my reactive hypoglycemia under control.

I keep my under control with diet.  I eat 6-7 times a day. Avoid carbs - even complex by themselves, and make sure that every meal has proteins and fat - with some carbs.
Also - if I get hypoglycemia episode - the next 2-5 days are critical - because my system would be supper sensitive to carbs or lack of it.  During these days I HAVE TO EAT EVERY 2 HRS  to stabilize my system and make it stop freaking out.  Days like that I eat proteins with fat with some non-starchy, but full of fiber - veggies.   After a few days - I can relax more and have coffee with little milk.  During the days when i try to stabilize my system- i have PB or other nut butter (natural with no sugar added) by my bed, and get a tsp before I get up.   Then i can have another - with a cup of coffee.  Somehow - the fat works better than just carbs to overcome the hypoglycemia. 
Also - make sure you add Cinnamon to your food- it helps stabilize your sugar.  There are herbal combinations on the market for sugar balance.  Chromium, vanadium - are also important. 
Even glass of milk (8oz) can send me into hypoglycemia - if I just drink it.  So I stopped drinking milk.  The worst is the skim, but even 2% "does" me.  I use now 1-2 oz in my coffee, and use for backing or cooking.  
Identify the food - or food combination that you get hypo.  Then modify - or avoid it. 

i.e. wine and coffee - too much of it (relatively) makes my hypo badly - even if the food by itself is not too bad.  (google - alcohol effect on reactive hypoglycemia)

There is more info i can give you if you want.  PM me if you want.

I was having some serious trouble with this.. and the worst part was I would crave something sweet, give in just a little bit (really just a little), and then my sugar would crash and I would get sick as a dog. 

My doc put me on metformin for PCOS (not diabetes), and not only do I not crave the sweets, but I don't crash any more, either. It's been wonderful. 

 What exactly is metformin?  I've never heard of it.  Did he explain why/how it works?  I'm very curious!  Thanks for sharing!

I sure wish that there was (i knew where there was) a panel where I could see where people replied. I didn't want emails as they can add up in a hurry. 

I bet you've already looked it up, but here goes anyway. Metformin is a med that is given to people with diabetes (or PCOS), and it keeps your body from making too much insulin in reaction to spikes in blood sugar. 

My body's reaction to any increase in blood sugar is to dump as much insulin as possible as quickly as possible. The problem comes because it dumps so much to correct the sugar level, I have an almost immediate, significant drop in sugar that leaves me trembly, sick, and starving. 

Now that my insulin doesn't spike and my sugar doesn't drop, I don't crave or need the "corrective" sugar - or much of any just because sugar. I figure that my weight may stabilize (again) where it is now, but hey, I am within four pounds of my lowest weight ever, and this is three years out.

Last look I was still losing, but I've always held on to poundage better than most people.You've seen (and may be) one of those people who explain that they could always take it off but not keep it off - losing sixty, seventy, eighty pounds only to gain it back... well, I could never take it off in the first place. It just sort-of sticks. 

Sorry again about taking so long to reply! :)