3 months out, experiencing major hypoglycemic episodes after I eat (I think)...

Hi - I am 3 month out from Lap RNY, and have lost 64 lbs. I'm very happy about this, but I've noticed that for about the last few weeks, after I eat in the morning and early afternoon, I get dizzy, shaky, and so sleepy that I can barely keep my eyes open. I don't so much have this issue in the late afternoon/evening. I'm not really eating any carbs to speak of other than a little fruit or well cooked veggies, but usually in the morning I wake up and have a protein shake (8AM-ish) and have some breakfast around 10 or 10:30, typically a scrambled egg w cheese. By 10:45 or 11:00, I'm getting the major "sleepies". Then, around 1:00 when I have lunch, the same thing happens. On Monday, I woke up and started to make my protein shake before I left for work (no food yet) and I got so dizzy and shakey that I had to sit down and drink a shot of cranberry juice and eat 2 bites of a banana. I was better 15 min later. I called my surgeon who referred me to my GP. My GP was a waste of time - I told them what was up, and they scheduled me to come in at 4PM. I explained that I have these issues in the morning but never in the afternoon, but they wouldn't give me a morning appointment. Well, at 4PM, my blood sugar was at 92, perfectly normal. Based on that, my GP said, "Well, it's obvious that you are having reactive hypoglycemia, but I don't know what to do from here", and that's where it ended. Yes, like, you, I'm shocked at my doc's response, but that still leaves me here in the lurch. The last thing I want to do is have my blood sugar start plummeting and be behind the wheel of my car, or driving my son around and pass out because it's bottomed out...or end up having seizures somewhere because I didn't recognize the signs early enough to have some sugar. I am in communication with my surgeon, but I was wondering if anyone else out there might have been through this and has any suggestions. I've never had any history of diabetes (even when I was pregnant) in my life, and while I've heard of people developing this reactive hypoglycemia a year or more out from RNY, I've never heard of anyone doing it at 3 months out. Thanks so much!

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