I lost 50 pounds on a low carbohydrate diet in a 6 month period. After that I stayed on a relatively low carb diet for the next 2 years. Recently I begin blacking out and was hospitalized with severe hypoglycemia. The urgent care doctor called me pre-seizure. My sugar drops into the 40's and 60's even after eating. I am now including complex carbs in my diet but am still having episodes. My doctors suspect insulinoma but have not found it yet. I am a 57 year old woman, weigh 151 at 5'6". This low carb diet was not based on Atkins and was pretty balanced, including fruit and veggies. It did include a drug call phendimetrazine. The doctors I talked to in the hospital said that this was a bad drug and that it should be taken off the market. I had taken this medication while dieting for approximately 8 months. I am hoping that the dieting did not cause this problem but I have a feeling it did. Published: October 09 ::

Every so often with my hypoglycemia, I'll get that kind of feeling, “I need food now!” Well, I was doing some deliveries yesterday, and I made the error of not bringing any food or water with me in the truck. By my third delivery, I was getting frosty and woozy, my legs were heavy, etc. I knew I was in trouble, and I humbly asked a customer if I could have a glass of water. Next, I shot over to a food mart and got a Gatorade and Snickers that did the trick. But for half an hour, I was getting nervous. Food does the cure in a jiffy. Published: October 07 ::

My father, my three brothers and I are all hypoglycemic. My dad (who learned it from his dad) calls it the weak trembles. None of us have ever known what is really was until recently. It had been a long day, and I had a three hour drive in front of me and I knew that I had to eat. Hadn't eaten anything all day except for an egg with toast and I could feel the weak trembles coming on strong. I stopped to eat, I took two bites of a fast food chicken sandwich and one sip of soda and my body freaked out. Long story short I ended up calling an ambulance and spent several hours in the hospital. I couldn't breathe and thought I was having a heart attack (I am a healthy 27). So humiliating to find why I went in. At Thanksgiving the family talked and I thought I would share our collective knowledge here no bread (ever!), before a physically demanding day eat fruit or something high in protein no pancakes, or waffles, or biscuits, etc. Peanut butter, honey, candy bars, ice cream are great immediate cures for the shakes during the day. Lay down if at all possible when the shakes come on. For me, the first sign that I need to eat is a cold sweat. Published: September 10 ::

I am a 56 year old woman, 5' 7" tall. In June I weighed 214 lbs and began a low carbohydrate diet. In the fall I started having severe headaches. I went to the doctor and she said I had a sinus infection, and prescribed antibiotics. After taking them, I still had the headaches. In the meantime, my husband was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I was messing with his blood sugar monitor, and came up 26 once and 'lo' once. When I went back to the doctor about my headaches, I mentioned this to her, and she said I was probably going too low on carbohydrates. I also discovered that I wasn't eating enough calories, (shows the importance of tracking what you eat). After increasing both the calories and carbohydrates, my blood sugar tested this morning at 97. However, I am still having the headaches, but not a severe. Low blood sugar may not be the cause of my headaches, but I am so glad I talked to my doctor about it. I could have been much worse off than just a headache if I had continued with my eating habits. Published: September 10 ::

Hi There! I am a 30 year old male, 6' and about 190 lbs. I work all day fueled by coffee until I remember to eat anything (usually around 2-3 PM). Often times, I run by the microwave in the office and toss in a meal. People find them hours later because I forget to come back and get them. My sugar reading was 44 on a blood test last year. People who exhibit similar behavior can end up with low blood sugars (a condition called hypoglycemia) that can then flip over to diabetes anytime. Once that happens, it is irreversible. I just got off the phone with a nice person who requires a machine insider their stomach to keep track of sugar levels and also a 24-hour pump that delivers insulin. The warning to me should be offered to everyone. If you forget to eat or think you are too busy to take time for more than 1-2 meals a day - think again or it could cost you much more than the 5 minutes a day it takes to stop and eat. Published: November 16 ::

I am 63 and have had hypoglycemia for over 30 years. It started when I was a member of Diet Center in the 80's, a low or no carb diet. I would wake up around 3 PM starving to death and would just about make it to the kitchen for a few bites of banana. Now even though I eat carbs during the day, I rarely have a night when I do not wake up with severe hunger. I have learned to keep a bag of pecans by my bed side. It helps me to fall back to sleep but come morning I am very hungry again. Another symptom during the 3 PM feeding is stomach or intestine noise. I feel as though when my body has no more food to digest that instead of using stored energy, my body registers starvation. I have been watching my food intake for years but have not been losing weight. Published: November 03 ::