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Orv · #1 09-23-2011, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by cjbrown

I suffer from an explosive temper due to hypoglycemia. Took me 50 years to figure it out though. Like jekyl and hyde. I usually ruin relationships rather than my stuff though.

You too, huh? It took me forever to work that one out. I get miserable and short-tempered, then I lose the ability to focus, then I get the shakes. Oddly blood sugar tests always come up normal. I have two friends with the same problem and they both had to work it out on their own, too. What makes it even trickier is it seems to switch off my urge to eat pretty early in the process.

Nowadays my wife knows the score and when she sees me get irritable she hauls me off and feeds me. I married well.

Stretch · #2 09-23-2011, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Orv

You too, huh? It took me forever to work that one out. I get miserable and short-tempered, then I lose the ability to focus, then I get the shakes. Oddly blood sugar tests always come up normal. I have two friends with the same problem and they both had to work it out on their own, too. What makes it even trickier is it seems to switch off my urge to eat pretty early in the process.

Nowadays my wife knows the score and when she sees me get irritable she hauls me off and feeds me. I married well.

X3 is it?

Is there a connection between MB drivers and blood sugar level?

Zacharias · #3 09-23-2011, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Orv

You too, huh? It took me forever to work that one out. I get miserable and short-tempered, then I lose the ability to focus, then I get the shakes. Oddly blood sugar tests always come up normal. I have two friends with the same problem and they both had to work it out on their own, too. What makes it even trickier is it seems to switch off my urge to eat pretty early in the process.

Oh I hear you on that. Direct sun makes it happen faster to me.

I had a couple of scary experiences all by myself way in the back of the old rural pickn'pull here, some years ago when I almost collapsed after working for an hour or two on some fresh carcass in July heat. I also have to remember to continually drink water when working (not wait three hours then drink a gallon at a shot).

In the end I became mildly diabetic so now I have no choice: I stop every two to three hours, eat a snack and rest for 20-30 minutes on the couch.

Orv · #4 09-23-2011, 06:11 PM

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I had a couple of scary experiences all by myself way in the back of the old rural pickn'pull here, some years ago when I almost collapsed after working for an hour or two on some fresh carcass in July heat.

Haven't had that happen in a long time, but when I was younger and didn't know what was up I did pass out once. You know you're in deep trouble when you start to get those sparklies in your peripheral vision.

cjbrown · #5 09-23-2011, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Orv

You too, huh? It took me forever to work that one out. I get miserable and short-tempered, then I lose the ability to focus, then I get the shakes. Oddly blood sugar tests always come up normal. I have two friends with the same problem and they both had to work it out on their own, too. What makes it even trickier is it seems to switch off my urge to eat pretty early in the process.

Nowadays my wife knows the score and when she sees me get irritable she hauls me off and feeds me. I married well.

Mine does the same. And now she recognizes when I'm crashing and helps instead of yelling back. It's gotten worse in the last year. About 12 years ago I figured out that I cannot eat ANY sugar, or consume anything with sugar in it. Starbucks Frapachino...my favorite...38gms of sugar. CocaCola - 32gms of sugar. No more chocolate, no more donuts...the list goes on and on.

Blood testing has to be done throughout the day, and before and after meals. It's the drop in blood sugar level more so than the actual level, that causes most of the symptoms. At 5:30 in the afternoon my blood sugar level is at or below 50%, just above the level that brings on a coma.

The bad news is that all my favorite things are on the 'do not consume list'. In order of deleterious affect:

sugar
caffiene
nicotine
alcohol

That pretty much shoots my general diet all to hell.

Good info here: Low Blood Sugar - Hypoglycemia - Affects Health, Emotions and Learning Ability

Sorry for the thread-jack. If it can help anyone then it's worth it.

Orv · #6 09-23-2011, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by cjbrown

Good info here: Low Blood Sugar - Hypoglycemia - Affects Health, Emotions and Learning Ability

Sorry for the thread-jack. If it can help anyone then it's worth it.

Thanks. I think the hardest part for me is finding reasonable high-protein snacks to eat between meals at work. Nuts are the obvious thing, but I get tired of them pretty fast.