Passed out at work yesterday

[Self: take a deep breath. Be brave, be brave...]

I passed out yesterday at work. I had eaten a small breakfast, then got to work at noon. I was hungry, but instead of reaching for something healthy, I turned in the direction of a -- drum roll -- King cake sitting there in its disgusting, seductive glory.

I KNOW I KNOW... Here's a hammer. Just get it over with: < bending head >

Nasty stuff, all that sugar and refined flour, and oh yeah, dye.. But sugar craving is a big problem I've fought all my life. (altho it has been significantly reduced since i've been cleansing hard & doing other good things like superfood, garlic, cayenne, etc)

The memory of that kings cake... how to describe it. It's like the morning after a bad drinking binge. Or, i don't know, the term skanky (non)food comes to mind.

So.... so.... so....  I not only ate one piece of it -- I had a second.

After eating the skank food I had my "Uny cocktail" -- which for me is a few oz apple juice, water, 2 T superfood, cayenne, and ashwaghanda (delicious!). At least it made me feel less guilty.

Within 30 minutes I was extremely drowsy. Was so bad I had to go downstairs to a nap/relaxation room we have here at work. I slept for about 25 min, and woke up feeling terrible -- room too hot and dry from the heater. My heart was racing. I got up and walked down the hall and got on the elevator to come back up to my floor.

As I was stepping out of the elevator, I suddenly got very dizzy and I said to myself "I need to sit down." Next thing I knew I was lying on my back, confused, staring up at the ceiling, my coat & stuff strewn about on the floor. Had no idea where I was or how I got there... I stirred a bit, remembered where i was, got up and slunk past a glass-enclosed conference room full of senior management. Had they seen me collapse like an overstuffed sack of potatoes?...

I was still dizzy and nauseous and found a sofa in a nearby break room. My manager made me eat something solid... eventually felt better. Still "off" and somewhat tingly the rest of the day. Still a little off today.

I've noticed the past few months more sensitivity to carbs -- esp refined ones. A large meal and maybe a dessert afterwards (unusual for me) would have set my heart to racing. Now though, a much smaller serving of carbs makes my heart race.

I had a near-fainting episode in December. That time I hadn't eaten much either, the dizziness hit more slowly and i was able to find a place to sit & put my head down, instead of fainting. I was at a ball game, so i had to eat peanuts or cheese crackers or something -- and the symptoms gradually subsided.

Good news Uny: I have cut WAY back on caffeine (coffee). Still have a ways to go. I had been at an 8-10 cup/day level, and now I'm down to 3. [This is a subject for another post... cutting back has been WAY harder than I anticipated.]

So...... What do you think happened yesterday? I think I have some low blood sugar thing going on. However it appears that all that sugar caused me to crash and burn, rather than spike, then crash & burn -- which I think is weird.

In fact, I remember (when hypoglycemia was all the rage), 25 yrs ago, I had testing done for LBS. Had a glucose tolerance test. An internal medicine doc said I metabolized sugar strangely -- instead of the normal blood sugar spike, mine stayed fairly normal, then crashed.

I am suitably humbled and scared into taking the sugar / refined crap / skank food issue seriously. If i can cut out caffeine, I can do this. I can do this. I can do this...

low blood sugar? prediabetes? adrenal issues masquerading as LBS? hypothyroidism?

Advice, please...?

-Bundles

p.s. i'm even afraid of juicing now. So much fructose.