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Re: Hypoglycemic Observations
Rarely. Once several years ago I was "new" to this problem and chose not to eat. My vision went black for a little bit and I felt my consciousness lose a few seconds. That was 5 years ago though.
Typically it's just a massive flood of adrenaline.
From my research most of the nasty symptoms hypoglycemia come from the massive adrenaline surge.
When I am hypoglycemic though I notice that certain thought processes shut down. The brain doesn't seem to shut down necessarily, but it's like it's trying to conserve as much energy as possible by shutting down unnecessary processes.
My research has also shown that the reason people faint from hypoglycemia is ironically to stay alive by stopping all non life supportive functions until the
Sugar level rises again.
This occurs with hypoglycemia not due to medication/insulin/herbs. I believe if you take an outside substance that artificially lowers blood glucose the body isn't aware of it in the same way that it's aware of its own internal processes. I believe the body can sense how much of each hormone is being produced and how much it needs. When you take something it bypasses this mechanism and this might explain why I didn't panic even though I could tell my body was shutting down.
When I'm just "normal" hypoglycemic it must be that my adrenals are able to counteract it enough to keep the brain from shutting down substantially with adrenaline. Of course the whole cycle just destroys the adrenal glands because it puts so much stress on them. That's why I can't wait to get these cortisol tests in so I can go from there.
I believe I have low day cortisol and normal/high night cortisol because I can't make it through the day without food, but I can make it through the night just fine.