Dechi
Senior Member (Voting Rights)
When I really started to grasp that there was something seriously wrong with my health, 3 years ago, I had hypoglycemia as one of my first symptoms. This is when I started being really investigated for various illnesses and was later diagnosed with me.
At the time, I had hypoglycemia for a few months - randomly, a few times. The shaky feeling, dizziness, general weird malaise, almost fainting. Then I learned to be careful and didn’t really had any more hypoglycemia episodes until today.
Of course I had forgotten about how it felt, because it had been so many years and it never happened that many times before anyways. So today I woke up and I was already a bit shaky, but that’s not unusual for me. Then I had some grooming to do on the dogs and I had to be really careful, because my hands were shaking. I pushed through it, thinking it was just my usual muscle weakness, just more pronounced.
But nope ! After grooming I went into the shower and felt so weird and dizzy I got out really quick in less than 1 minute. Then I lay down and asked my son for some sugar. I had not eaten yet, I always eat later in the morning. I also had a bit of watermelon and some Gatorade.
I felt better for a bit, than worse again and it was really an awful day. Even lying down I was awfully dizzy, had nausea and felt weak. It was scary and I felt so alone and helpless. My son was out but made sure I was okay by texting me and coming back mid-day.
I wonder if this is the consequence of a crash ? I have been doing more lately because I am moving soon and will start renovating the house before moving this week. I live alone so everything falls on my shoulders. I don’t do physical work, but it’s the project managing, calling the suppliers, the worrying that is exhausting me.
I don’t know how to deal with this symptom. Not even 100% sure it’s hypoglycemia, since I don’t have anything to check my blood and couldn’t drive to get it checked, I was too weak and dizzy.
If anyone has advice, knowing that I will be doing too much for a few more weeks (until the last week of July) because I don’t have a choice. Besides pacing that is. I will be pacing as much as I can. And I will be even more careful than usual. But still. I am scared !
At the time, I had hypoglycemia for a few months - randomly, a few times. The shaky feeling, dizziness, general weird malaise, almost fainting. Then I learned to be careful and didn’t really had any more hypoglycemia episodes until today.
Of course I had forgotten about how it felt, because it had been so many years and it never happened that many times before anyways. So today I woke up and I was already a bit shaky, but that’s not unusual for me. Then I had some grooming to do on the dogs and I had to be really careful, because my hands were shaking. I pushed through it, thinking it was just my usual muscle weakness, just more pronounced.
But nope ! After grooming I went into the shower and felt so weird and dizzy I got out really quick in less than 1 minute. Then I lay down and asked my son for some sugar. I had not eaten yet, I always eat later in the morning. I also had a bit of watermelon and some Gatorade.
I felt better for a bit, than worse again and it was really an awful day. Even lying down I was awfully dizzy, had nausea and felt weak. It was scary and I felt so alone and helpless. My son was out but made sure I was okay by texting me and coming back mid-day.
I wonder if this is the consequence of a crash ? I have been doing more lately because I am moving soon and will start renovating the house before moving this week. I live alone so everything falls on my shoulders. I don’t do physical work, but it’s the project managing, calling the suppliers, the worrying that is exhausting me.
I don’t know how to deal with this symptom. Not even 100% sure it’s hypoglycemia, since I don’t have anything to check my blood and couldn’t drive to get it checked, I was too weak and dizzy.
If anyone has advice, knowing that I will be doing too much for a few more weeks (until the last week of July) because I don’t have a choice. Besides pacing that is. I will be pacing as much as I can. And I will be even more careful than usual. But still. I am scared !