Sugar head aches???
I find that whenever I eat donuts,drink mountain dew or any regular soda(coke dr.pepper etc) I get a head ache so bad I feel like I could and sometime do become physically sick to get ride of whatever is in my body. And once I ate at a ihop(lots of sugar in that meal) and later passed out in class and at the er took my blood sugar they said it was so low that they would have though I had not eaten in a day or more!!!(They did it several times because they though they had done it wrong) The head ache comes on and then usually about 15-20min later the sick feeling comes on. I am ok if I avoid very sugary foods, and inmy daily diet I am able to do this but sometimes I miss count and it occurs, so I was wondering if this kind of responce should warnt a doctors visit, I’m asking cause I pay out of pocket and want second opinions before I spend that kind of money? So normal reaction? or doctors?
You need to see a physician and get a fasting glucose test- it is a 5-6 hour testing and during it, you will be given a very sugary coke type mixture to drink…and you will most likely feel the sugar “high” and get a headache…and as they monitor you, you most likely will have your levels plummet into the danger zone which is below 70…which consists of shakes, sweats, headache and irritability. You have diabetes and need to see a doc to get meds. Diet alone - cutting out sugary foods, is usually not enough since all carbohydrates raise your blood sugar levels. A dietician is needed to get you on a good healthy diabetic diet. If you do not have insurance, go to the ER of the best hospital in your area–a teaching hospital is usually the best, they will not bill you if you don’t have money or insurance…please go ASAP…the longer you go untreated, the more at risk you are for the never-ending list of side effects from diabetes. …good luck to you.
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Sounds like hypoglycemia to me. I had it for decades and then developed diabetes, type 2. The same thing happened to my mother.
Get your doctor to do a Glucose Tolerance Test. It will tell him what’s going on when you eat sugar.
Get it checked out every year, because its not unheard of for it to change to diabetes sooner or later, which is far more seroius.
Do not put it off, this is NOT normal.
Symptoms of type 2 diabetes:
Not everyone with type 2 diabetes has symptoms, particularly in the early stages of the disease. In fact, one-third of the over 18 million Americans with type 2 diabetes are unaware that they have the disease.1
Type 2 diabetes symptoms may include one or more of the following:
Excessive thirst
Frequent urination
Extreme hunger
Unexplained weight loss
Fatigue, or a feeling of being “run down” and tired
Rapid breathing
Blurred vision
Dry, itchy skin
Headache
Tingling or burning pain in the feet, legs, hands, or other parts of the body
High blood pressure
Mood swings
Irritability, depression
Frequent or recurring infections, such as urinary tract infections, yeast infections, and skin infections
Slow healing of cuts and bruises
Unlike type 1 diabetes, which frequently has a sudden onset of symptoms and reaches a crisis point before diagnosis is made, the signs of type 2 diabetes may be gradual and more insidious. Often, the first symptoms that people with undiagnosed type 2 diabetes experience are those from complications of the disease, such as blurry vision (retinopathy) or foot pain (neuropathy).
If you’re experiencing any of the type 2 diabetes symptoms, please contact your healthcare provider immediately for medical evaluation.
National Institutes of Health. One Third of Diabetes Sufferers Unaware of Having the Disease. (Accessed
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WAKE UP!!!!!!!! You are eating the wrong foods and you know it. IHOP? DONUTS? Mountain DEW??? ARE YOU SERIOUS??? FOR REAL? Ok diabetes is curable…yes thats true, doctors are even now realizing that diabetes comes from consistantly eating the wrong foods…and guess what kind of foods…PROCESSED. Sugar is processed…it is not naturally white…In fact white table sugar and table salt are both CHEMICALS…YEP POISIONS. THEY DO NOT EXIST IN NATURE. So all the things you are eating contains 300x’s a normal persons daily limit and over 4000grams of sugar. YOU ARE SLOWLY KILLING YOURSELF.
Any humans body regulates glucose, it is what our body uses to supply itself with energy. However americans are eating things loaded with other types of sugars like: Fructose, Maltose, Dextrose, Glucose, High Fructos Corn Syrup, Malodextros….all these things are chemically created sugars, the glucose in foods that are not natrually in them are chemically created, and POISONOUS. Our bodies cant process these sugars because they already are processed and therefore wreak havoc on our control systems because there is an overload.
Blood sugar should be between 60 and 110 normally. Rising to about 145 after eating. Lower than 60 means your body isnt getting enough GOOD GOOD Forms of food to convert to sugar. Like Whole foods. So when you eat or drink soda, donuts, pancakes the sugars in them get absorbed into the blood super quick, and as quickly as they are absorbed the spike happens peaks, then you are down again, because your body needs sugars that are realeased into the blood slowly and continuously.
IT IS NOT HARD TO GET ON A DECENT MEAL PLAN. YOu already said you are ok if you avoid sugary foods, so you know what sugary foods are. You can eat as many green vegetables as you want. You can eat as many fruits as you want providing they are done before they are excessivly ripe and full of sugars. Drink water and avoid store bought juices that contain sugars. Read labels…DO NOT BUY ANYTHING THAT HAS THE ABOVE INGREDIENTS IN PARAGRAPH 2. DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT eat artificial sweetners, they are very very acidic and deaths have occured from eating them…SERIOUSLY NO SPLENDA, SWEET n LOW, EQUAL or anything that isnt RAW SUGAR.
You can get yourself back together, you can be happy and have a normal life, you just have to be smart and try something different.