After several years of complaining about how tired I was all the time and being prescribed "more exercise!" I finally got a hold of a glucometer and put the results in front of a nutritionist who listened. She said, "Latent diabetes," which went against the endocrinologist's diagnosis of "non-hypoglycaemia". The endocrinologist said I had some symptoms that sounded like hypoglycaemia, but I couldn't have it because my reactions to food were far too fast. I'm totally confused about that. Can someone explain to me why it can't be hypoglycaemia if my blood sugar dives too low too fast?

After seven years of trying to get some answers, this guy only talked to me for five minutes. He sent a student nurse (or some such thing) in to talk to me and take down information. This kid had to be maybe twenty and was more than a little clueless. I was complaining about a possible blood sugar problem and she didn't ask anything about family history regarding daibetes or whatnot. Then she went into the hall, closed the door, and I heard her tell the doctor everything I said that she felt was relevant. He came in and told me his diagnosis. He said it was 'one of those things we could test and test, but in the end it was just something I'd have to learn to live with.' Endquote. He told me to see the nutritionist in three months and start the diabetic diet. Said if I just started eating sweet potatoes instead of white potatoes and stuff like that, I'd be much better in no time.

I argued with him until he gave me a glucometer and told me to test myself so I could see that just because I felt bad sometimes doesn't mean I had low blood sugar. My fasting blood sugar turned out to be 4.5 every morning. Great. Then I had a piece of white bread with margarine and it spiked to 7.6 in fifteen minutes. Another fifteen minutes later I was shaking and and faint and I clocked in at 3.2. I had a seizure before the next fifteen minutes was up. I called the endo back and he was too busy to take my call. He didn't return my message. I tested my reactions to things for the next two weeks. All simple - and even most complex carbs - caused a spike and a drop within half an hour to forty five minutes or an hour. My family doc says the endo is right in that the reaction was always too quick for it to be true hypoglycaemia. No one seems to be interested in finding a proper diagnosis. The family doc says my only options are to go back to the endo that dismissed me in the first place, or keep going on the low carb diet thing until I figure out exactly what and how much food and exercise makes me feel healthy.

Sorry for the long post. I just haven't had anyone to talk to who has any experience in this. If anyone has any answers or advice they feel is relevant to my situation, please feel free to share. I'm open.

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