Hypoglycemia and Adrenal Fatigue - Lab tests don't tell all
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- One of the most common complaints of fatigue and symptoms of adrenal fatigue is the need to have food in order to avoid fatigue, brain fog, soon after a meal is taken. In this video, we will go over the mechanics of what happens in this for of hypoglycemia which we call reactive hypoglycemia.
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This is Dr. Lam, founder of DrLam.com. When the blood sugar is dropping then the term hypoglycemia is used. Usually clinically we see the laboratory value of sugar less than 60-70 mg per decimeter, but in the case of adrenal fatigue associated with hypoglycemic episodes, the blood sugar actually is normal. Now, we don't exactly know why this is happening, but we do know that there is a form of reactive type of hypoglycemia, a form of hypoglycemia that is called reactive hypoglycemia, I should be clearer, in that it is not the absolute level of blood sugar that decides whether you have symptoms or not; however, it is that you are of normal blood sugar, let's say 100-120 mg per decimeter to the 60-70 or even 80, so while you can have a blood sugar of 80 and be considered normal, the drop from 110-80 is what triggers the hypoglycemic symptoms. This is why it is called reactive hypoglycemia, and when you have this which is commonly associated with adrenal fatigue, laboratory tests will show normal.
Now what you can do is to eat a bit more frequently, and that is the common thing to do, but you also want to not just simply eat but understand the physiology that this is the way your body is telling you that it is metabolically deranged and in need. You are not necessarily in a diabetic situation and you are not necessarily having a medical clinical diagnosis of hypoglycemia, but you have hypoglycemic symptoms, and laboratory results are normal.
Now, eating small snacks is a good thing to do, repeat blood test is not usually productive, but reactive hypoglycemia is a sign of later stages of adrenal fatigue, and usually when that happens to you it is a sign that you have to look and see what else is going on. Usually, it also accompanied by brain fog, irritability, and at night time it can actually wake you up after you've been sleeping. During the day time, after lunch, you may have to find that you need a snack about two hours before, or afterwards I'm sorry, otherwise you will feel really draggy, and fatigued and slumpy. The same thing may happen in the morning around 10 am around 2 or 3 hours after breakfast, before lunch, you will then feel a sense that you really need food and if you don't have that food supply or the sugar boost then your body will feel very, very weak. These are classic signs of reactive hypoglycemia in the situation of adrenal fatigue.
Now, it is very important also to check with your doctor to see that there are other forms of metabolic imbalances. Those people who have a family history of diabetes especially should be a little bit more careful because your body can react in different ways under those situations. But, if you really put the picture together clinically, in adrenal fatigue you can really sense the big picture, and that big picture is what counts it is not just the hypoglycemic episode on its own. Sometimes it can be accompanied as I said earlier with brain fog, heart palpitations, pain of unknown origin, insomnia, heart palpitations and arrhythmia, joint pains, etc., etc. So knowing this is one of the leads that bring us to adrenal fatigue and how to overcome this is something that we can deal with once we understand the physiology.
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Why am I just seeing these videos!?! This was the worst symptom when it first occurred. Terrible hypoglycemia and fatigue. I didn’t realize it was low blood sugar.
sorry to hear that. hope things are better for you now
Thank you Dr. Lam! You have changed my life.
so grateful to you..thank you.
This is what I'm having and I told my doctor I think I have Adrenal Fatigue , he looked at me and said he's not familiar with Adrenal Fatigue , so frustrating because now I eat breakfast and two hours later my blood sugar drops and I have to eat two hours after to keep a balanced feeling , lots of brain fog, light headed. he checked my blood sugar two hours after I had breakfast it was a 86 and I was feeling bad, level should of been 100-125 two hours after eating. I feel like I'm on my own.
Update started implementing a low histamine and low salicylate diet which has helped a lot , all my symptoms happened after covid-19 and from further research covid-19 can make the mast cells go into overdrive. the triggers are certain foods, emotional stress, and physical stress "exercise intolerance" but adrenal fatigue also plays in close relation to post covid-19 recovery
@@captmorgan2063 Interesting.
this video is about exactly what i feel each time i have breakfast, so many Dr i have visited, all of them say no problem with me, so i look it up myself what is related to my symptoms on internet specialy youtube, turn out i have prediabetic and too high insulin every time i eat too full and to often, so the solution is eat les and low carb diet(dont eat until full) and do intermiten fasting 16:8, it reduce my symptoms so much. and many doctor say on youtube insulin resistant is reverseable, so i will keep doing this, somday i'll try to triger my symptoms again to know if its already fix.
@@davidtogar5001has the diet fixed the issue?
This is what my daughter has.
Teslandia A I hope your daughter find out what caused and get treated God Bless you.
What I want to know is, is this curable, or can you only regulate it with diet changes?
Totally reversible
@@SauerkrautXwere you able to reverse it? How?
So many willfully ignorant doctors who don't understand this simple concept and only look at the absolute numbers.
And so many who claim "Adrenal Fatigue" is just a fad disease or "women's magazine disease".
And so many suffering patients so tired of eating all day when not really hungry, putting on weight, and, like he said, waking up every few hours having to eat. The usual pat answers don't work for them. Hope his do.
I totally understand. If you need additional help, call our office at 626-571-1234 for a free initial consultation.
this is exactly what i feel each time i have breakfast, so many Dr i have visited, all of them say no problem with me, so i look it up myself what is related to my symptoms on internet specialy youtube, turn out i have prediabetic and too high insulin every time i eat too full and to often, so the solution is eat les and low carb diet(dont eat until full) and do intermiten fasting 16:8, it reduce my symptoms so much. and many doctor say on youtube insulin resistant is reverseable, so i will keep doing this, somday i'll try to triger my symptoms again to know if its already fix.
Indeed your reactive hypoglycemia is a sign of imbalance underlying.
@@drlam thank you Dr Lam for the reply and the coaching video, it helped me so much to fix my condition 🙏
@@davidtogar5001 i'm so glad you're better!
i found this very interesting.. i don't have diabetes but am getting bld sugar drops, body has been sensitive to the lowering affects.. feels like anxiety or panic attack. my father has dm2 whom is passed, every lab says none for me however listening to your video i have had a pituitary tumor removed. and suffering from this, pls. help. even after eating i feel like i need to eat again. at this rate i will be obese and for sure diabetic.
If you want your questions answered and someone to help you on your recovery journey, call our office at 626-571-1234.
Dr. Lam Coaching thank you dr. I will call.
I was so concerned about this that I bought a glucose metering kit to check. My baseline fasting glucose is about 80. If I should eat some fruit the blood sugar spikes to over 180. But other than the expected spikes my blood sugar it seems to be normal or close to normal. I have many of the symptoms you mentioned but I don't know if they are stress related of blood chemistry related. I am trying to figure that out. I noticed when I eat high sugar items that then within an hour or two I start to feel weak and shaky with a headache, and with brain fog and nausea. If I do some aerobic exercise I start feeling better. I don't know but I am trying to figure it out.
You might be experiencing reactive hypoglycemia. Try balancing meals with protein, fiber, and healthy fats to stabilize blood sugar and continue with aerobic exercise. Keep monitoring your levels and focus on a balanced diet. Give us a call to know more.
its confusing... so, then hypoglycemia symptoms can be associated with adrenal fatigue?.... how do you actually diagnose adrenal fatigue?... do you simply check off any metabolic disorders... and that's it?...
there are different ways of looking at adrenal fatigue. it's not a medical diagnosis, but can overlap with a lot of other symptoms. you need to have someone experienced to go through a thorough history before teasing it apart. www.drlamcoaching.com/adrenal-fatigue/testing/laboratory-testing-for-adrenal-fatigue-syndrome/
@@drlam that's exactly what i said.
I finish eating dinner around 7:45pm, but every night at 9:00pm, my sugar will drop 10-20 numbers. One night it was 88 and less than 10 minutes later it dropped to 70 and have to take my glucose pills to get it back up. Why is this happening and how can I fix this? I'm hoping someone can help me with this and solve this mystery.
Depending on what you eat, or how you are metabolizing, that's not good to go so low. You might have to eat good protein and fat every 2-3 hours. But make sure you rule out any other root causes of hypoglycemia
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I do great as long as I don't eat.
Hypoglycemic is WAY DIFFERENT than Reactive Hypoglycemic
You might be having some food sensitivities if you don't feel good when you eat. www.drlamcoaching.com/nem-therapy/inflammation/inflammatory-foods-a-guide-for-reducing-inflammation/