Low blood sugar = super hungry?

[Nocturnal]

Does this mean I might have diabetes if I just got hungry all of a sudden where it's like I need to eat something!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Schadenfroh]

is this right after you smoked your joint?

 

[Nocturnal]

Nope, I just had a pizza for brunch and a Coke. Other than that I had nothing to eat today. I just got finished with two big Kit Kat bars, and a bag of ranch Dorritos.

 

[Nocturnal]

I feel pretty sick after eating two candy bars and a bag full of chips. 🙁

 

[Colt45]

wash the chips down with some crack

 

[styrafoam]

Headache, blurred vision, constant thirst & urination are the usually the first clues to the onset of diabetes. Go get some ketone test strips from the pharmacy if for some reason you don't want to go to the doctor. If ketones are present in your urine then you are diabetic.

 

[Corporate Thug]

low blood glucose doesn't necessarily mean diabetes

 

[Entity]

Originally posted by: shady06
low blood glucose doesn't necessarily mean diabetes

Low blood glucose is the opposite of diabetes. It may be a sign of hypoglycemia, but not diabetes.

Signs of diabetes.

Rob <---- type-1 diabetic

 

[Eli]

Great, now look what you made me do. After reading this thread, I went to the store and bought a big bag of original flavor Gardetto's, a can of pringles, and a 2 litre Mt. Dew LiveWire.

And It's all Nocturnal's fault. 😛

 

[McMadman]

If your blood sugar is high you generally don't want to eat anything (of course you'll be thirsty as all hell)

You commented that you had nothing to eat since brunch.. well that just MIGHT be the reason why you were hungry all of a sudden 🙂

I've had days like that where I just get hungry out of nowhere for no reason. I'm not a diabetic, but live with a type 1 so I've learned a bit about it.

 

[Amused]

Low blood sugar (extreme) makes me break out in a cold sweat and feel faint. Not hungry.

 

[McMadman]

That is an extreme low, and by that point you'd need to get that level back up (I'm not too sure exactly how low your sugar would be around that time, but low enough that attention is required, either eating (if you're conscious) or an ambulance call.

I don't think a normal person would get anywhere near those low levels however, but I could be wrong.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: McMadman
That is an extreme low, and by that point you'd need to get that level back up (I'm not too sure exactly how low your sugar would be around that time, but low enough that attention is required, either eating (if you're conscious) or an ambulance call.

I don't think a normal person would get anywhere near those low levels however, but I could be wrong.

I think it's possible... but it would take certain circumstances..

It's happened to my dad before, but AFAIK he's not diabetic...

I've also had it happen to me before after an short intense workout..

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: McMadman
That is an extreme low, and by that point you'd need to get that level back up (I'm not too sure exactly how low your sugar would be around that time, but low enough that attention is required, either eating (if you're conscious) or an ambulance call.

I don't think a normal person would get anywhere near those low levels however, but I could be wrong.

It happens to me every so often. Especially if I overdo it while exercising. All it takes is a sports drink with sugar, or a candy bar to make me feel better. It's no emergency, just unpleasent.

It also happens if I have something with high sugar, get an insulin spike, then a huge dip in blood sugar levels.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: Entity

Originally posted by: shady06
low blood glucose doesn't necessarily mean diabetes

Low blood glucose is the opposite of diabetes. It may be a sign of hypoglycemia, but not diabetes.

Signs of diabetes.

Rob <---- type-1 diabetic

fvck, you had to point that out didnt you? now i'm worried about how i did on my phy sci final 🙂

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: McMadman
That is an extreme low, and by that point you'd need to get that level back up (I'm not too sure exactly how low your sugar would be around that time, but low enough that attention is required, either eating (if you're conscious) or an ambulance call.

I don't think a normal person would get anywhere near those low levels however, but I could be wrong.

It happens to me every so often. Especially if I overdo it while exercising. All it takes is a sports drink with sugar, or a candy bar to make me feel better. It's no emergency, just unpleasent.

It also happens if I have something with high sugar, get an insulin spike, then a huge dip in blood sugar levels.

Yea...

A couple of weeks ago, I ate a candybar and drank half a bottle of soda right after waking up... Then about 2 hours later, I got all dizzy, lightheaded, broke out in a cold sweat.. and had to stumble into a 7-11 to get something to eat.

They probably thought I had been out all night boozin', lol..

 

[Amused]

http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/diabetes/pubs/hypo/hypo.htm

A site on hypoglycemia.

Like I said, I most often get it if I overdo it exercising.

It happens most often if I take a break from my workouts for a week or two, and jump right back in as if I never stopped.

 

[McMadman]

The only times i've had to deal with this were due to diabetic reasons, and not on myself.

The mentioned symptoms on the link are quite accurate, although its much different when you're judging someone else as opposed to yourself.

 

[Mucho]

I usually have the same symtoms about once a month and the cure is ice cream or milk and bananas, my doctor told me it might be anxiety attack.