Posted by Daniel Woodfield on June 6, 2004, at 15:39:54
In reply to Only regarding the hypoglycemia issue, posted by Racer on June 6, 2004, at 14:30:03
I didn't check my levels while i was on the paxil im afraid, no.
Like i said in my post i was too suicidally depressed while on the Paxil, i just did what my body told me to do, which was basically sit, eat and drink alcohol for nine months.
While being off the Paxil i have lost 90 lbs by doing the Atkins diet which has been excruciating while dealing with the Hypoglycemia symptoms every day.
Incidentally i actually dont believe that my blood sugar levels actually dip that low, although that is statement without fact.i personally believe my body now thinks the blood sugar levels are low because there are never any spikes, i mean i literally don't eat any sugar anymore at all, save vegetables at night time, following which i probably feel my best, although my heart still races so i dont think the kick of Carbs is enough for my hormones to truly believe my blood sugar is back to normal, when it all probabiblity it is perfect.
My theory is that taking a drug i didn't need (and at high levels), has set an unbalance in my body which doesn't know how to even itself out and is causing my hormonal system to be confused.Whether trying to attack the Dopamine system or the NE system (Who knows) will help get back in rythm is something i am trying to investigate, but its hard over here because the doctors aren't interested, and hypoglycemia isn't considered to be a disease that effects anyone except diabetics who have taken too much insulin.
My doctor says that anxiety causes it, however i know this to be rubbish.i was put on Paxil in the first place because of anxiety and my symptoms were horrednous then, but this is something totally not right.
If anything the Hypoglycemia symptoms cause me anxiety, which is a shame because i could actually live some kind of life even with the problems i noted in my first post if i didn't have the hypoglycemia symptoms.
So as it stands, it was a serotonin drug that caused the hypoglycemia (there is a woman doctor who has devoted her life to hypoglycemia who campaigns daily to screen people throughly before putting them on SSRIs for complications they can be caused later in the form of Hypoglycemia due to increased serotonin levels), so i can only predict and hope that a drug that touches other chemicals can help.I think my dopamine systems have always been compromised, but i read today that NE meds such as effexor and adrafinil can raise blood sugar so that was interesting.
We shall see.
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