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Old 06-28-2011, 07:37 AM
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I've had two severe dips in the past month myself. I have a glucometer now and test. Both times were late afternoon, after running errands. I became very irritable and snappish, and started to shake. This was preceded by some sweating.
Both times I had trouble inserting the strip into the glucometer. I am normally never shakey. And this result was 85 and not that low either.

When I have had my long glucose tolerance tests at the hospital I was both times a basket case by the end of it...crying and other emotional responses.

I think low blood sugar should be considered when sudden changes in mood or emotion occur out of the blue.

People who are becoming insulin resistant, can get this. It is a precursor to developing type II diabetes later. When sugar cannot get into the cells, (resistance) then the symptoms rear up.
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