Low Blood Sugar (LBS), Reactive Hypoglycemia (RH) Symptoms: Eat Right for Your Blood Sugar

Ever feel like you want to jump off a bridge? Just so confused and overwhelmed not sleeping and hopeless because your world seems impossible to handle. I have two words for you or anyone who may be trying to deal with someone whose MO (Modus operandi) fits the description/symptoms below.
Reactive hypoglycemia.
Reactive hypoglycemia is described as uncommon. I believe it is more common than most realize because like its sister blood sugar disorder, diabetes, most people do not know they have it. Integrative physician Keith DeOrio, M.D. insists that “Low blood sugar probably affects 50 percent of the U.S. population, if not more,” http://www.authorviews.com/authors/bennett/obd.htm. So, you are not alone.
Medical diagnosis is described, http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-topics/Diabetes/hypoglycemia/Pages/index.aspx, as a blood glucose level below 70 mg/dL at the time of symptoms.  There are not many people who experience these symptoms and rush to the doctor to check their blood sugar. Who would think to that? You can try treating the symptoms with food and if food works, you can discuss this with your doctor.
When you speak with your doctor make sure you use the term Reactive hypoglycemia. According to The Hypoglycemia Support Foundation, symptoms are either physical (due to epinephrine discharge http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/25/11/1193.full.pdf) or neurological/psychological (caused by neuroglycopenia)
The physical symptoms:
hunger
cold sweats,
blurred speech
weakness
poor coordination
dizziness
lack of energy
tremors
blurred vision
headaches
tired all the time and/or not getting a good night’s sleep
aggressive behavior affect relationships at home, work and in social situations?
The psychological symptoms:
confusion
disorientation
poor or recent change in grades or job performance due to difficulty thinking/remembering, might translate into being slower at math and of course affecting grades
inability to focus with similar symptoms as ADDD/ADHD
mood swings
panic attacks
depression: Do you think you are going crazy or have thoughts of suicide? You may not be, it may simply be low blood sugar.
I think it is also important to mention these suggestions from the book “The Do’s and Dont’s of Hypoglycemia” An Everyday Guide to Low Blood Sugar:
Don’t ignore lack of self-control, angry outbursts, hysteria, inability to handle changing or stressful situations. This applies to both adults and children.
Don’t assume that children’s junk food habits are something they will outgrow.
Don’t assume that children understand the importance of good dietary habits. They learn from what they see and hear from other family members.
Don’t put your child on any medication for behavior, particularly for Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) without talking to a healthcare provider, evaluating their eating habits, checking for food allergies and food sensitivities.
Do review your child’s dietary habits before administration of any medication, especially Ritalin. Share your findings with his/her physician. Often a change in a high-sugar diet will eliminate the need for such hyperactivity medications or minimize the dosage required. A few weeks or months of trying a diet change first could save years of unnecessary medication.
“I grieve to think of all the children being misdiagnosed or medicated that are truly suffering from a blood sugar disorder. I personally believe that because America is addicted to carbohydrates and refined foods, there exists a huge mass of the population that suffers from intermittent or permanent blood sugar disorders. I encourage parents to modify their child’s diet as the first line of action to correcting any physical or behavioral problems they see in their children. It may not be the only answer, but will most certainly have a positive effect.” If you think you may know of a child who might benefit from this link, http://kpdesignz.net/hypoglycemiakids/, please share it!
THE TREATMENT

• Eat frequently to maintain normal blood sugar levels (A normal fasting (no food for eight hours) blood sugar level is between 70 and 99 mg/dL) this will help avoid drops.
• Avoid sugar in homemade and commercial prepared products and recipes, sweets, desserts, jelly/jam, canned products, beverages. This includes fruit juice and most fresh fruits such as raisins, bananas, grapes, tropical fruits. Fruits contain fruct”ose”, sugar. Some fruits may not create blood sugar tidal waves berries for example combines with real (non-sugar) whipped cream, cottage or hard cheese is unlikely to bring on hypoglycemic symptoms.
• Avoid carbohydrates (100% of carbohydrates converts to sugar after ingested)even the “healthy” ones. Fat free yogurts, bread, rice, cereal, pasta, potato/yam, flour foods like: muffins, pancake waffle, starchy vegetables may trigger a reaction as well, carrots, corn peas.
• Eat any protein, chicken/turkey, fish/shellfish, lamb, veal, pork, beef, eggs, sausage, peanut and other nut butters. Eat any non starchy vegetable; cooked, fresh, sauteed, baked, broiled, fried (in egg and coconut or nut flour)
• ***Do not be afraid of cholesterol issues or weight gain. As you lower the sugar and carbs your body will handle food differently than it did with eating more carbs and sugar.
• Unsweetened coconut, olives avocado are fruits that are good.
• Dairy: cheese, Greek Yogurt (< 7 grams of carbs), kefir
• Beverages: water, herbal flavored tea, Crystal Light, tomato juice, homemade protein shake or veggie smoothly, flavored seltzer

Following these suggestions will make you feel like a new person and bring back everything you thought you lost. Visit the Hypoglycemia Support Foundation website, http://hypoglycemia.org/ , for more detailed information.
Your  doctor might think you are a hypochondriac because medical tests don’t show anything physically wrong with you but you are not crazy. You have reactive hypoglycemia.  Now you know, eat right for your blood sugar and feel good!