Thanks for the replies. The neurologist is going very indepth -
testing her blood for all types of things even including a cardiac
risk profile(they took four vials worth) - and also ordered an EEG
and EKG. When I called asking about the results they said the EEG
had come back normal, and that they did not have the other results
yet, but that they would call if, and only if, a result was
abnormal. Considering that I have not heard anything...I guess all
the results were normal.

I guess I just needed to vent. I think one of the reasons I have
trouble believeing the hypoglycemia diagnosis is because I have had
gastric bypss surgery and experience hypoglycemia when I eat too many
carbs (actually I was sporadically hypoglycemic prior to surgery; it
is just not sporadic now - if I eat something with a lot of carbs).
I know what my limit is (about 50 at a setting if I have some protein
to slow down the absorption) and I know that if I go over it or if I
eat a smaller amount of extremely simple sugars without anything to
counteract it that in an hour to an hour and a half I am going to
become symptomatic. Every time...no question about it...end of
subject. Tasha knows this too.

There have been times when she chose to eat high carb junk (such as a
double chocolate bakery muffin). She watched the clock and kept
expecting to get symptomatic; she had both food and gluco tabs to
take if she needed them. However, she never had a problem or
experienced the first symptom. This is what makes me wonder.

This has just been very frustrating for both of us - for her
constantly feeling bad and for me because I don't know what is wrong
or how to alleviate it. Anyway, thanks for the replies and for
putting up with my venting.


--- In Allergyfree_Eating@yahoogroups.com, Karen AKA Kajikit
<kaji@l...> wrote:
> Tracy wrote:
> > Hi, all.
> > I just joined and look forward to browsing and/or supplying
recipes.
> > However, I have a question.
> >
> > My teenage daughter has for months (since last summer) been
> > experiencing recurrent bouts of nausea, dizziness, fatigue,
weakness,
> > and paleness. Her doctor just kept saying "She's dehydrated."
> > or "She's hypoglycemic. (Even though her blood sugars have never
been
> > documented low.)" He advised us to up her fluids and to follow a
> > high protein, low carb diet. So, we started following Atkins and
> > things got better - for a while - but then returned.
>
> Hi,
> I HOPE your daughter's doctors have looked into the blindingly
obvious
> and checked her iron levels for anaemia as well as giving her a
thorough
> physical examination to check for anything else going wrong.
> Hypoglycaemia is a tricky thing to catch - a glucose tolerance test
> might show it, but a lot of people have no visible signs apart from
the
> obvious physical effects. It's also one of those things that's
different
> for everyone. Low-carb diets are very good for hypoglycemia because
> carbs break down into sugar much faster than protein does (having
> protein at the same time as carbs slows down the process...), so it
> keeps your blood sugar levels more even and hopefully eliminates
the
> highs and lows that cause problems.
> I'm hypoglycemic, and eating protein at every meal and avoiding
more
> than small amounts of sugar is enough to control it in me.
>
> But it doesn't sound to me like hypoglycemia is your daughter's
primary
> problem - not if you've been following a sensible diet for months
on
> end... there's got to be something else going on, and it sounds
like
> your doc suspects food allergies. Cutting out gluten can't hurt
her, and
> all you can really do is try it and see if it helps. Remember that
wheat
> and gluten are hidden in many places where nobody would ever think
of
> looking for them. eg. Soy sauce has wheat in it, and so does baking
> powder and many spice mixes, because wheat flour helps them run
more
> smoothly through the processing machinery. There are many websites
for
> celiacs that have useful information.
>
> I'd think that gluten-free would be easier to combine with low-carb
than
> some things - wheat is a major source of carbohydrates in most
people's
> diets...
>
> --
> ~Karen AKA Kajikit
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