Posted by hildi on July 3, 2002, at 18:56:08
In reply to Hypoglycemia or Hypotension are likely causes, posted by Serio on July 3, 2002, at 16:27:22
> Seeing spots and blacking-out are the primary symptom of Hypoglycemia. If you had these syptoms and are not taking tricyclics or similar medications then that's almost certainly the cause. Hypoglycemia is fairly wide spread though many GP's don't acklowledge it, one even told me that was impossible for me to have the condition because it can only occur as a syptom of pancreatic cancer. It's usually worse in the morning especially if break-fast was only pastry and coffee or refined sugary cereal. Adelle Davis was one of the first nutritionists to promote awareness of the condition in her book "Let's eat right it keep fit", she was also the first to advocate a high protein diet to (especailly breakfast) control the condition. Other nutritionists have recommended a "frequent feeding" diet so that blood glucose levels are replenished continually. The main idea is that foods that are catalysed slowly such as proteins and complex starches are preferred over sugars which cause the pancreas to overreact. Important foods are juices, bananas and fruit as sources of potassium, lowfat protein sources such as lowfat cottage chesse yogurt etc, also whole grains nuts and wheat grem are good as sources of magnesium and zinc. Adelle Davis was ahead of her time in many respects, she advocated yogurt to replenish gut bacteria (source of biotin) and taking vegtable oils as supplements(such as flax and soy), and whole grains. Much of her advice (some was flakey)is only recently being rediscovered, her book was copyrighted in 1954. There are many books and web sites on the subject, still much ignorance esp. in the medical community. I had an EEG and other tests for my blackouts before I was correctly diagnosed. Good Luck!
Thanks for the response! Hypoglycemia is definately something I should be learning more about- I have long suspected I have this condition. Thanks for the information on diet and the author you mentioned. . .
Is hypotension low blood pressure? My blood pressure was just checked, was OK. I know one of the 'rare' side effects of SSRI's is lowered blood sodium, so I am having a blood test for this at the end of the month. Thanks again, Hildi
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