Question:
From Tallahassee, Florida, USA:
I was diagnosed with hypoglycemia 6 years ago when I was in college, however, I am beginning to wonder if that is what is wrong. Instead of becoming lethargic when I miss a meal or snack, I become more hyperactive. Recently this symptom has increased though my eating patterns are constant.
Answer:
I assume that you have not become diabetic in the last few years
so that I wonder on exactly what grounds your hypoglycemia was
established and what the precise diagnosis was. 'Hypoglycemia' has been
used as something of a refuge for otherwise puzzling symptomatology that
often has a psycho-social basis. That you now feel energised by a meal is
not unusual; but this seems to be more a response to a feeling of well
being rather than to any specific metabolic response to calorie intake,
DO'B
Original posting 20 Mar 97
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