Dizziness

: This happened last night, and again tonight after eating dinner. I'm
: feeling very dizzy almost like the room is spinning, and very light
: headed. What is causing this? I do know I'm hypoglycemic, but I
: haven't been treating it properly until starting Atkins again.
:
: -Michelle (25)

drug side effect?

Pat said:

: This happened last night, and again tonight after eating dinner. I'm
: feeling very dizzy almost like the room is spinning, and very light
: headed. What is causing this? I do know I'm hypoglycemic, but I
: haven't been treating it properly until starting Atkins again.
:
: -Michelle (25)

drug side effect?

I don't take any drugs. The only things I take are a Multi-Vitamin (1 a
day at breakfast), Vitex (3, 2x a day-morning and dinner), and Fiber
Laxative (2, 2x a day-morning and dinner) pills. Last night, I didn't
take the Vitex and the Fiber until 3 hours after dinner, but I was
feeling dizzy halfway through, and it lasted for an hour. Tonight it
started about 30 min after we were done.

Lilith79 said:

This happened last night, and again tonight after eating dinner. I'm
feeling very dizzy almost like the room is spinning, and very light
headed. What is causing this? I do know I'm hypoglycemic, but I
haven't been treating it properly until starting Atkins again.

Try this: http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/twogramcure.htm

DJ Delorie said:

Lilith79 said:

This happened last night, and again tonight after eating dinner. I'm
feeling very dizzy almost like the room is spinning, and very light
headed. What is causing this? I do know I'm hypoglycemic, but I
haven't been treating it properly until starting Atkins again.

Try this: http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/twogramcure.htm

That is suggesting I eat straight glucose or sugar...won't that affect
my diet?

Lilith79 said:

Quoted message said:

Try this: http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/twogramcure.htm

That is suggesting I eat straight glucose or sugar...won't that affect
my diet?

If you're hypoglycemic, your diet is no longer on the top of your
priority lists, and you may be under-eating carbs anyway. And two
grams of glucose isn't going to ruin your diet.

And it's glucose, but NOT sugar - sugar has fructose, which has more
impact on the liver (and thus hormones) than glucose.

Could your calories be below 1200?

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Quoted message said:

This happened last night, and again tonight after eating dinner. I'm
feeling very dizzy almost like the room is spinning, and very light
headed. What is causing this? I do know I'm hypoglycemic, but I
haven't been treating it properly until starting Atkins again.

-Michelle (25)
restarted Atkins 1/4/05 (quit due to pregnancy 3/01)
292/287/175

Cubit said:

Could your calories be below 1200?

Nope. Lowest was around 1800.

Ignoramus5713 said:

When was the last time you did a fasting blood sugar test. Just
curious.

Gosh, I don't recall-I think it may have been late 2003, but my Dr's
have always ordered them on the spot-not telling me to fast first. If
it wasn't 2003, it was 2001. But again, my Dr tested on the spot and
didn't have me fast.

The last glucose test (complete w/ glucola) I've had, I was pregnant w/
our 3rd child, and that would've been around 2003, February I think.
But that wasn't fasting.

Does anyone know where I can buy strips for an Accucheck Advantage? I
have one of those I bought new back in 2001-but I can't find strips
anywhere! It has a microchip, so I need the correct strips.

DJ Delorie said:

Lilith79 said:

Quoted message said:

Try this: http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/twogramcure.htm

That is suggesting I eat straight glucose or sugar...won't that affect
my diet?

If you're hypoglycemic, your diet is no longer on the top of your
priority lists, and you may be under-eating carbs anyway. And two
grams of glucose isn't going to ruin your diet.

And it's glucose, but NOT sugar - sugar has fructose, which has more
impact on the liver (and thus hormones) than glucose.

For me, it would be around 4g of glucose since I'm over 150 lbs-I weigh
287. But, I see your point.

I remember this happening last time too, now that I think about it.

Is it possible you're allergic to something you've eaten those two nights?

Lilith79 said:

Nope. Lowest was around 1800.

-----
Bev

Bev-Ann said:

Is it possible you're allergic to something you've eaten those two nights?

Lilith79 said:

Nope. Lowest was around 1800.

-----
Bev

I haven't eaten anything odd that I don't usually eat. I know my
allergies. Strawberries are one-but that's not allow on induction.

Lilith79 wrote:
|| Ignoramus5713 wrote:
||
||| When was the last time you did a fasting blood sugar test. Just
||| curious.
|||
||
|| Gosh, I don't recall-I think it may have been late 2003, but my Dr's
|| have always ordered them on the spot-not telling me to fast first.
|| If it wasn't 2003, it was 2001. But again, my Dr tested on the spot
|| and didn't have me fast.
||
|| The last glucose test (complete w/ glucola) I've had, I was pregnant
|| w/ our 3rd child, and that would've been around 2003, February I
|| think. But that wasn't fasting.
||
|| Does anyone know where I can buy strips for an Accucheck Advantage?
|| I have one of those I bought new back in 2001-but I can't find strips
|| anywhere! It has a microchip, so I need the correct strips.

Eckerd has those...

This happens to me around Day 5/6 of induction. It's usually gone in 48
hours. The other possible cause is a virus.
--
Jane Lumley

Jane Lumley said:

This happens to me around Day 5/6 of induction. It's usually gone in 48
hours. The other possible cause is a virus.

I'm voting that you have a virus. Millions of us suffer dizziness
several times a year and those of us with partners often find the
partner getting the same symptoms a day or two later.

Middle ear infection.....

Jane Lumley said:

This happens to me around Day 5/6 of induction. It's usually gone in 48
hours. The other possible cause is a virus.

That makes sense. Sunday was day 5, Monday day 6.

-Michelle (25)
re-started Atkins 1/4/05 (quit due to pregnancy 3/01)
292/285/175
7 down, 110 to go!

Jane Lumley said:

This happens to me around Day 5/6 of induction. It's usually gone in 48
hours. The other possible cause is a virus.

That makes sense. Sunday was day 5, Monday day 6.

-Michelle (25)
re-started Atkins 1/4/05 (quit due to pregnancy 3/01)
292/285/175
7 down, 110 to go!

Lilith79 said:

This happened last night, and again tonight after eating dinner. I'm
feeling very dizzy almost like the room is spinning, and very light
headed. What is causing this? I do know I'm hypoglycemic, but I
haven't been treating it properly until starting Atkins again.

I went through the same thing last night. I'm about a week into
induction also. I chalked it up to my slow-ass metabolism finally
getting the hint that the sugar was really gone and not coming back.

i.e., minor sugar/carb withdrawal.

I also have low blood pressure and am pretty inclined to getting
lightheaded when I am sick and such.

____
~210/*/150
Started 1/3/05
*Not weighing till reference jeans are loose.
Scarred by previous scale experiences.

Dizziness can occur due to food poisoning.

Did you eat the same food 2 nights in a row, or from the
same bunch of vegetables?

Vegetables that are not washed well , especially leafy ones
such as romaine lettuce, can cause poisoning leading
to dizziness at minimum.

J..

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Quoted message said:

This happened last night, and again tonight after eating dinner. I'm
feeling very dizzy almost like the room is spinning, and very light
headed. What is causing this? I do know I'm hypoglycemic, but I
haven't been treating it properly until starting Atkins again.

-Michelle (25)
restarted Atkins 1/4/05 (quit due to pregnancy 3/01)
292/287/175

Does this diet get you revved up? Could you have anxiety and be breathing
too fast? That would make you light headed. I sometimes get a little light
if I get up too fast when I am on a diet.

Curt

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Quoted message said:

This happened last night, and again tonight after eating dinner. I'm
feeling very dizzy almost like the room is spinning, and very light
headed. What is causing this? I do know I'm hypoglycemic, but I
haven't been treating it properly until starting Atkins again.

-Michelle (25)
restarted Atkins 1/4/05 (quit due to pregnancy 3/01)
292/287/175