Hypoglycemia, neuropathies, dysautomonia....

[helbell]

I was going to just talk about blood sugar - prompted by seeing other comments on keeping it under control. It's certainly a challenging issue for me, I am super-sensitive to fast sugar now. Still having problems quiting coffee...which spikes insulin BTW ... but eases my pain first thing. I don't want to go keto diet, don't think my body could handle it. Nor do I believe in pure paleo, but I am practicing grain-free recipes using nuts and seeds. I keep reading about the relationship between dysautonomia and blood sugar levels, and blood sugar issues in peripheral neuropathies and peripheral neuropathy's reaching effects inside the body tissues including bowel problems. So, I thought I'd share it along the way. Well, not all of it, but some links for starters.

My range of symptoms sit in dysautonomia and I have what I believe is Small Fibre Neuropathies: numb yet painful spots, burning skin etc. Exercise intolerance is a big issue for me - I can plod up and down but striding out for a decent walk beyond say 15 mins brings on nasty reactions. Frustrating because vigorous exercise would help a lot of my issues. I found some good pointers from Janie Bowthorpe. And Cort Johnsons' piece on SFN is interesting regards POTS, sugar and SFN. Why I look at FMS blogs is because I was first dxd with it before hypothyroidism became overt. All the symptoms or conditions manifesting in each seem to run neck and neck. Unfortunately, any and all symptoms I report to my GP he just says Fibro. What a convenient syndrome!

I've wandered a bit wide here. The subject is so huge. Reigning it back in, I notice lots of folks struggle with their blood sugar and associated symptoms and I am convinced we are on high, high alert to get it under control because of our high risk for diabetes or, at least the implications on our hormonal balance. I keep on keeping on with reducing sugar especially hidden sugar in my diet. Looking at vit and min deficiencies is ongoing as well as packing in cake and chocolat.

cortjohnson.org/blog/2013/0...

stopthethyroidmadness.com/2...

Mark Hyman...is a bit hypey but it looks like he does his research:

drhyman.com/blog/2011/11/17...

ketogenic-diet-resource.com...

And if your reaction to stress is well-off the scale of normality..like me, some interesting details:

holistichelp.net/dysautonom...

[helbell]

Hi Pettals...that just horribly sucks for you!

Yes, reaction to stress is a major factor. Mine is totally AWOL!

I'm am searching for links between nerve entrapment and hypothyroidism and coming up with the obvious, like correctly diagnosing the difference between metabolic or autoimmune neuropathies and, or nerve compression. It's driving me nuts because I found a trial on 180 patients with nerve entrapment and hypothyroidism, and can't pick it up now. The conclusion was no association but it struck me that that was a big enough trial cohort to suggest that it has been seriously questioned. I might check out John Lowe again. Having traveled the FMS route to Hypothyroidism I have come across so many folks that also have spine problems alongside their ANS disorders and hypothyroidism. I too have mild scoliosis, cervical spine nerve entrapment and nerve entrapment in thoracic and lower spine. All of this exasperates neck issues (and confuses body numbing issues) and visa versa. I had mild POTS prior to thyroid replacement, but I had adrenal issues too. My doc only did a morning serum cortisol test..useless. However, at the time of investigating during my walking dead phase, I also noted adrenal symptoms such as pupil contraction, raised welts from scratches on skin and even black rings around nipples. The latter freaked me out, one day I looked down and thought what the! It commonly a hormonal symptom in pregnancy but I eventually found it is also a symptom of adrenal deficiency, sheesh! This stuff is so hard to find, to get past the mainstream explanations. Good luck my dear and keep searching x

[helbell]

My doc made a guesstimate. Fortunately mild but worse when I'm not adequately medicated. That, said, I sometimes feel like chucking all my symptoms up in the air and starting again. If we had thousands of pounds to throw at all the testing and available treatments...

[helbell]

On the ball about metabolic disorders and range of co syndromes. Unfortunately, totally orthodox about hypothyroid measuring and treating.