SC - hypoglycaemia

[KallipygosRed at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/28/00 8:37:18 AM US Mountain Standard Time, 
WyteRayven at aol.com writes:

<< I found myself having the worst blackout period that I have ever had. I 
went completely blind, lost all sense of time and hearing. I found myself 
racked with something that must be similar to a small siezure. All (sniped)>>

Sounds it. You probably had just enough "power" in your system to run it 
somewhat while immobile. Standing up putting greater demand on your body 
regulations and you dipped too low. Did you have a headache earlier, and 
problems focusing? Did you feel hot, or sleepy? If you did, then you ignored 
the symptoms. If not, then you have a very fine line between them. As well as 
the low blood sugar, having low blood pressure could also do this if it dips 
lower than even normal for you. My mom used to say she had to remember to get 
up s-l-o-w-l-y or all the blood would pool in her shoes and so would she.

So, you can see how dangerous this is. Also, another factor that people seem 
to forget is there is a point when you go past the symptoms and they subside 
because you have ignored them. They don't go away, you just don't feel 
lightheaded or anything anymore. Many times, at this point, it is dangerous 
as the person no longer feels hungry, or thirsty....just tired. They may tend 
to go to sleep or take a nap. If they don't eat though, first, they can 
continue to spiral down while sleeping. 

Basically, we have to learn to pay attention to what our bodies are trying to 
tell us; even if inconvenient.

Lars