Hello,

I wanted to ask you a question as I am puzzled with my current situation and my doctor has left for a month long holiday and cannot be reached.

About 2 months ago I noticed I started gaining a bit of fat around my belly so I decided to live more healthy lifestyle, and, although I do not eat much sugar, I decided to cut it completely (I did not eat much before, just the random pieces of chocolate, or a slice of cake, a bit of jam here and there, but no soda, junk food or sugary sauces etc). I got a typical withdrawal symptoms (hunger, fatigue, headache..) but they were not too severe and began to slowly subside.

At that time my doctor said I was low in some neurotransmitters (I was going through a temporary stress situation) and I was given a herbal supplement (Gaba neurotransmitter plus some herbs such as eleutherococcus, lemon balm and some others), that I took for 2 weeks but had to stop, because it severely diminished my blood sugar levels, so I started having all the symptoms of low blood sugar. Even when I ate, I had a feeling I was still hungry, and my low blood sugar symptoms increased after 1-2 hours and I had to eat again. Strangely, when I mesured my blood sugar, it was normal (fasting was 90 and some time between meals around 100 or so).

Since I stopped that supplement, my blood sugar began to stabilise, but then I had my period and I took some herbs for cramps, and again my blood sugar crashed. I only then realised that it was due to herb (basil and some other) and immediately stopped it. It slowly began to stabilise. Two weeks after, I felt almost normal. I still ate very little sugar (a brownie after meal once a day).

Then I had a meal at an indian restaurant, and a masala tea after the meal. The next day I started experiencing again all the low blood sugar symptoms. I thought it must have been due to some spices, cinnamon etc that they used in the dishes or tea. It has been one week and it still feels very bad. I feel cold hands and feet all the time, and when I start eating, I immediately get a migriane headache (the headaches started only last 4 or 5 days) and feel very hungry, as if my blood sugars are low, cold hands and feet etc. I measured sugar levels 1 hr after the meal and it was 120. This morning my fasting glucose level was 85 but I felt slight hypoglycemic symptoms.

About three weeks ago I did a blood test and my fasting insulin was 10mU/L (reference 2.6-25), c-peptide 2 (ref 1.4-4.4) and fasting glucose 84. I did not have the test to check insulin after meal as my doctor thought there was no need. After this he left for holiday so I am kind of stuck with this situation.

I wonder if you have any idea what is going on. I had a quantum biofeedback scan done and it showed "hyperinsulinemia" but without any other explanation. The whole rollercoaster started with diminishing blood sugar levels so now I really do not know how to reverse this situation. Worse is that I need to travel and it adds extra stress.

I have no diabetic family members. I had adrenal burnout 7 years ago and since then I sometimes have hypoglycemia if I skip meals for too long. Also if I take some herbs that can diminish sugar levels, after some time I would feel low blood sugar, but it would go away once I stop the herb (for example, allicin / garlic or cinnamon).

Best regards, Kristine