Hypoglycemia or alcohol withdrawal
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hypoglycemia
Hi,
For the past week or so, I've been having daily bouts of feeling drunk without the alcohol. It's not vertigo, because nothing is spinning..everything is clear. It's more like dissociation (the psychological feeling of not being in your body). I do struggle with dissociation anyway, but this feels different to me. It can get pretty severe to where I almost have to completely stop what I'm doing because I'm so confused and just out of it.
Under normal circumstances, the liver releases emergency sugars when a person's glucose levels drop below the normal ranges. Although some studies tend to indicate that some type 1 diabetics do not release these emergency sugars quite as well as non-diabetics, there is still a store of emergency sugars to help. Unfortunately, one of the things that alcohol does is preventing this release of emergency sugars.
Has anyone experienced low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) with Prozac withdrawal? If so did it eventually go away and how did you handle it?
I have had a problem with binge drinking for about 6 years, and my long binges would send me into terrible episodes of hypoglycemia. But I have since slowed my drinking down substantially, yet any amount of alcohol now seems to give me blood sugar issues, in different extremes. Could my binge drinking have made my liver more sensitive, to the point where I'll most likely have to abstain completely from alcohol?
It is rarely visible to the eye and may be heightened by strong emotion (such as anxiety or fear), physical exhaustion, hypoglycemia, hyperthyroidism, heavy metal poisoning, stimulants, alcohol withdrawal or fever. It can be seen in all voluntary muscle groups and can be detected by extending the arms and placing a piece of paper on top of the hands. Enhanced physiologic tremor is a strengthening of physiologic tremor to more visible levels.
severe acute alcohol ingustion can cause Hypoglycemia (low blood suger). the reason he is NPO (nothing by mouth) is becouse when you eat or drink it will draw more blood to the stomach which inturn will make it blled more so they have to get that under control first. IV drugs can be administered but they don't want to cover up any of the signs/symptoms of the gi bleed just in case it gets worse.
Apart from panic attacks, head rushes could also be due to anemia, hypoglycemia or as a withdrawal symptom of going off lexapro.
It can also be due to overexertion, poor sleep pattern, drinking too much coffee or alcohol or due to thyroid disorders.
Do discuss these possibilities with your doctor and get investigated accordingly.
Hope this helps. Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!
In the short term, please avoid alcohol. Given your experiences, adding alcohol to the mix sounds deadly to me. That likely won't have to be a lifelong avoidance, but alcohol will certainly worsen any lows you get, and they sound very bad already.
I am not a physician, but from what I've learned about hypoglycemia, it is very important to include protein (tho' that protein can surely come from plants) in your diet.
i was tested for diabetes, and my results were 76 1st hr 81 then 43 3rd hr, they say i have hypoglycemia ? i didnt feel any symptoms when i left.......
This work cannot be speeded up or slowed down really, it just takes the liver time to clean out the alcohol from our system. From the liver's "point of view," the toxin is so dangerous, it will focus on cleaning it out TO THE EXCLUSION of doing any other liver jobs. Thus, if we happen to go low, we cannot count on our liver to also convert glycogen into life-saving glucose for us. The result can be disastrous!
Most doctors therefore suggest that all diabetics drink only small amounts of alcohol. Hypoglycemia can kill within hours if nobody finds the person, or if the person is just assumed to be drunk and nobody takes his or her inability to function seriously.
2. Cane sugar IS 'normal' sugar. You need to know what the carb content is in any food or drink, not just how much sugar and what kind of sugar is in it.
I have had severe anxiety, panic attacks, loss of appetite, nausea, I feel nervous all day everyday since Friday. Could this be alcohol withdrawal or just anxiety? Alot of the symptoms are the same for anxiety and alcohol withdrawal. Please help as this has never happened to me before.
The two main factors that determine how long a person will go through symptoms are how long the person has been drinking, and how much alcohol that person consumes regularly. Another aspect that needs consideration is the extent of that particular person’s chemical dependency. Everyone’s body reacts differently to the effects of alcohol; therefore, it is hard to conclude how long recovery will take.
I am wondering if this is alcohol withdrawal or if this is simply anxiety. I have been on the Internet and have looked up with withdrawal and it has freaked me out. I saw stuff about DT And seizures. I think part of this is in my head
that this will happen to me and I'm freaking out. However I've also read that one has to drink every day for several months for this to happen. The anxiety I feel now comes and goes but when I do feel it it lasts for a while.
I have spells where i get light headed. Sometimes at night i have deep sweats. I usually wake up tired and groggy. When i drink alcohol i get really bad hang overs, even if i only have a couple. I've done some research and i could possible have low blood suger (hypoglycemia).
This morning i woke up very dizzy. It has lasted all day and i have periods when i feel nausious as well.
Any thoughts?
If I understand you correctly I think you may have more of a serious hangover as withdrawal effects. But withdrawing from alcohol can be very serious. If you continue to feel really bad I would suggest you going into an ER and telling them the whole deal. Hope you feel better soon. You should if you do not continue to drink.
Other causes include the use of some drugs (such as amphetamines, caffeine, corticosteroids, and drugs used for certain psychiatric disorders), alcohol abuse or withdrawal, mercury poisoning, overactive thyroid or liver failure.
Tremors can be an indication of hypoglycemia, along with palpitations, sweating and anxiety. Some forms of tremor are inherited and run in families, while others have no known cause.
It would behoove You to realize You are over taxing Your liver (whether there is PRESENT damage or not) Tolerance to alcohol is progressive (and so are the dangers), as evidenced by Your own usage over the past 10 years.
AND Your body does not recognize the difference between wine and vodka - it just 'knows' alcohol and reacts - 12oz of beer, 5oz of wine, 1.
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