Has anyone suffered from non-diabetic hypoglycemia?

About 40 years ago an endocrinologist diagnosed me with hypoglycemia, some people in my family have slightly wonky pancreases (pancreae?). Any way, I’ve controlled it with diet all this time. If I’m not careful I go from OK to dizzy to angry within 20 minutes. I keep snacks with me, little containers of nuts or seeds or trail mix, so I can deal with it quickly.

It has been inconvenient, but mostly I eat high quality, low-processed food and it really makes a difference.

If I eat a sugary snack on an empty stomach my blood glucose level will quickly drop into the critical low range. I’ll get light headed and have slow down or sit down until my blood glucose returns back to normal (takes just a few minutes).

I learned this the hard way by eating a Cliff Bar just before jogging. Also one time I was hungry just before work and so I ate a granola bar and soon I felt weird. I worked in a clinical lab at the time. I had my blood drawn and I tested the blood glucose and it was 39 mg/dL.

I have no idea why my pancreas over react like this (dumping too much insulin into my bloodstream). I manage it by staying away from high sugar foods.

Also at the clinical lab where I worked a blood glucose less that 50mg/dL was considered critical.

^Thanks for sharing your experience!!