Hypoglycemia

[Yana888]

Thank you for your reply. I have started taking my desiccated thyroid meds again, 90mg/day.Hope to get TSH lowered. I was on natural supplement when last blood test was done. I was hoping to get the rest of the thyroid taking over but did not happen. Last night I had another hypoglycemic episode while driving home. I measured the level after coming home: 2.8mmol/L. I saw an endocrinologist a month ago. She was not convinced I was suffering from hypoglycemia although I showed her my GTT results and the values I measured with the glucometer. She told me that the meters are not accurate, which I know is true but when the gluc level goes down I can feel it. I get all the symptoms at the same time and is reversed by eating. I still have headache afterwards but I assume it is normal after such an episode. You recommended further work up by endocrinologist... she was not willing to do any tests unless I stop taking my thyroid med and estriol. I suspect there may be a pituitary/hypothalamus problem. I work full time and cannot afford taking sick days (no benefits).

My sister has similar health problems:headache last 16 years (worse with any excercise), short term memory loss, poor brain function. Her water retention is even worse than mine. Mine is periodic, hers is constant. My dad has hyperparathyroidism but not investigated why. I suspect there may be an inherited problem. I live in Canada , rest of my family in Europe. None of us is getting any help with diagnosis. Would genetic testing be helpful? Thank you.



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