Hypoglycemia? Or just sensitive to blood sugar dropping?

For my entire adult life, and probably back into my teen years (I'm 34 now), I've had hypoglycemia-like symptoms if I skip a meal. Not only do I feel extreme hunger, but I also get light-headed, shaky, weak, sometimes cranky and sometimes have mild palpitations.

I've always had regular physical exams all my life, and often these exams include routine bloodwork. Whenever my blood sugar (glucose) level is tested, it's totally NORMAL. Even after a 12 to 14 hour fast, when I feel like crap by the time I get to the lab, it's STILL normal! Not high, not low, but right where it should be.

The only explanation my Drs. offer is that my body simply is very sensitive to drops in glucose levels, just like some people are more sensitive than the "average person" is to caffeine, alcohol, etc. (I also have a fast metabolism, but not fast enough to be hyperthyroidism. I've had that tested too! Please see my other Yahoo Question on that topic.)

Am I alone in these symptoms? Hopefully not! :)

Count me in for that, that happens to me when I let myself get too hungry. (my mom is the same way as well!) I find when that happens I need a quick sugar/carb fix to stop the jitters. I know I'm anemic, but the rest of my blood always comes back normal, same as you.

Same for me! I hate it and I have anxiety because of it. I am afraid of it happening while I am out so I always carry food with me. It also happens more likely to me within a week and a half before I start my period.

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