but the statement about test making me feel ‘fake’ hypo is legit. Blood sugar levels are normal and I feel dizzy , lightheaded , shaky , over stimulated, pale faced and sweaty.
Id like to learn more about how to prevent this ... and whether or not it is related to testosterone...
thanks
I feel this way sometimes. I have to eat something then I feel better. I'm not diabetic so don't no the reason for it.[/QUOTE]
This can happen with just about all AAS, depending on the individuals and their own body sensitivities.
In many cases what happens here is a metabolic shift, our bodies and reacting and treating nutrition entirely different from how often we are hungry, with the rate food and digested and processes and where it ultimately ends up getting placed or displaced "nutrition partitioning".. Our insulin sensitivities change and so does many different chemical messengers and enzymes that are effected. A lot of times its known as a "false sense of going hypo".
I did a little test with this a few years back, I would get this way on peptides and HGH.. Now I have always had blood sugar issues however it was greatly increased far beyond the point of ignoring it or winging it with a small snack of something, this would cripple me, killing my workouts, making normal everyday life rough, anxiety was increased, and so on. I tested my blood more than I would normally. I would do pre bloods when I was feeling ok, and test again when it was around that time things would change, and when it happened, and after. In many of these instances, my blood was normal. Well, the standards of normal that is, but yet not any REAL major shift in BS levels.
How could this be, when I was feeling full blown symptoms? Again, it all comes down to different enzymes activations and sensitivities with chemical messengers and most of all the functionality of the liver and its role in all of this.
I found that adding more fruits with my meals and timing them more often by smaller really helped knock this back. I removed all dairy just about, and used more legit dense carbs (low on the glycemic scale) in conjunction with other carbs that maybe higher on the glycemic scale. I also employ a very regimented protocol with a pre workout meal, Intra and post. The quality of nutrients along with timing them was like a day and night change. pre/inrtra/post haven made a world of a difference.
1) Try and lower and remove caffeine completely (reintroduce it again slowly)
2) Time your meals with more dense cal/carbs.
3) make pre/intra/post workout nutrients a priority
4) More sleep at night and use some DHEA, this will help with cortisol levels , unstable cortisol levels can provoke and contribute to hypoglycemia..
The suggestion for removing caffeine, more dense carbs/cals, rest and DHEA is to avoid BS instances where there is swings that can aggravate and exacerbate symptoms.. Believe it or not, the level of stress hormones can have a slew of effects later on in the day that are actually more responsible for low blood sugar levels than anything else.