Re: Nighttime hypoglycemia

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In frequent-dose-chelation Katharine wrote:

Hello,

I am having a problem with hypoglycemia at night. Almost every night,

I wake up at about 3 am and am starving and wide awake. I then lie

awake for 60-90 minutes and end up rather exhausted when the alarm

goes off at 7. It does not seem to matter what I have for dinner or

whether I eat dinner at 6, 7, or 8. It does not matter whether I am

on or off round.

---------I don't have this problem myself, but what I recall others saying is

that some of them have to eat some protein right before going to sleep, and I

think some would also have to have a protein snack during the night. So you

could try that.---------Jackie

Does this mean high or low cortisol at night? Any suggestions on

how to handle it? I am already on 20 mg HC per day and I don't really

want to increase it. I also live very far from my doctor so changing

the Rx right now is not really possible. I would need to make changes

to diet. (I am currently on SCD).

----------I believe this means low cortisol and corresponding low blood sugar

too. I do know this has been discussed before, so either search archives, or

hopefully those that have dealt with this will answer. I believe it was

, and maybe some others too, found that they had to take part of their HC

dose at night, to help with this. I don't think they took any more, they just

split their dose up differently, and took some of it at night. So that is

something you could try, taking some HC at bedtime, or during the night, when

you wake up like this. Maybe try 5 or 10mg, and see if it helps.---------Jackie

Thanks for any input.

---Katharine

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Hi Katharine

this was me down to a tee for about two years, both pre and post

amalgam removal. It is adrenal / thyroid related, in my experience,

and it still happens to me occasionally. I think it is a question of

the adrenal circadian rhythm getting going at 4am in order to peak at

getting up time. If you are taking 20mg HC, your adrenals might be

sufficiently suppressed to not be able to make enough cortisol at

that time. Have you tried taking a small dose then and seeing if

that helps you get back to sleep? I think a lot of people, both

taking HC and not, wake at this time due to low cortisol, and low

blood sugar.

The other thing I have found helpful is taking T3 as well as Armour.

This seems to take away the hunger pangs at 4am, perhaps because it

helps the liver make glucose more easily. For those of us with

sluggish livers (definitely me) I think extra T3 is really helpful to

optimise liver function. I got up to 3 grains Armour and felt

dreadful - too much T4, and I had all sorts of liver problems. On 2

grains Armour and additional T3 my liver works much better.

If you are following the SCD, blood sugar peaks shouldn't be an issue

for you. I always have a protein snack before going to bed, to try

and keep blood sugar constant throughout the night.

Getting thyroid / adrenal dosages right has to be the most

frustrating thing I have ever embarked on, and I still haven't got it

completely right, but these are the things I have learned along the

way. I hope they might help you.

Best

Nicola

>

> Hello,

>

> I am having a problem with hypoglycemia at night. Almost every

night,

> I wake up at about 3 am and am starving and wide awake. I then lie

> awake for 60-90 minutes and end up rather exhausted when the alarm

> goes off at 7. It does not seem to matter what I have for dinner or

> whether I eat dinner at 6, 7, or 8. It does not matter whether I am

> on or off round.

>

> Does this mean high or low cortisol at night? Any suggestions on

> how to handle it? I am already on 20 mg HC per day and I don't

really

> want to increase it. I also live very far from my doctor so changing

> the Rx right now is not really possible. I would need to make

changes

> to diet. (I am currently on SCD).

>

> Thanks for any input.

>

> ---Katharine

>

[Guest guest]

> Does this mean high or low cortisol at night? Any suggestions on

> how to handle it? I am already on 20 mg HC per day and I don't really

> want to increase it. I also live very far from my doctor so changing

> the Rx right now is not really possible. I would need to make changes

> to diet. (I am currently on SCD).

Re: waking in the middle of the night could be high cortisol, rising in

response to low blood

sugar.

You might also be supplementing with too much HC (you can test for that).

Perimenopause

hormone disruptions can also disrupt sleep.

[Guest guest]

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>

> Re: waking in the middle of the night could be high cortisol,

rising in response to low blood

> sugar.

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I tested high for nightime cortisol and I cannot sleep past 4 or 5

am.

val