Newbie and a little nervous
Hi, I’m back to Atkins after a few years of on again/off again low carb WOE. It was really hard for me while I worked at the dairy (QA lab) tasting chocolate milk all the time. Now that I have a desk job, I am giving it another go.
I’m a little nervous. The last time I started induction, I lost 14 pounds in 5 days and was having horrible hypoglycemia episodes. I was on metformin at the time and the drug info says that it doesn’t cause hypoglycemia. My blood sugar returned to normal after 3 days (except for the pre-dawn spike). I never actually tested bs during the hypo episodes, so I don’t know how low it actually got. I finally gave up because I felt so bad.
I’ve been off the metformin for a while now, so I think it will be OK. Has anyone else had a similar experience?
Any advice?
March 14th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
I don’t have advise, but this kind of interests me. I’ve read another post by someone saying that going on induction triggered hypoglycemia espisodes. It does exactly the opposite for me, controls my blood sugar so well. It’ll be good to hear some educated responses, and have fun with Atkins!!