Hello
im new to the forum but have been suffering with anxiety & panic attacks for 4 years and it is slowly but surely ruiningmy life. ive well and truly had enough of it.
Recently i went from 11pm until 3pm without eating any meals and got shaky dizzy lightheaded and even more anxious. It was unintentional (not eating). Ive noticed a lot that even going from 9am until 12pm without eating is making me feel the same way so i got into google and realised i could have hypoglycemia. obviously PANIC set in and im a mess! ive spoken to my father he says im just panicking over nothing and its perfectly normal but i dont feel that it is and im worried.
As i set upon my research a lot of people have said that PMS/PMT can affect it hugely, a lot of people 2/3 weeks before their period can have fluctuating sugar levels because of hormones being released. I suffer from heightened anxiety and am completely irrational upto 2 weeks before my period and 1 week from now im due to start again, do you think this hypoglycemic episode im having is because of PMS?
I should mention that im quite overweight and often snack on rubbish between meals (my meals are healthy!) i dont eat red meat i only eat chicken fish and turkey. I dont smoke and rarely drink a lot of caffeine as ive noticed it makes me feel agitated.
Am i being paranoid or am i thinking clearly with the whole hypo & PMS thing? even if i did have hypoglycemia i dont know what i think would happen to me, the only way to control hypo is by diet so maybe i should alter my diet & step up the exercise? The thing is everytime i think i need to eat i eat sugary stuff or bad things for me. What do i do? Ahh!
Holly.