Need to eat!

[ramakentesh]

In the mornings when my symptoms are bad i feel the urge to drink and eat. If i dont eat or drink for a long period i start to feel out of it - like my blood sugar is low. But i never had this problem before POTS - maybe its the higher amounts of adrenaline taking all the sugar out my body or something?

[morgan617]

I feel the same way, if I don't eat I feel all weird and sick, but I don't feel hungry, so it's hard to eat. Luverly pots bodies. morgan

[blackwolf]

It is common for most people to eat several, as in 6-12, times a day.

I average about 6-8 small meals a day.

blackwolf

[nantynannie]

Hi Rama,

When I am having the adrenaline rush periods I find that I am very hungry all of the time. I think you are correct. I have been thinking that the adrenaline ups my metabolism somehow and it eats up all of my calories.

Ann

[tammyokc]

I agree I feel weak until I eat, especially in the mornings. I was told I had hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) for 17 years and now I know it's POTS. I do feel better after eating sometimes so I know I have a little bit of low blood sugar but my weakness is mostly due to low blood pressure. It's hard though when we don't feel hungry but know we need to eat. I keep crackers and such by my bed and small bottles of gatorade. I try not to eat heavy carb. meals and keep it light. I feel hungry only 2 hours after a meal and have a lot of adrenaline so I agree our metabolism must be up cause of our fast heart rate!

[ramakentesh]

Phew - im not the only one - i was worried i had some weird thing happening that was only me... Thanks guys!