iateyourflowers Posted February 13, 2018 Report Share Posted February 13, 2018 Hi! I've been diagnosed with POTS (and ME/CFS), but before I ever had symptoms of those, I had undiagnosed fasting hypoglycemia. I would get shaky and weak and it would go away when I ate something sugary. It wasn't a big deal. Now that I have POTS symptoms, when my blood sugar goes low it tends to make my POTS worse. Is that possible, or does that mean I don't actually have POTS, and the standing issues are caused by hypoglycemia? I haven't had a tilt-table test, but I've had a standing test, and my resting heart rate is between 60 and 70, and when I stand it goes up to about 140 and stays there until I sit down. Would that happen if it was caused by hypoglycemia? I still have POTS symptoms even if I don't have low blood sugar though. Any advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted February 13, 2018 Report Share Posted February 13, 2018 I had hypoglycemic events all of my life but only developed POTS 8 years ago. Both issues are related and it is not uncommon to have these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterSown Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 I absolutely have this 100%. I have Early Satiety which wipes out my appetite and my thirst. Presyncope is always greatly worse when I haven't eaten enough. I haven't read up on it yet but I think it's more than hypoglycemia throwing a wrench in the machine, I think it may also come with a depletion of electrolytes--if I'm not eating or digesting well I'm not getting my electrolytes. Just a little fruit, bread and cheese will lift me out of it but taking that first bite is hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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