TL;DR: anxiety attacks, most likely caused by low blood sugar problems, are causing a vicious cycle. I think it's that the low blood sugar helped fuel the cycle, and anxiety (adrenaline/cortisol) keeps eating the glucose I have. Going to the doctor to get it checked, but I need to give a full picture to her/him.
First, I'm going to doctor tomorrow, no need to worry about that.
I'm also not a diabetic (to my knowledge, 26 years old, male, 15-20 pounds overweight, fairly fit). I know you folks tend be highly self-educated in these areas. I'd like to give the doctor the best info to get a good checkup.
Doing amateur research has kind of saved me from spiraling downward. I'm dieting, made sure to get mostly healthy foods, but it has to be the main part of why this is happening. I'm dealing with obvious adrenal fatigue (caused by anxiety attacks that beat the shit out of me), and I believe that it started within the past 2-3 weeks. I lead the beginnings of these problems back far enough to one "cheat night" where I ate at maintenance, ate sugar loaded stuff as the extra calories, and woke up feeling STELLAR. Clear head that I dream for in the morning/afternoon. Didn't give it a second thought. Things started to go downhill a week or so later. It got very bad because I didn't realize that my diet was hurting me, and even to right now my appetite is low and I force myself to eat. No matter the situation.
My symptoms (adrenaline/cortistol dumps from anxiety attacks, feeling less connected to the world, feeling better at night, blood flow not feeling exactly normal) always lighten up when I decide to get more carbs in. Making sure to get complex ones with some fast acting carbs for faster relief.
The problem is that I'm trying to connect this all together. But the symptoms don't seem to match up. Hypoglycemia: shouldn't I feel hungry all the time? Why am I having this reaction now, with a far more healthy diet, when I felt far better during times of a very shitty, calorie restricted diet? My guess is that this accidental cycle of anxiety attacks is eating my shallow glucose reserves. My body does not feel the same relief when eating proteins and fats.
I'm trying to connect the dots here. Any comment welcome.
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