Hi Lori,

My depression actually lifted after I got steady on step 3. I thought is was serotonin related, but found out when my blood sugar steadied, my depression lifted. I've never been tested for hypoglycemia, but I definitely know I have volatile blood sugar...physical and emotional symptoms from the book. I'm much less volatile now from doing the program, and both physical and emotional symptoms have steadied.

It's nice to have you here!

Colette

: I am amazed about the book Potatoes
: not Prozac and it describes much
: of my reactions to sugar. I am
: only 32 but have suffered from
: sugar sensitivity since I was very
: young girl, so it must have a
: genetic component. Along the 20+
: years of misery I thought I had
: depression and bipolar disorder
: and had terrible choces of high
: sugar foods . I've since learned
: it was sugar sensitivity. I have a
: few questions as I make further
: connections.

: Can this sugar sensitivity be the
: cause of my reactive hypoglycemia?
: My thought is that the sugar
: sensitivity over the 2 decades has
: made my sugars react to high and
: drop very fast (my blood glucose
: will drop 100 mg/dl in a half an
: hour to hypoglycemia levels). The
: OGTT test showed a normal fasting
: insulin, a weak insulin 1 response
: and an over-reactive 2nd insulin
: phase).

: Can this sugar sensitivity be the
: cause of my pcos (polycystic
: ovarian syndrome)? I can actually
: feel the insulin response affect
: my ovaries when I eat any carbs.
: My thought is, is that my insulin
: receptors on my ovaries are being
: affected by my over reactive
: insulin.

: Thanks to any info you have

: Lori