If you're feeling jittery, blurry minded, sweating, test your blood sugar. You may be hypoglycemic. You can have the symptoms with blood sugar at any level. You need to measure for to be sure. You might get the symptoms like those of hypoglycemia if you're blood sugar is getting closer to normal after having been high, hyperglycemic, for a while. As your blood sugar gets closer to normal, your body and brain are adjusting to a new level. The sensation may tempt you to eat some carbs, which will defeat the adjustment you are needing to make in glucose levels. Only your meter will tell you for sure if your sugar is too low. If your meter displays a number under 70 mg/dl, your blood sugar is low enough to be called hypoglycemic.
You need about 15 gms of carbohydrate, or one starch exchange. Here are some foods that will bring your glucose back to normal:
5-6 hard candies
4 oz, 1/2 can, of sugared soda
1 Tablespoon of peanut butter
some peanut butter crackers, an amount giving you 15 gm of carbohydrate
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