Was this a hypoglycaemic attack?

Hypoglycemia (hypoglycaemia) means low blood sugar. It's also a name for a condition in which the level of sugar (glucose) in the blood drops below a certain point (about 2.5 mmol/l).

To answer your question, yes, it might have been a hypoglycemic attack. From what you've said it sounds like it was one because you have given us five symptoms of hypoglycemia, i.e. sudden hunger, tiredness, lightheadedness, and feeling faint and shaky.

You say you've experienced this before, but not regularly, maybe once every two months. Therefore, your episode is no cause for an alarm. In adults, hypoglycemia is uncommon, except as a side effect of diabetes treatment.

Your food choices are a little confusing to me, but I understand it because when we get very hungry and very fast, we tend to grab anything and everything, just to stop the hunger, in an attempt to feel better.

Should it happen again, you want to get fast symptomatic relief. The food can wait for 30 minutes. Instead of eating, grab some some glucose-rich drink (e.g. orange juice). Because that's what gets absorbed from the stomach the fastest. Especially when your stomach is empty.

As to long-term self-care, take care of yourself! Eat and drink better! Avoid sweets! Sweets can make it worse! Sweets will make you diabetic! Unless you want to become a diabetic, avoid sugar-laden sodas and energy drinks! Eat regularly. And when you eat, always include some protein. Saying 'yes' to protein and 'no' to sugar will prevent all of your hypoglycemic attacks!

In the unlikely event your hypoglycemic attacks persist or get worse, you want to ask your family physician for a "glucose tolerance test" or "blood glucose test".

If your hypoglycemia is more serious and left untreated, it can cause confusion, clumsiness, fainting, seizures, coma, or even death.

Check your medications (if any), and review your medical history, because hypoglycemia can be a side effect of medications, or a symptom of certain diseases (e.g. hormone / enzyme deficiencies, or tumors).

If you're young, usually it's neither a tumor, nor a disease, but a sugar-laden soda or energy drink consumed a couple of hours earlier, on an empty stomach.

The full list of hypoglycemia symptoms are sudden hunger, shakiness, nervousness, sweating, dizziness, lightheadedness, sleepiness, confusion, difficulty speaking, anxiety and weakness. If a hypoglycemic attack happens in your sleep, you may cry out, have nightmares, find your pajamas or sheets damp from perspiration, and feel tired, irritable, and confused after you wake up.

Hypoglycemic attacks happen suddenly. They're usually mild and can be treated quickly and easily by drinking some glucose-rich drink.

I hope this helps.

Sounds like a hypoglycemic attack. You can't have anxiety attacks when you're unconscious! Check your blood sugar from time to time (with a glucose meter) and go to an endocrinologist to see if you are a diabetic if you still don't know

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