Something went wrong last night, and I'm not sure what.
I ate my taco salad about 12:30. Everything was fine. I ate my burger and dog at about 6:30, then followed it up with a cup of coffee at the bowling alley around 7.
About 7:30 I got dizzy as all hell. I almost fell down. It felt JUST like a sugar spike. I fixed my own coffee, so I KNOW it was splenda and creamer. I was using a generic powdered creamer, without nutritional info. I'm not sure if there was something in my burger/dog that added sugar or if there was something in the creamer, but I was definitely having a sugar issue. Some friends sat with me, got me water, and it passed in about a half hour.
Scared the crap out of me tho. I have no idea what triggered it.
This morning, I woke up exhausted and sick. I SHOULD have had plenty of sleep, but my body didn't seem to know it. I'm suspicious that it was the aftermath of a sugar crash (which will generally happen after a spike). I was so tired I was crying while trying to get dressed, and felt like I was barely restraining a temper tantrum. Then the dry heaves started every time I tried to move. Mind you, I went to bed just a few minutes later than normal, and didn't have trouble sleeping.
I ended up calling in to work and going back to sleep around 5:30 (I get up around 4:45). I slept til 10:30. I still don't feel quit rested, but the tantrum is gone.
...Wish I knew what caused it. This scares me.
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Addendum: the burger & hot dog seem fine. Then I found this page. It shows that SOME powdered creamers can have up to 8g carbs. I used two packages for my size cup and DOWNED it. So I potentially threw 16grams of carbs into my system, in liquid, easy-to-digest format in the course of under 30min. I BROKE me!!! Note to self: Use my OWN coffee creamer when in doubt. Mine only has 2carbs/packet.
WTF Happened?
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