25 TOPICS. Don't miss the RED ones! Readers comments in BLACK. My comments in TEAL.

The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) is proposing a new set of diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia that includes common symptoms such as fatigue, sleep disturbances, and cognitive problems, as well as pain. The new criteria are published in the May issue of the ACR journal Arthritis Care & Research. “These new criteria recognize that fibromyalgia is more than just body pain,” said Robert S. Katz, one of the authors of the new criteria and a rheumatologist at Rush University Medical Center. “This is a big deal for patients who suffer symptoms but have had no diagnosis. A definite diagnosis can lead to more focused and successful treatment and reducing the stress of the unknown.”

"I also have problems with HD TV as well as the computer. Both cause greater tension in neck area due to sensitivity to bright light. I can only be on the computer for 10 - 15 minutes before things start to go haywire in my CNS. The TV drives me crazy because I'm constantly adjusting my glasses thinking I can make it better; but to no avail. Two things I love are the computer and TV but must only use them during daylingt hours, less contrast in brightness......or whatever...... If I use computer over my 10 min period, I end up with major tension and headache on one side of head.....frustrating.... I had RK surgery on the eyes years ago and this didn' t help the situation either. If I'm at a play where there is only one spotlight on featured actor, and the rest of the room is pitch dark, my CNS really goes bonkers..... I close my eyes and let my husband enjoy the theatre until it is over. I grab for my xanax and muscle relaxer. It only happens in certain theatres. I have not found any remedy for it except don't go and limit times on high tech equipment."

"Regarding the HD TV, I have not had any problems with it but I have with Movie theaters. I almost have to take an Ativan, they can cause me to be dizzy and sometimes, I almost have a panic attack."

FROM DOM: Years ago we took my niece and nephew to a planetarium in Jacksonville, FL. There was a strobe light show with loud music before the program, and I almost had a seizure. It was torment - I couldn't block out the light or sound, even covering my ears. I doubt that my foam ear plugs (that I now carry with me in my purse) would have helped. The music and beat was so loud it penetrated your body. Horrible for people with nervous system damage.

"I have taken Xyrem. If you are taking it please be careful. When taking Xyrem I did a lot sleeping walking (I ran into walls and door). Xyrem seems to shut your brain off. If you wake up during night and starting walking, it is easy to pass out. I also had violent nightmares."

"Years before the FMS/CFIDS diagnosis I was offered meds for overactive bladder, and politely refused. Since diagnosis and the many healthy lifestyle changes I was encouraged to make, I have come to realize that for me this bladder irritation causing the "overactive bladder" symptoms seems to be linked to various additives/preservatives in foods or drink, as well as stress/exhaustion. Once when I was having a run of needing to dash to the potty I thought it was possibly a bladder infection. But a lab culture proved me healthy and I was again offered a prescription. I did not fill the prescription, went home and prayed for God to show me what was going on. Within days He alerted me to the small bag of free popcorn I was getting when I went to the local hardware store several times a week. I can have plain popcorn, but theirs was total temptation and so delicious with all the seasonings on it. Checking the popcorn package ----YUP full of colorings and preservatives! So a decision was made for no more hardware store popcorn and I had my bladder control back within a week. I keep known food stressors out of my house and am learning to "Just say No" to the temptations I find afield. Using alkaline drops sparingly also helps. When I get totally stressed or extremely overextended tired there may be more frequent trips, but no more "Oops" times for over a year!"

FROM DOM: See the suggestions from readers for overactive bladder and IC (interstitial cystitis) suggestions from readers at www.fms-help.com/bladder.htm. For me, it is a matter of not becoming overly acidic. One way I do this besides watching what I eat is to use alkalizing / oxygenating drops in my drinking water. The worse foods for me (bladder-wise) that I have to avoid are oatmeal and orange juice.

"I take ARMOUR dessicated pig thyroid...is the reader in your newsletter www.fms-help.com/052910.htm saying that it is NOT actual pig's thyroid after all? The ARMOUR meat company is who supplies it, I am told."

"Although there was a significant time period where we (Tennessee) were not able to get Armour thyroid, we are now able to get it. Even during the time when we could not get it, we could still get compound pharmacies to make it. All of the thyroid naturals are not equal, and armour thyroid changed, and I believe I read it had something to do excipient ingredients, and it is now different again for a 3rd time, but Armour has been available locally for at least 3 months now I believe. There was NEVER a time here in TN that the compound pharmacies did not have the raw materials needed to make the product."

"I took antibiotics for 2 years because I was told that I had Chronic Lyme disease by Igenex labs standards and not by the CDC. All the antibiotics I took never helped me at all. I think that it actually made me worse because I've had to fight with chronic yeast infections ever since from taking all the antibiotics and it killing the good bacteria in my body."

"This is for the reader that questioned the Igenex lab in California. I was tested for Lyme (at my request) at Quest lab in Orlando and the test came back negative .. it didn't even show anything on the report but the word negative. the Igenex report we did in March .. was about 5 pages ..these people know how to test for lyme and how very sensitive and complicating the blood tests can be .. I am seeing a Licensed Lyme Doc in Orlando, Fl and am going into my 6th week of IV antibiotic therapy. (I started Doxycycline at the end of March then added IV therapy at the end of April.) I started out at 1gram of Rocephin 1 time a week for 2 weeks, along w/ a multivitamin IV, then 1 gram of Rocephin 2 times a week for 2 weeks along w/ a multivitamin Iv and now I'm at 2 grams of Rocephin 2 times a week for the next 4 weeks. I can say that I have turned a corner to feeling much better as of last Wed. It's been sooo nice to have sort of normalcy back. I have ben very sick w/ chronic lyme for about a year now (but was infected about 5 or more years ago). I am also taking about 5 other naturopathic meds to help stem cell replenishment, my adrenal glands and cortisol levels as well as my central nervous system. I probably will continue IV therapy for a while, as I have read that once you stop it is possible to relapse so I want to make sure that doesn't happen. I meet w/ my Lyme doc on Tues and we will set up the game plan. I see Dr. Kirti Kalidas in Orlando, Florida and so far so good and I really love the staff there - such a friendly and helpful office."

"Can we hear from those of you who have had a root canal tooth removed? How did your health change, if at all? Would you have the tooth removed if again given the choice? I went to the dentist to have my one root canal tooth pulled because it has never totally settled down after 10 years. My gum stays swollen and seeps just above this tooth. He was concerned about me "losing" the tooth and insisted on a referral to an endodontist for an apicoectomy (sp?). He also used scare tactics about a ten year dead tooth being very difficult to remove because it is very brittle from being dead for so long and will most probably break into pieces, making the removal a very difficult procedure. So I've still got the tooth and it is doing a bit better since I started the colloidal (nano) silver, but that proves to me it is infected. Anyone have experiences or suggestions to share?"

"Concerning the many readers who have shared the problems they have with sound, light, etc.: I have had FM and CFS (doc called it that and included the M.E. name at the time in 1996, but have had NO doctor use the M.E. term since then). I have 13 total auto immune illnesses. I have slowly worsened over the years, but when I was instructed to take FORCED REST, I ignored the advice. When we feel well, we desire to go out and shop, be with family and even more physically strenuous activities. I knew doing this slows me down and ends my week in flares, but it did not sink into my head until my most recent relapse that it does more than that...it immediately worsens my condition and there is no return. M.E. patients are already in a state of low blood volume. That is why we have a hard time breathing; but when our hearts get over-exerted, the already low-blood volume worsens because our bodies are being forced to pump even more blood. In a healthy person this also happens, but in a healthy person, the heart has all the blood it needs. In an M.E. patient, with our low blood volume and the over-exertion causing us to pump even more blood that we do not have, the heart strains and if it strains enough to be OVER by ONE percent, it stops! Some M.E. patients die in their sleep...the affects of over-exertion can take place up to 72 hours after the activity. Just like FM, it is AFTER all the fun....and even days afterward... I had over-exerted myself by standing in the yard and hitting the volleyball back and forth with my grand daughters. I DID NOT RUN...I did not walk..they went and retrieved the ball if I failed to hit it. I simply raised my arms and volleyed the ball for about 15 minutes. Within 48 hours, in the doctor's waiting room, I felt as though I were dying. Whenver the door opened with a new patient walking in, the door was LOUDLY SLAMMING shut. when the patient walked up to the desk, the receptionist would slliiiiiiide open her glass window with a LOUD, GLASS-breaking crunch. for about five minutes, patient after patient walked in "slamming' the door and the receptionist did not feel it a wise idea to leave the glass window open during her receiving of the patients...she opened this CRUNCH window.. patient after patient after patient. The lighting was so horrible not even my sunglasses protected my eyes....not only my eyes, but my head and my gut....I had to hide my eyes with my hands...and the carpeting made me sick...and the man in the waiting room turning the magazine pages....thhhhhhLIP HHHHHHHLIP...RRRRRIP....TEAR....I cannot describe the SOUNDS or the NOISES. I was getting physically weaker and weaker. MY LEGS BECAME LIKE JELLY. I was ill...my heart was pumping worse ane worse inside my chest...my chest tightened...my lungs became more and more labored as I tried to catch a breath! My cognitive abilities are now at an all-time low. I have never before had this happen. THEN I remembered something I had edited for th HFME forum- the words the author had written HIT me like a huge STONE... I have over-exerted myself every time I have done more than I SHOULD have done. I KNEW this, but did not KNOW it... we are to FORCE ourselves into a rest period. if we DO NOT, we will worsen...and for those of us who are ALREADY bad...we find ourselves entering lower levels...and we need to stop this... we need to pay attention...rest between activities....never over-exert... By failing to force-rest, I have progressed to a lower level of M.E. and I match the described "moderate - to - severe level" ... Because I did not rest when I should have, I have gone from being able to have good days with friends and family to having my time with friends and family take place in my bedroom...and when I am 'fortunate' enough to feel a lower level of "well", my time spent with family could take place in a different room in the house. Or I might walk the short distance to my daughter's (right next door). I can no longer drive any real distance; i might be able to go to a neighboring store IF I make sure I only spend a few minutes there and come directly back home; I have to receive rides to the doctor....I have to be taken shopping, but most of the time, my shopping is done for me. My cooking is done more and mroe by others. I now have my granddaughter doing my housework. Only last month I was doing my own housework - not all at once, but I was doing a little here and there. I was filling the dishwasher...I was doing smaller things, but still, I was doing them. I knew my illness was progressing, but did not realize I was doing it by over-exerting when I felt well. NOW, the final relapse did me in. I am at a place I never thught I would be....Please..those with M.E. take the time to REST - REAL rest...lying down rest. if you are feeling the affects of over-exerting, lie down immediately. this is affectng our hearts... go to WWW.HFME.org OR WWW.MEFREEFORALL.ORG. When I do go shopping, I have to be driven...now my cognitive activity also puts me into relapse. If I try to help someone with a problem, I go into relapse. Please, take it easy...AND IF YOU ARE IN YOUR EARLY STAGES, YOU CAN ACTUALLY IMPROVE...BUT ONLY WITH FORCED REST."

"To the reader who questions about Lyme treatment and also mentions Babesia www.fms-help.com/052910.htm - My daughter’s very expensive specialist put her on the Cowden Protocol for lyme and babesia and other “bugs.” She still has Babesia, but has cleared the Lyme, as of his testing. Don’t know about the Igenex testing, but one can make the assumption that if you have symptoms of Lyme, you should treat it. I would not do the antibiotics, however, unless you saw the tick and the treatment is started quickly after infection. Most Lyme doctors agree that long term infections take a long time to get under control and that antibiotics are counter-productive for the period of time needed. You can check out the Cowden Protocol online. He uses Nutramedix products, cycling, on a strict progressive scale over a period of months. My daughter had difficulty getting through the protocol because her die-off symptoms became so great she could not even take one drop of the product recommended for Babesia. She could not exactly follow the protocol from the beginning, either, but she did well enough to get rid of the Lyme and think more clearly. You can print off the entire protocol from online and buy products online and there are sites that sell the Nutramedix products more cheaply than the Nutramedix site. Check www.myherbs.net. That site has “copy” products that cost less, but I would go with the Nutramedix –at least at first since that is what has been tested and used by doctors who follow the protocol. Go to www.bionatus.com and on the home page (which is in Spanish) click at the top on “Nutramedix.” That page will give you a choice of the products or the protocols Click protocols. Other sites have info about Cowden and various protocols using parts of the Cowden program, like Samento, but this is the site I found the most info regarding the protocols. It is important to go slowly on the use of these products and support the body as you kill off the microbes. You must have a good way of eliminating the toxins that are released. This is the problem my daughter had—not being able to get rid of the toxins quickly enough so she got swamped with toxins that then were reabsorbed. There is also mention of Venus fly-trap (Carnivora) and that is a good product to help. I would buy the venus fly-trap on the myherbs site."

"I was diagnosed with Lyme in l990...I spent four years on and off IV antibiotics...after each course, I'd feel better for about a month or two, and the symptoms would come back full blast. I was in third stage Lyme, and the doctors told me I probably had it several years before being diagnosed. I lived in South New Jersey at the time, and Lyme is very prevalent there. I worked as a Veterinary tech for many years, and I knew I had been bitten many times by ticks, and never thought a thing about it and that was before we really knew much about Lyme....finally, because none of the antibiotics really did the trick, the doctor decided to put me on Vancomycin. That at the time I was told used for bone infections, and it worked. I started to feel better after the first 4 IV doses...The Lyme went into remission finally after this antibiotic and I felt good for about a year, and symptoms wereback. Truthfully, I don't know if I have FMS or chronic Lyme...antibiotics don't help me at all anymore....the pain is excruciating and the arthritis is very bad in my large joints. I test negative on all tests for the Lyme...the docs feel the Lyme brought on the FMS and the Myofacial Pain Syndrome I have, they don't think I have chronic Lyme but I feel I may...I get worse with each passing year and have other physical problems also that I think are all connected with the Lyme."

"Loved your dress www.fms-help.com/052210.htm that you were able to grab at a yard sale - it is so very pretty and so feminine. Know what you mean about today's fashions. They are hideous!!! My wardrobe is more or less empty because i just cannot find clothes that fit well, are comfortable and are not made of some horrid sweaty, scratchy fabric. Tend to spend my life in sweatpants. LOL. Not a great look, but at least they are comfy."

FROM DOM: I agree - today's spandex and plunging necklines in women's clothing are the pits! Unsightly bulges, rolls and muffin tops everywhere. I think women show a lot more self-respect and dignity when they don't "bare all." I never thought much about these things until after I got saved in 1988 www.fms-help.com/salvation.htm. In the 1990's I went to the Church of God where they had "standards" for dress. Surprisingly, it felt good to be able to show on the outside that the spirit of God, who is holy, lived inside! Now that I am in the Baptist church, women dress however they wish, but styles today can be very immodest, unless you make your own clothes, wear cover-ups, or shop very carefully. I was pleased this week to actually see some nice clothes at the mall that were both pretty and tasteful - not that I can afford them....sigh! I'm no fashion diva, but I think it's much better to dress modestly and with purity than to be "eye candy" for lustful people. I went to a Bill Gothard seminar 40 years ago in Los Angeles, and he mentioned that women should dress to call attention to the face. That made sense to me. Our countenance can be beautiful because Christ lives within us and His light shines through us. I heard an interesting statement about dating: A young man should have to encounter Christ before he can find you - meaning that Christ's indwelling of us should be so clear that people see Him before they see us. The best fashion tip of all: "Be clothed in humility." (I Peter 5:5)

A new study out of Germany could provide support for U.S. research linking XMRV to chronic fatigue syndrome and cast doubt on European studies failing to find it.

"I would strongly advise using caution when taking the supplement 5-HTP. I had been using 100 mg. a night, based on the suggestion from a previous doctor. It works AMAZINGLY well at raising Serotonin, in fact, too well. After using it for awhile my current endocrinologist ran a 24 hr. 5-HIAA test, which measures serotonin. We were shocked to discover that my levels were at 54.6. They should be BELOW 6, so mine were 5 ½ times too high. The level was so high that my doc thought I had a Serotonin producing tumor and was going to schedule something called an Octreotide Scan, which injects dye into you and then takes pictures trying to find the dye which is supposed to attach itself to these tumors. After some research I discovered that 5-HTP can and does raise Serotonin and we agreed I would taper down, then off the 5-HTP and then re-test and re-evaluate. I have the repeat 5-HIAA test in 2 weeks. “Coming down” from the 100 mg. dose of 5-HTP to 50 mg., then 25 mg. now at 12.5 mg. has been hell. It created something called Serotonin Syndrome, which has made all my neurological symptoms worse, including something called “Brain Zap” which feels like your brain is sending electrical current all over your body. I would just suggest that IF a person chooses to take 5-HTP, ESPECIALLY at high doses, that the doctor monitor your serotonin levels."

FROM DOM: I tried 5-HTP three different times in my insomnia experience of the past 42 years. My brain always felt weird when taking this, so I quit. A melatonin complex helped for 3 years, then quit working when I was about 47. I then had to find other things to help me sleep www.fms-help.com/what.htm.

"The other day I was having a conversation with two women I work with. We found out we all have Fibromyalgia. One of these ladies has an abrupt & almost rude way of talking to people in person {she was always nice over the phone with me so I was surprised it was her I talk to every day). She blurted at me, "You have Fibromyalgia! I don't believe it! What do you take for yours? You don't look like you have it. I don't believe you have it." I told her I've done everything to live drug-free, otherwise my doctors would've had me in La-La-Land a long time ago. I fight through the pain and only take muscle relaxers as needed. I try hard not to. I have other conditions I found later in 2005 that make it a good thing I wasn't taking drugs. I could've died. Anyway, I told her I couldn't/can't live that way. She had the nerve to TELL ME that there was no way I had Fibromyalgia! I'm glad to hear my physical appearance doesn't read like an open book, but when someone like her tries to insist and tell me that I don't have something that I've been struggling with since 1994 I wanted to scream at her. She was diagnosed with Fibro, had all the symptoms, but didn't want to accept her diagnosis. Fine, but don't tell me what I do or don't have. I have never met anyone so rude and obnoxious. So stupid, naive, and uneducated. So I had to vent my frustrations to you. Because what she doesn't know is how much pain I have been in. Last year I caught the H1N1 virus. I thought I was a goner for sure. The pain with Fibro..It was horrible. I laid in bed for 5 days unable to move. Sure I wanted to fill my body with drugs to fight the pain but I already had drugs to fight the H1N1. I couldn't overdose. I've never been so afraid. I told my managers what I have - to let them know not to judge a book by it's cover. I have multiple chronic conditions, I don't have to work but want to for as long as I can. I just hate that ignorance. So, thank you again, as usual, for your dedication to spreading the word on Fibro!"

"Regarding lying in bed upon awakening (item #21 in newsletter at www.fms-help.com/052910.htm), I would like to recommend the following:

1. Take a glass of mineral water , (or minerals and water), and your Oxygen drops

2. Take a flat teaspoon of SUMA. Suma is rich in germanium which helps oxygenate the blood

3. Take a teaspoon of MACA powder. Maca strengthens the adrenals and very good source of energy.

4. Take one or two tablets of Standard Process brand Adrenal extract. Normally, you need a Chiropractor sell it to you , but I know the last two sources on the Internet that will sell Standard Process and Biotics brand with 20% discount . Another alternative from Standard Process is their PMG line, such as Adrenal PMG. The PMG line, instead of Adrenal extract it is salt of molecules of adrenal. So instead of the Bovine Adrenal giving you energy, the PMG line slowly rebuilds your own adrenal. It is a slow process . Have the above near your bed. Take them and go back to bed for 15-20 minutes, or until you actually feel like getting up.

The above kick starts your body with energy, so that you don’t even feel like lying around."

"We as fibromites have been told not to donate blood, does this also apply for organ donation? I am listed as an organ donor upon my death, but have been wondering if I should remove my name from the list???"

FROM DOM: Good question! Anyone have an answer? Write dombush@bellsouth.net. (Frankly, I don't think my organs would be helpful to anyone - they barely work for me, and some are missing now anyway....)

"I am having great difficulty with my doctor regarding pain relief - he is now telling me to only take paracetamol. This is ridiculous in my mind. I have been trying to do as he says, but my pain seems to be getting worse each day. Have finally succumbed to the pain and ignored my doctors orders and have taken a paracetamol/codiene blend. But somebody else has now told me that the narcotic/opiate type drugs are totally useless for our pain. My pain is a deep kind of pain with burning a lot of the time, gets so bad most of the time that i can barely hold a coffee cup. Cannot walk easily - kinda shuffle along almost crying with pain - in fact crying with pain most of the time. Feeling so miserable and like all of us, so sick of all this. I take magnesium, glucosamine, fish oil as well as Vitamin D (bloods show i am deficient) and Iron supplements (again deficient) Would be very, very grateful for any suggestions. Am at the end of my tether at the moment."

FROM DOM: Anyone have this type of pain and found relief? Write dombush@bellsouth.net and I'll publish suggestions in the next newsletter. My personal pain relief suggestions are at www.fms-help.com/what.htm. A description of my severe fibro pain (1982-1996) is at www.fms-help.com/fibro.htm - it was so hard to describe what I was experiencing to anyone who didn't suffer from fibromyalgia themselves. Awful!

FROM DOM: I always get ("think I am") really hungry about 30 minutes after taking ambien (zolpidem). I take half of a 10 mg tablet at bedtime and the other half in the middle of the night. The thing that has diminished is the amnesia - I wouldn't remember anything after taking it until I fell asleep. That is gone now, but not the "hunger." I'm not complaining, though, because ambien (zolpidem) has been a blessing for the past 12 years. I went most of my life (since age 16) without much sleep www.fms-help.com/insomnia.htm. Any ambien (zolpidem) comments? Write dombush@bellsouth.net. A list of everything I tried for sleep is at www.fms-help.com/sleep.htm.

FROM DOM: Whenever I don't sleep restoratively, my face tells the story! My skin looks rough and wrinkled, and I look 10 years older. Last night I slept very well - so very well that I could have stayed in a dreamy languor all day if I didn't have to get up. I looked in the mirror this morning and my face was wrinkle free, soft and smooth - just glowing with vitality! I looked 20 years younger! People who sleep well every night just can't imagine what a blessing it is for their health. Poor sleep / insomnia wrecks your health and immune system. I've battled insomnia since I was 16....I'm now 58. That's why I'm for anything (drugs or supplements) that help an insomniac sleep. Ya gotta have it! Trouble is, sleep meds work differently for each person, so you have to find a doc who will work with you on it.

fatigue
insomnia
mental confusion
nervousness
mood swings
faintness
headaches
depression
phobias
heart palpitations

a craving for sweets

cold hands and feet

forgetfulness

dizziness

blurred vision

inner trembling

outbursts of temper

sudden hunger

allergies

crying spells

"Functional hypoglycemia, the kind we are addressing here, is the oversecretion of insulin by the pancreas in response to a rapid rise in blood sugar or "glucose". All carbohydrates (vegetables, fruits and grains, as well as simple table sugar), are broken down into simple sugars by the process of digestion. This sugar enters the blood stream as glucose and our level of blood sugar rises. The pancreas then secretes a hormone known as insulin into the blood in order to bring the glucose down to normal levels. In hypoglycemia, the pancreas sends out too much insulin and the blood sugar plummets below the level necessary to maintain well-being. Since all the cells of the body, especially the brain cells, use glucose for fuel, a blood glucose level that is too low starves the cells of needed fuel, causing both physical and emotional symptoms." -an excerpt from The Do's and Don'ts of Hypoglycemia: An Everyday Guide to Low Blood Sugar by Roberta Ruggiero

FROM DOM: Wow! I have had all of these symptoms. Actually, they were extremely pronounced when I was a young teenager - around 14. I was also 2 years younger than my peers at school and under a lot of pressure to make straight A's. We also moved from PA to NV during this time, and of course my hormones were just starting to kick in, so it was a terribly confusing time for me emotionally, and I had always been a sickly child and was in frail health as a teen. To make matters worse, the day before starting my new school in NV as a junior, I dove into a pool through an inner tube with my hands behind my back, didn't make the turn soon enough, and hit my head violently on the bottom of the pool. I became disoriented and if my brother had not been by the side of the pool, might have drowned. He was much more athletic than I was, and this little trick we were doing was easy for him. I went to my first day of class with a HUGE knot in the center of my forehead. I looked like a freak - and you know how sensitive teenagers are to their appearance. Back in those days, parents didn't take kids to the doctor for every little thing, so I don't know if I had a concussion, whiplash, or what. My agoraphobia began about a year prior to this accident and didn't end until age 34 - at which time I had a complete hysterectomy for endometriosis. The insomnia began when I was 16 www.fms-help.com/insomnia.htm. And here it is, 2010 - I am 58 and STILL trying to figure out what's going on!!! Ah, we are such complex creatures. Interestingly, I had a blood glucose test (I hate being stuck with a needle every hour for 5 hours - my arm got so bruised) when I was in my 20's or 30's. It came back normal or just slightly hypoglycemic, if I recall. The reason I am investigating this topic of low blood sugar and insomnia is because I have been noticing that I sleep significantly better and more peacefully when I eat carbs or something mildly sweet before going to bed. This article above (Topic 17) says that hypoglycemia is the new diabetes, and that it is underdiagnosed right now. Years ago a doctor told me to eat some ice cream before I went to bed and I would sleep better. It works sometimes.