“I Thought I Was Just Tired… Until My Blood Sugar Told a Different Story”

“I Thought I Was Just Tired… Until My Blood Sugar Told a Different Story”

It started with a foggy head and a racing heart. I hadn’t eaten much that day too many emails, too many back-to-back calls. I chalked it up to stress. But by mid-afternoon, my hands were shaking, and I was sweating through my T-shirt. I thought: am I having a panic attack? I wasn’t.

It was low blood sugar.

The thing is, I didn’t even know what low blood sugar symptoms really looked like until I started paying attention to them in myself. I used to think blood sugar was just something people with diabetes had to worry about. But now I know betteryour blood sugar levels affect everything. Your energy. Your mood. Your ability to focus. Even how you sleep.

That day, I had dipped into a level that had I not caught it could’ve been dangerous. I’d later learn from a doctor that anything under 70 mg/dL is considered low, and mine was sitting right around that mark when I finally checked it. “You’re lucky you didn’t pass out,” he said.

It was a wake-up call.

Since then, I’ve become borderline obsessed not in a restrictive way, but in an informed way. I started learning what normal blood sugar looks like. What high blood sugar symptoms feel like. How fasting blood sugar plays a role in my sleep quality. I learned how to lower blood sugar naturally, without crashing again. I also learned that the signs—like dizziness, irritability, or sudden hunger don’t always scream for your attention until they’re already too loud.

Now, I keep a blood sugar monitor in the house not because I’m diabetic, but because I want to know how my body is really doing.

I’ve changed what I reach for in the fridge. I don’t spike and crash with energy drinks anymore. I choose food and drinks that support stable energy, ingredients that work with my body not against it.

And weirdly, I feel more myself now. More balanced. More calm. Less... reactionary. It’s like my body has space to breathe again.

I wish someone had told me earlier that you don’t have to feel tired, foggy, or off all the time. Sometimes, it’s not in your head. Sometimes, it’s your blood sugar.