(I posted this in a FB group yesterday, so some may have seen this there)
I was thinking today about something. I have to give a little back history first.
Over the last 20 years I have had lots of bouts of low blood sugar. I am not diabetic. So about 10 years ago I was in the hospital for a 72-hour fast to see how low it goes and at the same time watch the endogenous insulin levels made. They were testing to see if I had an insulinoma. I passed the test and got sent home. Going home I told my husband my mind was soooo clear and had mental energy, not that old foggy cloud, so I figured lack of food was the reason, kind of like being keto. Or, because of receiving IV fluids helping my POTS. It lasted a few days more at home, then went away.
Over the next 6 years, I had two more fasting tests and one surgery for a hip replacement. What was odd was I did not get the clear head after those next two fasts, even with IV fluids, too. But, after my hip replacement I DID have that clear head and my brain was immersed in memories from 20 years earlier while I was at home(like when raising my kids). It lasted about a week, then back to the fog. I felt like the old me, before becoming chronically ill, with the clear thinking and having FEELINGS. I have become a person with a monotone-mood, neither happy nor sad.
What I discovered was the link between those two hospital stays was I received blood thinners those times. The other two times I did not.
Sorry for the long post, but wanted to explain it. Would anyone know of a connection with blood thinners waking the brain up? BTW, I was tested for Anti-Phospholipid Syndrome with Dr. Schofield, because I was thinking AHA!, I might have the answer, and I was negative for that particular issue.
I have tried taking aspirin at home, but I do not get that fog-clearing benefit from it. Any other theories for what I can have checked or addressed by a physician?
I was thinking today about something. I have to give a little back history first.
Over the last 20 years I have had lots of bouts of low blood sugar. I am not diabetic. So about 10 years ago I was in the hospital for a 72-hour fast to see how low it goes and at the same time watch the endogenous insulin levels made. They were testing to see if I had an insulinoma. I passed the test and got sent home. Going home I told my husband my mind was soooo clear and had mental energy, not that old foggy cloud, so I figured lack of food was the reason, kind of like being keto. Or, because of receiving IV fluids helping my POTS. It lasted a few days more at home, then went away.
Over the next 6 years, I had two more fasting tests and one surgery for a hip replacement. What was odd was I did not get the clear head after those next two fasts, even with IV fluids, too. But, after my hip replacement I DID have that clear head and my brain was immersed in memories from 20 years earlier while I was at home(like when raising my kids). It lasted about a week, then back to the fog. I felt like the old me, before becoming chronically ill, with the clear thinking and having FEELINGS. I have become a person with a monotone-mood, neither happy nor sad.
What I discovered was the link between those two hospital stays was I received blood thinners those times. The other two times I did not.
Sorry for the long post, but wanted to explain it. Would anyone know of a connection with blood thinners waking the brain up? BTW, I was tested for Anti-Phospholipid Syndrome with Dr. Schofield, because I was thinking AHA!, I might have the answer, and I was negative for that particular issue.
I have tried taking aspirin at home, but I do not get that fog-clearing benefit from it. Any other theories for what I can have checked or addressed by a physician?