Did the glucose drink make you dizzy/woozy

Redsoxchick · October 2011

This might sound stupid...I'm just wondering because I plan to drink mine before I go to the doc and wondered if driving would be an issue...don't want to be swerving all over the road lol

jen629 · October 2011

I got very dizzy and threw up after...I think a big part of it may have been due to having gastric bypass in the past but I have to redo the 1 hour and I am going to do it at the doctors office because I had to have DH pick me up where I was to take me to the doctor

Cinco · October 2011

I fasted for mine, and it did make me feel sick. Not any dizziness, and no worse than my first trimester m/s, so I felt okay to drive.

ginger514 · October 2011

I expected it to, but I was fine. I can tolerate a lot of sugar though, so that might be why. I just crashed from the sugar rush about an hour or two later.

LaurdaJean · October 2011

The 1 hour test, I was fine. The glucola didn't affect me at all, but then again it was only 50g of glucola. After the 3 hour test, which is 100g of glucola, I was so sleepy that I had to talk to my mom on the way home or I think I would've fell asleep. DH had lunch waiting on me when I got home and after I ate I slept for about 4 hours. I didn't trust myself to drive the rest of the day.

baloneydisc · October 2011

It didn't make me feel dizzy, but it did make me feel sick. My stomach grumbled, I was burping a lot & I felt nauseous. The lab guys told me to let them know if I felt faint, apparently that's pretty common if you do the test after fasting.

MrsMeMo · October 2011

The one hour didn't bother me at all, but I was able to eat breakfast before drinking it. The three hour made me light-headed, but I had to fast and there was more sugar in the drink.

Redsoxchick · October 2011

I am supposed to fast they said nothing to eat or drink.

kle0113 · October 2011

Nope not at all. I just did it this morning.

KatnisOnFire · October 2011

I got light headed about 15 mins after drinking the stuff yesterday. I also couldn't have anything super high in sugar all day after it. It made me feel so sick!

KatnisOnFire · October 2011

Oh, and I couldn't stand for long periods of time with out feeling dizzy as well.

n&bcarlson · October 2011

Not the 1 hour, but I was allowed to have breakfast first. The three hour made me jittery- but that's a more concentrated drink and on an empty stomach!

DEBBIE33CASEY · October 2011

jen629:
I got very dizzy and threw up after...I think a big part of it may have been due to having gastric bypass in the past but I have to redo the 1 hour and I am going to do it at the doctors office because I had to have DH pick me up where I was to take me to the doctor

I had gastric bypass years ago and my doc let me get a glucose meter and check my blood sugars rather than doing the GT b/c of all the post-op patients who've gotten sick from the GTT. Maybe that's an option instead of rescheduling?

jen629 · October 2011

DEBBIE33CASEY:
jen629:
I got very dizzy and threw up after...I think a big part of it may have been due to having gastric bypass in the past but I have to redo the 1 hour and I am going to do it at the doctors office because I had to have DH pick me up where I was to take me to the doctor
I had gastric bypass years ago and my doc let me get a glucose meter and check my blood sugars rather than doing the GT b/c of all the post-op patients who've gotten sick from the GTT. Maybe that's an option instead of rescheduling?

good idea cant hurt to ask i never thought about that thanks!

RAF56 · October 2011

I just had my 1 hour glucose test this morning. I didn't have to fast, so I was fine driving there. The drink did make me feel a little funny, but I think it was too much sugar at 8 am : ). I had some crackers and water after the test was complete, and felt fine to drive home.

DEBBIE33CASEY · October 2011

jen629:
DEBBIE33CASEY:
jen629:
I got very dizzy and threw up after...I think a big part of it may have been due to having gastric bypass in the past but I have to redo the 1 hour and I am going to do it at the doctors office because I had to have DH pick me up where I was to take me to the doctor
I had gastric bypass years ago and my doc let me get a glucose meter and check my blood sugars rather than doing the GT b/c of all the post-op patients who've gotten sick from the GTT. Maybe that's an option instead of rescheduling?
good idea cant hurt to ask i never thought about that thanks!

no problem! I am waiting for the pharmacy to mail me my strips so I can test a few times before my appt in a week! lol

mudluscious4 · October 2011

Not dizzy. Jittery and distractable, then I came home and napped like a pro.

mamacrunch · October 2011

I haven't done one this pregnancy but last pregnancy I had the 3 hour and It made me very dizzy, nauseous, and I got a headache. So this GTT I am making DH drive me. and I will drink it on the car ride there.

autumn wren · October 2011

Nope, just gave me terrible heartburn.

limeallure · October 2011

No, I felt fine but when I went home I must say it cleared my system! Thank goodness I didn't have work that day because I had crazy diarrhea, sorry for the details....just saying.

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