PTSD And Its Relevance To Hypoglycemia

[BloomInWinter]

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[Abrasky]

As a type 1 diabetic with PTSD, I keep a close eye on my blood sugars and find some things about hypoglacemia do fit with some aspects of PTSD. Not like hypoglacemia causes PTSD. I have found my blood sugars were pretty stable and occasionally going high when I dealt with the overlying issues of the first 10 years I had PTSD. When I got to the bit where it was dealing with powerful emotional reactions to my actual trauma at 10 years into therapy I often had extreme highs( be 15mmol for 5 hours while a memory flashback was resolving) and then would go into unexplained lows( my blood sugar would be stable throught a 12 hour period, and then drop 3 times and then would be normal again. There are definantly interactions between blood sugar and trauma.

But I think it is more about times of extreme emotional upheaval during resolving a link or having a new feeling come out(which can be overwhelming) rather than hyoglacemia causing diabetes. I think it is the other way around. PTSD causes metabolic syndrome. Emotional upheaval changes the body a lot.

 

[PTSD sufferer]

Hi All,

Just thought you should be aware of a couple of other threads in relation to this particular one.

[DLMURL]https://www.ptsdforum.org/c/threads/a-little-uncomfortable.21033/#post-283519[/DLMURL]

[DLMURL]https://www.ptsdforum.org/c/threads/jurriaan-plesman.21017/[/DLMURL]

IMHO. I believe that Mr Plesman has just proved the points/concerns raised by members to be accurate, and Anthony's objective review to be spot on, through his own postings.

It just goes to show that familiarizing yourself with 'Blooms' tips on critically evaluating information on the internet and applying some investigation, such as checking qualifications of information, is vital. Always ask questions of the experts (such as your own Dr and T).

 

[Sandra]

And with him pushing diet so much too could also be not the right thing. As some people may be allergic or other problems, even if it's a natural product.

 

[Nicolette]

Just thought you should be aware of a couple of other threads in relation to this particular one.

[DLMURL]https://www.ptsdforum.org/c/threads/a-little-uncomfortable.21033/#post-283519[/DLMURL]

[DLMURL]https://www.ptsdforum.org/c/threads/jurriaan-plesman.21017/[/DLMURL]

Jurriaan has been banned as a member however his posts have not been deleted as they would have broken up the flow of threads as members had responded to his posts before he was banned. He was trying to promote his own interests.

 

[BloomInWinter]

I'm glad his posts are still on...it is good that our responses follow him on search engines.

;)

I do want to respond to his assertion that he was on the receiving end of 'ad hominem' attacks.

"Ad Hominem is not fallacious if the attack goes to the credibility of the argument. For instance, the argument may depend on its presenter's claim that he's an expert. (That is, the Ad Hominem is undermining an Argument From Authority.) Trial judges allow this category of attacks."

Source: http://www.don-lindsay-archive.org/skeptic/arguments.html

There may indeed be some good info in his work, but presented in the way it has been, and self-serving besides, undermines all credibility of the source and hence, I'll be looking elsewhere for info on this topic.

 

[shadowchaser]

I had actually went to a medical site that listed him as one of their pros and filed a complaint. A friend who reads but doesn't post on here was over upset by his posting.

He never looked at the fact that yeh thyroid issues can develop with PTSD just as they can with any other condition that effects the natural rhythm of the brain but it's a side effect not a cause. It can also take years for these type of side effect to develop and in some cases they never show up.

Wow looking at the way I wrote that out either I've had one to many years on the couch or read one to many books. Maybe a combination of the two.

 

[Sandra]

Yes thyroid has a lot to do with depression. I sure know that. I have had that disease since the mid 80s. And I read a while ago that the longer one has the disease the worst depression can get. And I am sure seeing that in myself. Perhaps that hasn't happened to others but it with me. So I am dealing with that depression, plus my tragic past and with my late husband's suicide. Needless to say some days are a real challenge.

 

[BloomInWinter]

I would hope that all with PTSD get adequate diagnosis and treatment of all our health issues.

It's usually a red flag to me whenever a single treatment is suggested as curative for most (or all) cases of anything.

Whenever someone does this, it's a red flag of likely health 'quackery'....based upon the fallacious reasoning principle...

"Causal Reductionism (Complex Cause):
trying to use one cause to explain something, when in fact it had several causes. For example, "The accident was caused by the taxi parking in the street." (But other drivers went around the taxi. Only the drunk driver hit the taxi.)"

Source: http://www.don-lindsay-archive.org/skeptic/arguments.html

It's human to want a simple solution. This makes us vulnerable to this argument. Hence, why having evidence-based care is so important.

Beware anyone pushing a PTSD cure-all treatment.

 

[Sandra]

There will never be a one item thing for a "cure all". Everyone's system is different so must be treated differently.

And with people with thyroid problems should be avoiding soy products as that is the worst thing.

 

[atl22]

It is very interesting to me that on his website he has a recommended link to a YouTube video. This link goes to another page with numerous links to YouTube videos that are produced by the Church of Scientology, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (founded by the Church of Scientology), and the "Psychiatry: An Industry of Death Museum" (founded by the Church of Scientology).

Another link on his website is to a video by Gary Null, who has also received an award from the CCHR and also once sold such valuable items as the "magnetic chi jockstrap" on his website. He also denies that mental illness exists.

I watched one of the CCHR videos and it was quite startling. One of the things it said is that schizophrenia can not develop in a human on a deserted island. I have known a schizophrenic for 12 years and this idea is completely absurd.

Can you smell an agenda?

 

[BloomInWinter]

Eeeek.

In the US, one cannot claim to be a Psychotherapist without the credentials. Is it different in Australia?

His background is outlined here in his own words...

"Thus a basic principle of the kind of psychotherapy I teach is that the client learns the tools of psycho-nutritional therapy, leaving it up to the client to be his own therapist." Source:

And this, which appears to violate one of the basic tenants of human rights...that incarcerated persons should not be subjected to private experiments.

"He used, as a tool, the Nutrition-Behavior Inventory test (NBI) 4, which, through a series of fifty questions, was devised to determine the presence of any metabolic or biochemical disorder, as distinct from psychological aspects that could influence a client’s behaviour...

... but [he] felt at odds with an illusive hierarchy of the Department, who seemed to pursue different aims from what [he] perceived Probation and Parole was all about...

...when word of Plesman’s techniques spread into medical circles, the tolerance waned, and Plesman was banned from practising his methods of nutritional counselling."

Source:

I note he cites himself and his work.

Making up your own medical diagnostic tool and USING it on a captive audience? Claiming expertise and experience one doesn't have?

Unethical, at best.

Wow.