Feeling you're going to pass out if you don't eat?

I do get that feeling sometimes, usually I get off work at 5 and eat dinner around 5:30 and if I don't eat by six on the dot, I feel "hangry" and very dizzy and/or weak.

But yeah I don't know why you are getting it especially after the tea.

I felt that too. I think it may be because you're not eating early enough and when you eat, the caloric intake is too high. Even though I'm up at 5 am to get to work, I would wait until 730 am to have breakfast and then wait till 12 for lunch at my desk, AFTER my 11 am workout! My body kicked my *kitten* about that. I got sick. felt dizzy and it took about 2 hours to get myself back together again even after I ate!!!
1. I've turned it around by having a small Starbucks nut bar and a glass of water when I first get up in the morning. (5 am) only about 200 calories.
2. Then, I once I got to work, (7am) I have a half cup of coffee with a glass of water and lemon wedge at 7am. About 50 Calories.
3. Once and I've responded to emails and the cafeteria opens at 7:30 am, I I eat 1 egg (any style you want. I prefer over easy) with a side of bacon. I REFUSE TO GIVE UP MY PORK! Balance people... it's all about balance. LMAO About 200 Calories
4. Then 1/2 hour BEFORE my workout I scarf down a half grapefruit. About 60 calories (So I don't get the shakes after my workout.)
5. During my workout at 11:15 am I drink my whole 3 cup container of water. (Because Spin or Kickboxing kicks the hell outta me.)
6. By 12:15pm my workout is over and I RUN to get a small salad from the salad bar and small soup from the soup bar at the cafeteria and DASH to my cubicle to get back to work. I eat the small soup right away and get back to the meetings, conference calls, etc. About 300 calories.
7. Around 3pm ( a 1/2 hour before I get off work) I eat my salad and have some water. (Not tea, because I hate to use the subway bathrooms. LOL)
8. As soon as I get home at 5pm and get out of the monkey suit, I eat a100 calorie bowl of cereal with lactaid free, fat free milk to calm the beast.
9. By 6:30 dinner is done and all my chores and I have a small plate of whatever I cooked,. Homemade soup or a protein and veg. About 300 calories, cause I'm not starving but I don't want to make a suicidal run to 7-11 for dangerous midnight snacks. Best to get some healthy calories in before bed.

Total: 1460 Calories with a Net total of 1000 calories after my 450-500 calorie workout. No starving, no shakes, no guilt.

I think the key is to have more meals, smaller portions, so you body doesn't crash. I hope this helps!:happy:

Please see a doctor. Maybe blood sugar is unstable?

Tea is a diuretic, perhaps it is triggering something as a diuretic?

You should see a doctor. How's your blood sugar?

It's fine. Last blood work was all normal.

I apologize in advance if this comes off as snarky but . . . did your doctor just say "Everything is normal! Come back in a year!" Did you actually look at the results, go over them and have him/her explain to you what they are looking at, what the ranges are, what they should be, what they would like to see it at etc. because my guess is no. A lot of times doctors will say that your numbers are fine even if they're on the high or low side of what is considered normal because it's not *that* out of whack.

Honestly I'd get it checked again and make sure you sit down with the doctor and go over the results line by line and have them explain everything to you. I get my blood work done twice a year and I go over it with the doctors line by line and have them explain everything.

It could also be a reaction to the tea. Try an herbal tea. I sometimes get a similar reaction from regular tea but am not sure why.

I get this. My blood pressure is on the low side of normal and my iron count has never been the same since I had my son. I get dizzy and shaky if it's been a while since I have eaten or if my calories for the day are low. Its a vicious circle because I feel so sick yet I know I need to eat but it's the last thing I feel like doing. Keeping hydrated plays a big part for me, I make sure I eat breakfast, lunch and dinner and that helps.

Maybe the tea makes your body think it's going to be fed, releasing insulin which then crashes your blood sugar? I've read that this can happen with diet drinks that taste sweet but are sugar free? The fact that tea with milk and sugar doesn't do the same could support this. Maybe caffeine? Do you have the same problem with coffee or diet Coke?
As other posters have said, it may be interesting to check your blood sugar to see exactly what is happening.

I've done 24 hour fasts before without nausea or dizziness, but if I drink some kinds of herbal tea on an empty stomach I can get extremely nauseous. It may just be the tea.

I get a sudden drop in sugar sometimes and get that exact feeling. My sugar test was fine, its just that my body crashes and as soon as I eat something I'm fine. Keep mints in your pocket or have orange juice handy. That's my go to when it happens. As long as I eat a good breakfast I'm fine. I can't drink pekoe tea because it will make me feel sick everytime. Monitor what you ate and when before you get this feeling and try the o.j. or mints to see how you feel. If this doesn't help see a doctor for bloodwork. And if you drink red bull or any of that other stuff...don't. You'll crash for sure. Good luck.


Edited for typo

I had that when i was pregnant (both times). If that's a possibility (even if you used protection - it doesn't always work), then do a pregnancy test.

It's what typically happens with morning sickness, i.e. nausea that's relieved by eating, often accompanied by feeling dizzy and other symptoms of low blood sugar. It can happen any time of day and can strike quite suddenly, quite often with food cravings as well, but not always.

Even though your blood work was fine that is still a blood sugar reaction. Consider breaking up your breakfast into smaller portions, eat early then save an apple or piece of cheese for a 10 Am snack etc. You would not get the reaction when you have tea with sugar because it stablized the blood sugar for you.
I have had those reactions on and off for over thirty years but I do not worry about them because I eat small meals but often during the day. I do more protein, nuts etc that take longer to burn off than a quick fix of a candy or granola bar. I make sure to carry pretzels etc when I am traveling just in case.
My blood sugar checks fine all that time but I now know my own body and how I react, so I pay attention and am prepared!
Try out a few different things and see what works for you.

Used to happen to me all the time. Interestingly, when I gave up a few things (like added sugar, HFCS, processed foods based around enriched bleached flours), and started eating better, it stopped for the most part.

Like some other posters said, most likely a form of hypoglycemia. My doctor flat TOLD me it would only show up on the blood tests if I tested WHILE I was in an episode. Usually what brings it on for me; major sugar binge followed by fasting followed by high temperatures or exertion (i.e. hot shower or trying to start a workout). I've just learned to not put myself in those situations. When I would have an episode in the past, I usually just self medicated with a glass of milk and was fine after a few minutes.

That used to happen to me all the time, I tend towards insulin resistance and mid-morning I would suddenly get hit with a huge wave of nausea that would only go away once I'd eaten something, whether I was actually hungry or not. For a long time it really screwed my weight up because I didn't know what else to do but eat when it happened. It got so bad for a while that I never felt normal hunger, (like stomach growling) it would just be one second I'm fine the next I was sure I was going to throw up if I didn't eat something.

I stopped having cereal for breakfast and switched to oatmeal which was better, but it still happened once in a while, so I recently started eating eggs and cottage cheese for breakfast and cut WAY down on carbs and sugar in general and it seems to help a lot. I also find that it happens more if I overdo caffeine, so maybe that's why the tea seemed to set it off? Or was it green tea? When I first started drinking green tea it made me a bit queasy until I got used to it.