Is this sugar withdrawal?

FlowerFairy493
FlowerFairy493 Posts: 182
in Food and Nutrition
I've stopped eating so much sugar and sweeteners in my tea and coffee and cereals. I've also decided to quit SWEETS. As you all know with my quitting sugar post of the last two days.

I've started a day and a half ago with this. And today I'm like REALLY dizzy. I mean I was laying in bed this morning and my whole room started spinning. I can't walk too fast because it starts to feel like motion sickness, and even if I sit down and get up very slooowwwwly, I still get dizzy.
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Now I'm not someone who believes sugar is addicting. And frankly I can have it in other foods besides sweets without any binging, but could this be because I've cut down on it so much so quickly?

I place the blame on sugar withdrawal FOR NOW, because that's the only thing I've done differently in the past days. Could it be a symptom of it? If not, any other ideas as to what it may be?

Side note: I'm known to have low blood pressure, but I ate some bovril (its extremely salty) as soon as I felt this way, but it made no difference.

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  • FlowerFairy493
    FlowerFairy493 Posts: 182
    Anyone?
  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
    Who knows what it si. Going dizzy can be a sign of many things if your worried go and see a doctor. Diagnosing via Internet doesn't work too well
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Doesn't sound like it has anything to do with sugar, but if you want to have some sugar to see, eat a banana.
  • AWhiting777
    AWhiting777 Posts: 3 Member
    It is very possible that cutting sugar too quickly is causing dizziness. Sugar is highly addictive and there are withdrawal symptoms when you eliminate it from your diet. I would say after a couple of days, if the dizziness doesn't go away, I would go see your physician. You could even experiment with eating some sugar and see if symptoms improve.
  • FlowerFairy493
    FlowerFairy493 Posts: 182
    It is very possible that cutting sugar too quickly is causing dizziness. Sugar is highly addictive and there are withdrawal symptoms when you eliminate it from your diet. I would say after a couple of days, if the dizziness doesn't go away, I would go see your physician. You could even experiment with eating some sugar and see if symptoms improve.
    Now I'm not someone who believes sugar is addicting. And frankly I can have it in other foods besides sweets without any binging, but could this be because I've cut down on it so much so quickly?

    :smile:
  • MelRC117
    MelRC117 Posts: 911 Member
    You still eat fruit so go eat an apple. Me thinks you're just looking for attention though.
  • hookilau
    hookilau Posts: 3,134 Member
    Unless you've cut carbs a great deal also, then no.
    What you are experiencing is not 'sugar withdrawal'.
  • FlowerFairy493
    FlowerFairy493 Posts: 182
    You still eat fruit so go eat an apple. Me thinks you're just looking for attention though.

    My gym instructor disagrees with you. Because I've never tripped on the treadmill and fallen my *kitten* off before while walking 5km/h.

    I usually do 7.5km/h at 16% incline and can hold my balance well.
  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
    I bet you're pregnant
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,432 MFP Moderator
    Can you open your food diary? It could be a lot of things. Also, I would recommend getting a blood panel done to see if anything is out of whack.

    Edit: I would go back to getting a blood panel after looking into things further. Your carbs are actually rather high. It's potential you are deficit in another area. In general, I would recommend more protein and less carbs in your diet. Since you have low bp, bacon is your friend.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    Side note: I'm known to have low blood pressure, but I ate some bovril (its extremely salty) as soon as I felt this way, but it made no difference.

    Keep the salt up then, less carb intake will mean less sodium retained and a tendency to lower blood pressure. If you've just made a significant change to carb intake it would be better to avoid vigorous exercise until you get stabilised on the new diet.
  • DaveDeLange
    DaveDeLange Posts: 48
    I don't know for sure. I had dizzy spells when I suddenly stopped eating refined sugar a few years ago.

    But when I stopped again a few months ago I didn't have any side effects. However, I did eat some honey for the first few days and lots of fruit. I cut out the honey after a few weeks and reduced my fruit intake gradually.

    I still have 1-2 pieces of fruit a day now though (sometimes none), but I have no cravings for sugar.
  • Great_Mazinga
    Great_Mazinga Posts: 214 Member
    When I dropped processed sugars/flours as an experiment I felt that way for about 4 days. I'd dropped a glass of water, was irritable, had a headache, also, etc. The days after I started feeling much better. That said, I was eating a lot of greens, and still eating berries, apples, in addition to proteins. But that's where all my carbs were coming from, no processed sugars, flours at all. I really think I was having withdrawls. Three of the books I've recently read all told me to basically expect this.

    I used to be "hungry" with appetite cravings when I was on those no matter really what I was eating. I just don't do well with them, and am starting to finally feel good.
  • ACrowsDay
    ACrowsDay Posts: 64 Member
    I had vertigo once and felt like that???
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