What caused this?

Last night I was a feeling pretty hungry, and since it was late at night, I grabbed a few low fat wheat thins and a spoonful of natural Peanut butter.  (I rarely eat anything past 7pm, but going non-stop with two kids all day, I was exhausted and didn't feel like much).  Anyway, shortly after I ate I got very tired and then my heart started to pound.  Could it have been the carbs in the wheat things?  I had 6...I have had both before, but have never felt like that.  Any advise?

 

Thanks so much!

Did your blood sugar drop and then with the snack, kick start back into gear?! Whenever my blood sugar would drop, I felt like someone pulled my drain plug and let all of my energy out until I had something to eat and I felt better.

That's exactly how I felt!  Like I lost all my energy! 

Sounds like dumping. I have that when I haven't eatten sugar so to say and then eat something that has sugar or converts to sugar.

 

Yikes!  The world "dumping" scares me, but surely this experience will keep me on my toes!  No more wheat thins!

It's not dumping, but rather it's close friend carb coma ... 

Thanks for the input!  The pounding heart kinda scared me!

I agree with kim welcome to carb coma land. Google reactive hypoglycemia and watch for signs if it happens again. I had it preop,, knock on wood, no issues since surgery.

Thanks for your response.  I'll have to look into it, because I am not familiar with reactive hypoglycemia.