Question:
DID I just Dump?
Okay GANGGGGGGGG , do you always vomit when you Dump?? I have an episode tonight, that I did not get nauseus or vomit, but had ears ringing, felt like my stomach was on fire, sweats, and instant tired. Think that was dumping?? Thought I had to vomit to be one of the Dump Club Thanks Jeri — Jeri P. (posted on May 12, 2002)
May 12, 2002
I heard that most people don't vomit when they dump....I could be wrong
though. But, all your other symptoms sound like you dumped. I've never
dumped on sugars, but I did dump on one very fatty, oily, high calorie
piece of chicken...and I had what you had (plus a runny nose) without the
vomiting.
— Kristin R.
May 12, 2002
Usually you vomit if you are 'stuck'. It sounds like you dumped! Symptoms
include the sweats, cramping, lethargy, diarrhea. There may be more, but
that is what I experience. It can go on for hours too. My ears didn't
ring. It may be a little different for everybody.
— Cheri M.
May 12, 2002
Dumping and vomiting are not synonymous. I don't always vomit when
dumping, and I don't always dump when vomiting. Usually when I get
nauseous, it's because I ate too fast, I ate too much, or I didn't chew
enough, or it's bread. When I dump, it's usually because whatever I ate
had too much sugar, too much fat, or was just plain too rich. Keep smilin'
anyway. Margie B
— Marjorie B.
May 12, 2002
All dumping means is that insulin hits your digestive tract too quickly
after having eaten something high in sugar. It normally makes me feel
extremely tired and have a rapid heartbeat, etc. I seldom throw up when I
dump.
— Terissa R.
May 13, 2002
Something I have wondered about for awhile. During dumping anyone check
their blood sugar? Can it spike high? How long does this last if it occurs?
I made some really dumb food chices the other night under severe stress and
found my blood sugar spiked high but was normal a couple hours later. I
still fight eating under stress. Wow did I have a sressful week:(
— bob-haller
May 13, 2002
Bob: Just reasoning this out . . . It seems to me that during dumping you
will have LOW blood sugar because when the sugar hits your intestines, the
body sends a flood of insulin as a response. The symptoms associated with
dumping are actually those of LOW BLOOD SUGAR, which is why it is the same
response you get when you wait too long to eat (or at least I do). It does
seem odd that you get low blood sugar from eating too much sugar, but the
response of the body more than cancels out the sugar you ate. Make sense?
— ctyst
May 13, 2002
Oh, and I have dumped many times, but have not yet vomited! *fingers
crossed* Hope I never do!
— ctyst
May 13, 2002
Cheri I wonder if sugar hits, goes high, and then the insulin rushes to
lower it, and what dumpers feel is this bounce up and down?
— bob-haller
May 13, 2002
Bob- Don't know--it could be a combo effect. I know I feel that dumping
feeling if I wait too long to eat and I must eat a little sugar to relieve
it--nothing else works. I got that before surgery too with a certain
combination of caffeine and carbs.
— ctyst
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