Q. Maybe I wasn't communicating clearly. I want to know how hypoglycemia and BPD and bipolar interact. I do not know how they interact, so what there is for you to disagree with me on is not clear to me. what answer do you think I want? that you don't know anything about hypoglycemia? I only want that answer if that is true, so that I can more effectively continue my research. I also want to know whether BPD cycles like bipolar or if it is a stable and continuous. I am trying to find out how to treat my illness and what the nature of my illness is exactly. that is why I asked you. you are the professional. if you have information that can help me, then please do share it with me. what was wrong with the way I asked my question? back when you want an answer that can help get you better.

  A. Hypoglycemia is not treatable and does not cause BPD. I question whether it even exists based on the sparse literature. It seems to be a throw away term doctors use who cannot come up with another diagnosis. Even if you have it, that is not why you have BPD, so the BPD needs treatment.

If you have BPD, you treat it with medications since it is a biological illness. This alleviates most of the aberrant symptoms--sleep problems, suicidality, self-injury, crying, mood swings, and rage. Somatic complaints tend to markedly diminish, too. BPD is associated with "hypoglycemic-like" symptoms since you need sugar to pump tryptophan into your brain to make serotonin. Not enough serotonin, makes you eat sugar and feel shaky if you do not. This site has ample letters discussing dosages and types of medications for BPD.