Dangermouse, I'm glad your friend is over the worse of the horror! I hope she manages to find some relief from the alterative avenues. I hear ayeurvedic medicine can be a good route to try. Wish her luck from me!
And.....guess what?? I tested your sugar theory. Like you, I did absolutely no sugar whatsoever not even in fruit! This week, I've been eating regularly (every 3 to 4 hours) and introduced fruit daily into my diet. I have to say that my banana at 4pm has been a life saver! Prior to that, I used to get the shakes so bad and even became rather irrational around 4pm every day. I owe you a huge debt of gratitude. I wanted to give it until today to test the theory, so was going to hunt you out anyway to let you know. You really gave me something to think about after my initial scepticism when you posted about it, and I thought - what if there is something in this?
I'm also eating within half an hour of getting up in the morning too, and this has helped loads! I used to get up and get stuck in to chores before eating something for the first time around 10.30 am and by then, i was literally jittering to pieces. It has really helped.
Thank you so very much!!!