Hi again. My son is 36 has a couple of mental health problems. Aspergers, General anxiety disorder he lives at home. I am his carer but at the present time I am a very confused carer. Thanks for the information so far. I have read somewhere on this forum he could/should be assigned have a diabetic nurse does that automatically happen, he has only recently been given the contact details of the epilepsy nurse. Because of the Aspergers I have enormous trouble to get him to try anything new. We have been trying to make small changes before he goes on the first information session 7th August and I just hope they are helping, the fasting blood test level was 12.9 the Hb1 etc was 84. He only eats potatoes - not rice, pasta. He has carrots, green beans and a few peas with meat every day. White bread only for sandwiches. He's cut out biscuits, chocolate, coke and we have started to go for a walk each evening for 30 mins. He loves banana milk shakes and I have restricted him to 100 grms of ice cream once a week. From reading some threads on the forum it seems to be a try it and see if/what has the most effect! So I'm not too sure what I am asking, perhaps I am trying to make sense without the full knowledge of type 2. When the doctor said he has diabetes he didn't mention anything about tablets or injections, could that be discussed at the meeting or can I assume it can be regulated by diet only? Help. ThanksYour son should be fine on low carb high fat (LCHF): my daughter is prescribed the ketogenic diet (very similar to LCHF - we pretty much eat the same things) as an adjuctive threrapy for epilepsy, with Lamotrigine as the other prescription, and before that she combined keto diet with Keppra with no ill effect. The only reason we stopped Keppra was that it was having no effect on her seizures, but that had nothing to do with diet. Unlike your son, she doesn't have diabetes, but I think you're asking what effect diet might have on his seizure therapy, not the other way round.
Good luck to you and your son. Epilepsy is horrible to live with.
Kate
Those levels aren't horrendously high, and probably could be controlled by diet alone, but only if your son can co-operate. From what I know about ASD, changing diet could be too much for him to cope with. But the moves you've already made, cutting down on sweet carbs and getting more exercise, are bound to help. However, I would talk to your son, and then to the doctor or diabetic nurse, about metformin.HWhen the doctor said he has diabetes he didn't mention anything about tablets or injections, could that be discussed at the meeting or can I assume it can be regulated by diet only? Help. Thanks