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<blockquote data-quote="Melgar" data-source="post: 2682739" data-attributes="member: 520626"><p>My usual resting heart rate is around 65 bpm and it has recently been as low as 50 bpm. I do tax my heart with some pretty steep mountain hikes, my heart can spend 10 - 20 minutes at peak range and a couple of hours in cardio on some hikes. I live very close to the amazing coastal mountains in British Columbia, so mountain trails and skiing galore. My blood pressure can go on the low end, it can also edge into the high range so I do take a minimal dose of blood pressure meds. I inherited a propensity for high blood pressure from my mother. She had dangerously high blood pressure and was obese due to her having RA, but here is the thing despite her size and inability to move she didn't have T2. My C-Reactive Proteins (CRP) are low at 1.9 m/gL well below the 5 m/gL lab cut off for being out of range. I believe a high CRP is indicative of systemic inflammation and that is associated with metabolic issues associated with T2. If I have that wrong please correct me. My trigs are normal. </p><p></p><p>I too didn't know I was having hypos either until I started using cgms. I would wake up, usually around 3am after having nightmares. My heart would be racing, I would be highly anxious and damp with sweat. I thought the nightmares were associated with stress. It wasn't until I started wearing a cgm that I saw my blood sugars were actually dropping very low. They would stay low and register on my cgm stats. They came in swarms. My Dr ordered tests and that is how I know my C-peptides. On the advice of my medical team I have a carby drink before I sleep and before exercise. That worked. They still come but far less frequently and not as low. They do not know why I have them, but their fix worked. I suspect it's due to me having Coeliac disease but who knows. It may having nothing to do with it.</p><p></p><p>My understanding is LADA can take years to develop. How fast you go on insulin depends on the type of antibodies your body is producing. Again correct me if I am wrong. In my case at least they have acknowledged I may have autoimmune diabetes and not T2. It matters because of the type of blood lowering meds they put you on. It also matters because it is frustrating when you go on super low carb diets and it makes no difference or very little difference to your blood sugars when everyone else is having great success with it. I was talking about non diabetic meds in another post. I am taking Bupropian off label for ADHD. Bupropian apparently inhibits KATP channels in your pancreas, inducing insulin secretion in relatively high concentrations (National Library of Medicine). Bupropian has definitely had an impact on my blood sugars and lowered them in not a small way. I have to be super careful about Hypos. I have increased my carb intake to counter the effect. I am clearly very sensitive to insulin. </p><p></p><p>Sorry, I have gone on and on and probably sound a bit nerdy. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Melgar, post: 2682739, member: 520626"] My usual resting heart rate is around 65 bpm and it has recently been as low as 50 bpm. I do tax my heart with some pretty steep mountain hikes, my heart can spend 10 - 20 minutes at peak range and a couple of hours in cardio on some hikes. I live very close to the amazing coastal mountains in British Columbia, so mountain trails and skiing galore. My blood pressure can go on the low end, it can also edge into the high range so I do take a minimal dose of blood pressure meds. I inherited a propensity for high blood pressure from my mother. She had dangerously high blood pressure and was obese due to her having RA, but here is the thing despite her size and inability to move she didn't have T2. My C-Reactive Proteins (CRP) are low at 1.9 m/gL well below the 5 m/gL lab cut off for being out of range. I believe a high CRP is indicative of systemic inflammation and that is associated with metabolic issues associated with T2. If I have that wrong please correct me. My trigs are normal. I too didn't know I was having hypos either until I started using cgms. I would wake up, usually around 3am after having nightmares. My heart would be racing, I would be highly anxious and damp with sweat. I thought the nightmares were associated with stress. It wasn't until I started wearing a cgm that I saw my blood sugars were actually dropping very low. They would stay low and register on my cgm stats. They came in swarms. My Dr ordered tests and that is how I know my C-peptides. On the advice of my medical team I have a carby drink before I sleep and before exercise. That worked. They still come but far less frequently and not as low. They do not know why I have them, but their fix worked. I suspect it's due to me having Coeliac disease but who knows. It may having nothing to do with it. My understanding is LADA can take years to develop. How fast you go on insulin depends on the type of antibodies your body is producing. Again correct me if I am wrong. In my case at least they have acknowledged I may have autoimmune diabetes and not T2. It matters because of the type of blood lowering meds they put you on. It also matters because it is frustrating when you go on super low carb diets and it makes no difference or very little difference to your blood sugars when everyone else is having great success with it. I was talking about non diabetic meds in another post. I am taking Bupropian off label for ADHD. Bupropian apparently inhibits KATP channels in your pancreas, inducing insulin secretion in relatively high concentrations (National Library of Medicine). Bupropian has definitely had an impact on my blood sugars and lowered them in not a small way. I have to be super careful about Hypos. I have increased my carb intake to counter the effect. I am clearly very sensitive to insulin. Sorry, I have gone on and on and probably sound a bit nerdy. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE]
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