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[UK] Self-diagnosed (pre)diabetic. Should I self-medicate?
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<blockquote data-quote="s_irvine" data-source="post: 1344806" data-attributes="member: 366324"><p>I appreciate everyone's responses, but I really don't see any reason to visit a doctor. An HbA1c test is unlikely to be informative, since I eat fairly infrequently and my fasting levels aren't particularly elevated. I've made a number of sanity checks with my meter and I'm confident that it's adequately accurate. I've compared myself to 100+ healthy subjects through a survey of the literature and my postprandial levels are markedly higher than all of them; that's conclusive enough for me that my glucose regulation is somehow compromised.</p><p></p><p>What I would like to ask, however, is whether anyone else experiences and recognizes the symptoms I describe when their blood glucose spikes, namely, the mental fogginess, tiredness and an almost intangible 'weight' or pressure on my mind.</p><p></p><p>I only experience these unpleasant feelings following the consumption of carbohydrates, particularly when they're from high-glycemic sources such as potatoes and bread, and the severity corresponds to the degree to which I become hyperglycemic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="s_irvine, post: 1344806, member: 366324"] I appreciate everyone's responses, but I really don't see any reason to visit a doctor. An HbA1c test is unlikely to be informative, since I eat fairly infrequently and my fasting levels aren't particularly elevated. I've made a number of sanity checks with my meter and I'm confident that it's adequately accurate. I've compared myself to 100+ healthy subjects through a survey of the literature and my postprandial levels are markedly higher than all of them; that's conclusive enough for me that my glucose regulation is somehow compromised. What I would like to ask, however, is whether anyone else experiences and recognizes the symptoms I describe when their blood glucose spikes, namely, the mental fogginess, tiredness and an almost intangible 'weight' or pressure on my mind. I only experience these unpleasant feelings following the consumption of carbohydrates, particularly when they're from high-glycemic sources such as potatoes and bread, and the severity corresponds to the degree to which I become hyperglycemic. [/QUOTE]
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