Erin
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Dear fellow diabetics:
This may be a complicated question as the symptom of inner tremor sensation (tingling, quivering, increase upon physical exertion, stronger upon awakening) occurred during a two-month period of unfortunate occurrences:
1. Abrupt lithium discontinuation after 35 years by my doctor: Cause: symptoms of brain damage and lithium toxicity - dose 900mg (1.9): staggering, inability to walk, or talk, memory damage, severe headache. After 2 months all these have improved but a tremor has remained. Dr. says she does not know what it is. After the discontinuation I can only say that I feel as if there has been a rebirth of
-more social and happy personality
-less anxiety, phobias
-more hair growth
-weight loss
-GFR improvement (from 40 to 50)
-general sense of well being
Everything improved. However, there is some doubt in my dr.'s mind that this improvement may be transient and mania or depression may return according to the initial diagnosis of bipolar. I am optimistic that it will not.
The lithium toxicity of 35 years may have become worse during the past 10 years at which time diabetes began.
2. About 2 days after lithium I had the worst flu ever in my life. It was generally reported to be a bad one throughout Canada and other countries. Some people died of it.
3. My mother died of cardiac arrest at age 92. She also had the flu about the same time I did. Tremor had begun before this tragedy. Stress made my tremor worse after all the consequences and responsibilities after her death. But as I said the tremor began before her unexpected death.
4. I asked my dr. for Xanax to palliate the tremor and it helps the consciousness of it, but not the tremor itself. Physical exertion makes it worse.
Bottom line: I am wondering what the cause of this may be - my blood sugar has been 7-16 for the past year on 80mg glyclazide and 3 metformins. When I asked for an increase in glyclazide dose, y dr. said my A1H[?] is 6.8 which is not bad for my age and weight. Possibly the lows are more dangerous than the highs. I can count the 4's on10 fingers in the past year; most other numbers are 7-11 or 16.
I hope I am not overwhelming everyone with this long tirade. I am trying to be as precise as possible in case anyone can help me with the tremor business. My guess: myelin sheath damage due to flu, but I am not a doctor- only on the internet.
Thank you for any suggestions.
Erin
This may be a complicated question as the symptom of inner tremor sensation (tingling, quivering, increase upon physical exertion, stronger upon awakening) occurred during a two-month period of unfortunate occurrences:
1. Abrupt lithium discontinuation after 35 years by my doctor: Cause: symptoms of brain damage and lithium toxicity - dose 900mg (1.9): staggering, inability to walk, or talk, memory damage, severe headache. After 2 months all these have improved but a tremor has remained. Dr. says she does not know what it is. After the discontinuation I can only say that I feel as if there has been a rebirth of
-more social and happy personality
-less anxiety, phobias
-more hair growth
-weight loss
-GFR improvement (from 40 to 50)
-general sense of well being
Everything improved. However, there is some doubt in my dr.'s mind that this improvement may be transient and mania or depression may return according to the initial diagnosis of bipolar. I am optimistic that it will not.
The lithium toxicity of 35 years may have become worse during the past 10 years at which time diabetes began.
2. About 2 days after lithium I had the worst flu ever in my life. It was generally reported to be a bad one throughout Canada and other countries. Some people died of it.
3. My mother died of cardiac arrest at age 92. She also had the flu about the same time I did. Tremor had begun before this tragedy. Stress made my tremor worse after all the consequences and responsibilities after her death. But as I said the tremor began before her unexpected death.
4. I asked my dr. for Xanax to palliate the tremor and it helps the consciousness of it, but not the tremor itself. Physical exertion makes it worse.
Bottom line: I am wondering what the cause of this may be - my blood sugar has been 7-16 for the past year on 80mg glyclazide and 3 metformins. When I asked for an increase in glyclazide dose, y dr. said my A1H[?] is 6.8 which is not bad for my age and weight. Possibly the lows are more dangerous than the highs. I can count the 4's on10 fingers in the past year; most other numbers are 7-11 or 16.
I hope I am not overwhelming everyone with this long tirade. I am trying to be as precise as possible in case anyone can help me with the tremor business. My guess: myelin sheath damage due to flu, but I am not a doctor- only on the internet.
Thank you for any suggestions.
Erin
