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@pheonix, did you get diagnosed with that before or after starting insulin...? I'm defo going to ask if I can have various hormones checked - I think the most likely for me being thyroid, estrogen etc...? I do suspect a reaction to one has knocked out the other... I'm just very much hoping I can...

Ah.... thanks @Heathenlass .... I think that's my biggest worry - feeling as I've been feeling lately, it would be impossible to be the better me; the me I want to be.... I kept thinking it was a settling in period - but everything is getting worse, not better. Earlier this week I was wincing...

Thanks @CarbsRok - my team know I'm a bit "persistent" ;-) so hopefully they'll be open to helping me / shutting me up... Great advice as always @noblehead :-) I'll defo keep you posted... And that's interesting @Brunneria - especially the mention of cortisol and adrenal in the link you...

... An overall update: I have been up reading since about 7am - and that, in combination with the things I've read last night - make me very much feel like porcine is worth a shot - no pun intended. You've probably seen this, being the very clever people you are - but just in case you've not...

Thanks Signy - brill as ever :) - I am veggie - well, I eat fish... and just re-introduced eggs - but otherwise, yes. So what you say about the slow release carbs and higher fat makes sense.... it's also why taking porcine or bovine would be a bit of a "challenge" for me :-/ - is Insulatard a...

.... interesting @Brunneria... do you mean that you think I may be having too much insulin...? Wouldn't I hypo if that was the case...?

Makes sense, thanks @smidge! :)

Hmmm... I'm not sure? Its a Diabetic Nurse at my local hospital in the Diabetes centre there... it's where I also see my Endo - so possibly is a DSN...? I guess I can just ask, and if she says no, ask to be referred for an appointment with my Endo...

Thanks so much for this info @noblehead - and thanks for being lovely too - I honestly can't explain to most how I feel without feeling like I'm being a bit silly - so thanks for the reassurance to speak to a specialist... I've an appointment with my DN on Wednesday - can she prescribe/switch my...

@robert72 I've been low carbing for about 18 months - so don't think its that - especially as I've upped my carbs if anything... but - omg - I'm reading that thread you sent me - I can't believe how similar my symptoms are to those described on there...! I'm sort of horrified - though in a way...

PS @noblehead - forgot to say - no other meds at all, apart from the Levemir & Novorapid...

Ah - thank you @robert72 - I will read it now! Interested to see what it says, I hove honestly never felt so low in all my life - and I constantly feel exhausted, even if I exercise.... plus I've days when my whole body aches... something's defo "not right"... :-/

@noblehead - interesting - when you say it's very slow acting, do you mean it doesn't do anything for ages,,,? I find Novo-rapid takes about two hours to do anything for me... does this take even longer...? To be honest though, the novo often misses my "spike" I think, as I'm fairly high fat and...

Ah - cool, thank you robert72! Do you prefer the insulin you're on now? If so, why? Soz for being nosey - just trying to get a good picture on why I feel so awful :(

@anna29 - I think you used to, but switched...? Soz for tagging lots of peeps, just really want to get as mcuh info as possible on this - have been struggling *a lot* lately and really want to feel better :(

@Heathenlass and @robert72 - I think you might too...?

@CarbsRok - I think I see you use Porcine...?

... or even those who know about it as an insulin, even if you don't use it anymore? I'd be really grateful for your thoughts/insights into it. I've been on insulin for two months now, and though my numbers are nice and stable, I feel terrible - I'm increasingly lethargic, feel I have a cold...

... I thought exactly the same thing about the radio waves noblehead... I guess it would be good to know how those frequencies compare to other day-to-day stuff... Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Ah yes... I occasionally get the fake hypos too... All part of the fun... ;-) Sent from the Diabetes Forum App