fatigue

Hi Although my morning fasting level was 5.0. my day was still tiring. My fatigue is still present and i slept very well. My fatigue is more my legs feeling heavy and my arms tiring, I really wanted to know people experience with Sitagliptin< My endo got me to squat down and told me "if you...

Hello everyone, I hope that you are all very well, safe and healthy. Please, I would like to ask you regarding our Type 1 Diabetes and our energy levels. My below question refers to us who have well controlled diabetes and BG levels within range. According to the feedback that I have received...

I am new to the forum. I was daignosed with prediabetes in 2018. Friends were surprised because I am slim, reasonably active , understand nutrition and eat a healthy diet, but there is diabetes in my family. In the last few months I have had more days when I have felt tired and a few occasions...

Hi. I have been on sitagliptin and forxiga and dapagliflozin and gliclazide and those drugs make my sugar go low and then I start to get cravings and start to shake. If I come of it I go back into the high blood sugar readings and I feel fatigue and sluggish. Has anyone on here found a way to...

Hi, I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with my problem. I'm a 42 yo female, non-diabetic on low carb / keto (ish) diet and experiencing cognitive problems, night sweats, weight gain, headaches, palpitations, lethargy. This is my first week of using a FreeStyle Libre (using out of...

I'm 17 and am approaching my 2 year diagnosis anniversary. For the most part, I find that managing my type 1 diabetes is relatively simple, and so long as I follow the formula, my blood glucose level is usually within range, and very rarely high. However, from time to time, I sometimes get 'high...

Hi everyone, I’m currently experiencing what I think maybe reactive hypos. I’m struggling with some tummy pain quite high up in the abdomen for some time now and not able to eat until late afternoon some days. Then when I do, I shake quite violently and then totally drained afterwards. I’m...

Hi everyone, I've been feeling quite run-down (tired and achy, can't focus, constantly thirsty, headache, having to get up at night 5-10 times to urinate) for a good year or so now, although my symptoms have worsened in the last couple of months to the point that I'm really worried about how...

Good evening all, T1D here, 20+ years. I have, this week, started taking sukkarto am and pm to go with my usual routine of Levemir and Novorapid. No issues with blood levels etc but wow, I feel wiped out! I am struggling to walk a flight of stairs at work and have had to literally lie down...

Hi, I am fairly new to my diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes (September 2017) and have managed to lower my HbA1C to 38 through diet and Metformin and have also lost a little over 2 stone in that time. I am having awful problems with fatigue and lack of energy not relating to food (I mean I'm not...

Hi was wondering if this is a symptom of type 2 diabetes also if anyone else suffer from these symptoms. Sometimes when I eat my BGL rises over 10mmml/L especially if I have eaten some type of carbs my BGL is high and I became extremely nausea's and feel very unwell. was wondering if nausea is...

Merry Christmas Everyone! I’m new to this and this is my first post, so be gentle. I was diagnosed in Feb this year with Type 1, within a week I was back playing football, work within 2 weeks, my bloods have averaged 6% since, no sideline issues have been diagnosed either and generally I...

Hi Diabetes family, I'm a quite recent diagnosed diabetic and in need of some instant advice if possible! Today I got sent home ill from work today a few hours ago after feeling very dizzy and having trouble concentrating or doing any task along with blurred vision and now a throbbing...

Hi Diabetes family, I'm a recently diagnosed Type 1 diabetic coming up 7 weeks on Friday. At the moment I have coped with it well and got on with my life and adjusted pretty well, my Blood glucose levels have stayed quite consistent between 4 and 6 mmol/L for the past month and not having much...

I am writing to see if anyone else has had an issue similar to mine and because it is driving me crazy! I apologize in advance for the long post. I am a 22 year old female of average height and weight (about 5'3" and 120 lbs). I am young and have never been overweight so when I was told last...

Hi All, I have been reading through the forum and have found it helpful... thank you all for sharing your lives. I have been diabetic for around 10 years and can honestly say that I have never really had it under control for longer than a few months at a times and then it has spiralled again...

I've suffered from extreme tiredness much too long why does my doctor and practise nurse ignore my complaints about this symptom I've had enough and I won't except it's to do with old age. I now have vertigo to add to my symptoms is this related? I have type 2 diabetes and have no drugs...

Hello all, After 5 years od visiting all kinds of doctors and hospitals ( everything else is perfect) last month i was diagnosed as pre diabetic.My biggest problem is extreme tiredness. I am 39 and every 4 days out of the week i was so tired i couldnt even get out of bed. Along with it comes...

I'm starting to get pretty desperate. I'm waiting on an appointment to see a neurologist (it takes weeks to see one apparently) and recent blood tests came back ok/normal. I'm extremely fatigued and constantly feeling cold. I have lots of "cold" spots on my body - tops of legs, shoulders, arms...

Hi Everyone, Long time reader of the forums, but first time poster. I'm having a problem with my levels, mainly that whenever I eat I seem to have huge prolonged glucose spikes that last nearly 4-5hrs post prandial. I'm constantly fatigued, but also experiencing possible night time hypos and...