My first is relating to my CGM graph (below) which is where I ate some 10% Greek yoghurt followed by a small (sourdough) bacon sandwich. My question is why it stayed up for so long. I know there was a fair bit of fat in that meal. The lower line is 4, and the upper is 10 mmol/L.
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My second is why do I feel a bit jittery and a bit lethargic when my BG is high (around 8-10)? I know I can feel a bit like that when it's low (below 4).
My third is what would be a rough equivalent of a CGM graph for a non-diabetic eating a similar meal?
Thanks in advance.
If I may, a question back at you?
why do you feel...... Symptoms?
The answer to your first is, I would be guessing, but I think that it is your body's reaction to that food.
if you include, the insulin resistance etc.
The hyper is the sudden rise in by BG levels, by more than your body likes.
when you drop back down from your diabetic levels, hba1c levels when diagnosed, and have been in and around normal levels. Your brain notices this nd and may give you a warning that it doesn't like this sudden high.
Have seen so many graphs, that, it would remiss of me to interpret too much.
With the proviso that each one is different depending on what you have ate.
Symptoms are your brain, signalling around your organs, your gut, your enteric system, your nervous system, and everywhere else in giving a warning that something is not right.
The same when you feel pain.
The old joke about going the doctors.
I feel pain, when I do this.
Well, don't do it.
There is a thing called hypo awareness, after a while that you don't have a hypo.
In my experience, I get this. The series of my symptoms start with blurred vision, headache behind eyes, sweaty and so on.
I get a different series of symptoms when I trigger a reaction to carbs.
Hope this helps.