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Nick4321

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Morning everyone
My gp keeps telling me my blood sugers should be around 4.5 to 5.4 I take metformin and glyclazide and I am averaging 9 to 11 first thing in the morning then they go down to around 6 to 7.if I get down to 4.5 or 5.4 it makes me feel sick my energy levels drop and on the odd occasion I start trembling.surley as we are all different then haveing a blood suger level around the 7s is better then feeling ill specially as I drive hgv,s
 
Hi @Nick4321 and welcome

From what you say it’s likely that what you’re experiencing is a ‘false hypo’. When your body is used to running with high blood sugars it can react to normal, but lower sugar levels as if you were experiencing hypoglycaemia.

Has your doctor given you any advice about how to reduce your blood sugars? A diet with reduced carbohydrates is generally the best method for a type 2, but given that you are taking gliclazide you would need to be careful with this, and as you say being an HGV driver means you need to be within the DVLA guidelines in order to drive.

I think it would be helpful for you to chat with your doctor about the best way to manage this.
 
the worry is that constant higher levels may lead to complications later in life

As mentioned the way you spoke it seems you are describing false hypo's at those levels and that will continue at those levels until your body gets used to lower levels

I certainly wouldn't want to be waking between 9-11 on a regular basis
xx
 
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