Grandma Misti
Well-Known Member
I have had type 2 diabetes for 25 years, most of that time I have controlled it reasonably easily through food choices and exercise.
Then came COVID19. Once the Australian lockdowns ended and no one wore masks anymore, of course COVID ripped through the previously protected population like a wild-fire. Of course I caught it. I had been vaccinated, so my case seemed like no big deal .. a really bad cold and then it was gone. But over the following months, my blood sugar went haywire. It was erratic and didn't respond to *anything* that had worked over the previous 20 years. It was high and randomly went higher.
It was frustrating and frightening.
I tried metformin, but because of food sensitivities and inactive ingredients, I couldn't tolerate it. I found a combination of herbs that helped make my blood sugar more responsive to my efforts, but that only meant my fasting BG was ok, if a bit high, but even eating strict keto caused spikes. I walked those off as best I could and was feeling pleased that my efforts were showing results!
Coincidentally, I was diagnosed a few months ago with osteoporosis a few months ago. I am a big experimenter, so when I came across a few studies that suggested that melatonin could be helpful to bone metabolism, I decided to give it a try. I expected it to take a couple years (until my next bone scan) to know whether it was helping...but within days I noticed another side effect: my blood sugar fell into the non-diabetic range and has been staying there, pre-prandial, post prandial - even after a reckless foray into my husband's home baked biscuits!
I looked into studies I could find on the Internet, and it suggests that whether melatonin helps or aggravates diabetes seems to be up in the air with study results being about 50-50.
After several years of struggle with few consistent results, I am reluctant to trust this seeming miracle. Has anyone else had this result from melatonin?
Then came COVID19. Once the Australian lockdowns ended and no one wore masks anymore, of course COVID ripped through the previously protected population like a wild-fire. Of course I caught it. I had been vaccinated, so my case seemed like no big deal .. a really bad cold and then it was gone. But over the following months, my blood sugar went haywire. It was erratic and didn't respond to *anything* that had worked over the previous 20 years. It was high and randomly went higher.
It was frustrating and frightening.
I tried metformin, but because of food sensitivities and inactive ingredients, I couldn't tolerate it. I found a combination of herbs that helped make my blood sugar more responsive to my efforts, but that only meant my fasting BG was ok, if a bit high, but even eating strict keto caused spikes. I walked those off as best I could and was feeling pleased that my efforts were showing results!
Coincidentally, I was diagnosed a few months ago with osteoporosis a few months ago. I am a big experimenter, so when I came across a few studies that suggested that melatonin could be helpful to bone metabolism, I decided to give it a try. I expected it to take a couple years (until my next bone scan) to know whether it was helping...but within days I noticed another side effect: my blood sugar fell into the non-diabetic range and has been staying there, pre-prandial, post prandial - even after a reckless foray into my husband's home baked biscuits!
I looked into studies I could find on the Internet, and it suggests that whether melatonin helps or aggravates diabetes seems to be up in the air with study results being about 50-50.
After several years of struggle with few consistent results, I am reluctant to trust this seeming miracle. Has anyone else had this result from melatonin?
