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Soph895

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Non-insulin injectable medication (incretin mimetics)
I’m type 2 and take extended release Metformin.
I made a post last week in regards to high blood sugars and struggling with mental health.
My levels aren’t great, it’s hard trying to manage them whilst trying to take care of yourself mentally.
On average my levels have been about 10-15…..they was a 11.3 this morning, I’ve just checked and it’s a 20…..they have been in 20s before even up to 27, but they’ve not gone up like this for a long time. Is this level too dangerous I need medical help or should I just monitor it
 
Soph895 said:
I’m type 2 and take extended release Metformin.
I made a post last week in regards to high blood sugars and struggling with mental health.
My levels aren’t great, it’s hard trying to manage them whilst trying to take care of yourself mentally.
On average my levels have been about 10-15…..they was a 11.3 this morning, I’ve just checked and it’s a 20…..they have been in 20s before even up to 27, but they’ve not gone up like this for a long time. Is this level too dangerous I need medical help or should I just monitor it
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Either call 111 or go to your A&E dept now, running your BG level's this high is potentially dangerous, you may of been misdiagnosed type 2 instead of type 1 but seeing high BG levels could mean you have ketones which is dangerous, best to be seen asap, let us know how you get on.

Just also to note that your high levels would be causing you to feel very unwell and if your suffering mentally then you need to get your levels into more stable figures as it will help you cope better mentally, hope you're ok.
 
Metformin only treatment will not control bgl levels of that magnitude. You should contact the doctor, who may suggest adding a second medication to assist in reducing those levels. Alternatively you might try altering your diet to reduce the glucose making foods to see if that has any effect. I use Low Carb myself and took my levels down from the 30's to the 5's quite successfully with diet, but in my case I had severe Insulin resistance which medication does not normally tackle. so it worked for me. Others have pancreas output issues and that does need GP interaction to deal with, so IMO see the GP for support.
 
Oldvatr said:
Metformin only treatment will not control bgl levels of that magnitude. You should contact the doctor, who may suggest adding a second medication to assist in reducing those levels. Alternatively you might try altering your diet to reduce the glucose making foods to see if that has any effect. I use Low Carb myself and took my levels down from the 30's to the 5's quite successfully with diet, but in my case I had severe Insulin resistance which medication does not normally tackle. so it worked for me. Others have pancreas output issues and that does need GP interaction to deal with, so IMO see the GP for support.
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Sorry to chip in ...
Do you take medicines also for severe insulin resistance or diet alone is helping you in achieving normal levels?
 
saky said:
Sorry to chip in ...
Do you take medicines also for severe insulin resistance or diet alone is helping you in achieving normal levels?
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I do take one Glic tablet at minimum dose (40mg), compared to the 320mg of it that I was on when my bgl levels rarely dropped below 25 mmol/l

In general I used diet to drop my levels, then adjusted my glic dose as I entered hypoland. so the meds followed the diet.

I have always claimed that I am in control and not in remission, even during the times when I took no medication at all (I did have a phase where the consultant declared me as in remission as I was achieving normal meal responses on diet alone, but carb creep and changes to meds destroyed that happy state).

I know that if I go back to my old diet (doughnuts, fish and chips etc) then I will suffer high bgl levels again. But I have on occasions had a Jumbo Cod (sans chips) but also ate the batter with tomato ketchup and not had the expected spike.so in moderation I can cheat. The Glic helps me in these occasions, so in that respect the glic is also working to reduce bgl. I have researched it, and it seems that glic only works when there is a demand for insulin in response to a meal i.e. GLP-1 is triggered by the gut. So it is self limiting and only really reduces glucose when the levels are high. Any hypo I have had with glic has generally been after eating since there is a delay in turning off the effect of the glic so levels can go lower than the 3.9mmol of a hypo. but the liver normally kicks in and prevents a serious loss of control. That is my experience. I have never experienced a hypo where I needed any assistance, or that lasted more than 15 minutes.

PS: The Glic did absolutely nothing for my Insulin resistanxe, it only worked after the diet had done its stuff and removed the IR.
 
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Soph895 said:
I’m type 2 and take extended release Metformin.
I made a post last week in regards to high blood sugars and struggling with mental health.
My levels aren’t great, it’s hard trying to manage them whilst trying to take care of yourself mentally.
On average my levels have been about 10-15…..they was a 11.3 this morning, I’ve just checked and it’s a 20…..they have been in 20s before even up to 27, but they’ve not gone up like this for a long time. Is this level too dangerous I need medical help or should I just monitor it
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Hi @Soph895 , I agree with the others, contact medical advice if you haven't done so already.
And please let us know how you are later on. ;)

I'd like to remind everyone that this thread was started by a member with high numbers asking for advice.
If you want to discuss off topic matters, please take it to PM or start another thread.
Thanks in advance!
 
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