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Does it ever stop

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Does the insulin caused excessive hunger ever stop? Eating never helps .
 
I'm just stopping it. I can't deal with the side effects anymore. Cramps and leg pain and excessive hunger.
 
I talked to a family member to find out some dates of things and discovered something.
That my excessive hunger dates back to before 2011. So this is like way before I even had diabetes and went on insulin.
But even so it settles down alot not using the insulin.
So it's a difficult thing to figure out.
But yes definitely my amount of food has something to do with it for sure.
 
This is my experience as a T2 not on insulin.
I was always hungry, even after a roast dinner and dessert and snacks after that. I know how awful constant hunger is.
Around 4 years before I was diagnosed I noticed that eating carbs made me feel hungry. The more carbs I ate the hungrier I became. Around a year before I was diagnosed I learnt about insulin resistance and that carbs induced a release of insulin.
Like you I was diagnosed as T2 in 2011. If I have carbs I am hungrier than if I don't. I therefore believe that for me it's the insulin my own body produces that makes me feel hungry. So, yes, as a T2 on insulin it makes sense that part of the hunger you experience may be caused by the insulin. I wouldn't expect a T1 to have the same issues.

I agree that most people would be hungry on the small amount of food you have, and the hunger builds as the body craves nutrition. I feel for you as you are really battling on a few fronts and that's tough. All I would suggest is to try to eat good nutritious low carb food. Easy to say not easy to do in your situation. I was in Canada in June and I know how high the food prices are.

Re the leg cramps...I have a magnesium supplement which helps with those. I don't take it all the time, just for a few days if I get cramps.

Please don't let your BGs go sky high because you aren't using insulin. I would hate you to have even more problems to add to the list.

Hugs and best wishes.
X
 
Well we did find some eggs (low carb food) on sale so hoping to mix some with sour cream like an egg salad.
I hate mayo.
I find eggs too dry to eat unless they are scrambled or mixed with something creamy, but my legs hurt too much to stand that long to scramble them.
 
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Hi
When my phone tells me my levels are 5.5 then i know i am exactly where i want to be......
This is enough for me to dismiss any feelings of hunger.
I tell myself i am fab u lous for having such good control.

It works for me

Tony
 
cdpm said:
Well we did find some eggs (low carb food) on sale so hoping to mix some with sour cream like an egg salad.
I hate mayo.
I find eggs too dry to eat unless they are scrambled or mixed with something creamy, but my legs hurt too much to stand that long to scrambled them.
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Glad you managed to get some eggs. Scrambled eggs in the microwave are nice, if you could manage that.
 
Tony337 said:
Hi
When my phone tells me my levels are 5.5 then i know i am exactly where i want to be......
This is enough for me to dismiss any feelings of hunger.
I tell myself i am fab u lous for having such good control.

It works for me

Tony
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That's neat.
 
Sarah69 said:
When I was on insulin I was hungry all the time. It was horrible and I gained so much weight too so the insulin was stopped thank god!
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I've stopped a few times but I get scared back into it.
 
Sarah69 said:
When I was on insulin I was hungry all the time. It was horrible and I gained so much weight too so the insulin was stopped thank god!
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Just curious about if u went on any meds. And what ones?
 
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