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Dropping too quick?

zacthedog

zacthedog

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Ipswich
Type of diabetes
Type 2
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Tablets (oral)
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Injections,
My wife is worried my BG is dropping too quickly, i have gone from high teens a week ago, to 6.2mmol/l before dinner today, i am being as sensible with my food as i can and lowery my carbs gradually as i learn more about food. I am not to worried but would like your thoughts? My BG this morning was 10.2 second lowest reading after the previous morning of 9.9, recently upped metformin to 1000mg a day. Almost zero on refined sugars.

Thought i was going hypo earlier, testec at 6.2, which is way way lower than i have before, i felt light headed, tired and sick, could be a quick large drop had the same effect as a hypo?
 
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Its great to see you getting your levels down. When your BS has been high for so long it can take your body time to adjust to the lower levels hence the false hypos. Tell your wife not to worry.
 
zacthedog said:
My wife is worried my BG is dropping too quickly, i have gone from high teens a week ago, to 6.2mmol/l before dinner today, i am being as sensible with my food as i can and lowery my carbs gradually as i learn more about food. I am not to worried but would like your thoughts? My BG this morning was 10.2 second lowest reading after the previous morning of 9.9, recently upped metformin to 1000mg a day. Almost zero on refined sugars.

Thought i was going hypo earlier, testec at 6.2, which is way way lower than i have before, i felt light headed, tired and sick, could be a quick large drop had the same effect as a hypo?
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I think the others are correct suggesting you felt rough due to the relative low (compared to your starting point a week ago) score. As the body likes to run in its very own "comfort zone", your most recent "comfort zone" has been on the teens. So, you are now retraining your system to have a new comfort zone at lower levels. It happens to lots and lots of people, and provided you are otherwise fit and healthy and not on hypo inducing drugs, like insulin or Gliclazide (Metformin is not one of that style of drug), then it makes sense to just work through it.

If you feel rough and want to "do something about it", then please don't reach for anything sugary, or you are just going to raise your levels quickly and back towards your old, unhealthy comfort zone. The odd time this happened to me, in the early days of my diabetes journey, if my next meal was due imminently, I just waited for that - I was probably just hungry! If my meal wasn't due, I just had a cup of tea, with a little milk (no sugar, no biccies, no fizzy drinks) and let that into my system. The little bit of milk will just nudge your bloods up a tiny bit, but it'll distract your system from asking for foooooooood. It works, and is very gentle. If your wife gets anxious in that situation, she might benefit from a cup of tea too!

Provided you can work through it, these feelings will disappear, or only occur at further lower levels. Always take note of how you felt, what you had been doing (exercising, manual work or watching TV) and when you had last eaten, and consider the logic above.

You'll get there and is seems like you are making excellent progress..
 
Yup, I agree with everything said above.

Just to put things in perspective, a reading of 6.2 is a typical figure for a non-diabetic after eating. I have seen stats showing that while non-Ds can rise as high as 10 or 11 after a carby meal, a more typical reading is in the 6s.

My own partner has eaten nearly his own bodyweight in fudge, followed by an entire tub of Cheeselets (last Xmas). His punishment was to be prick-tested by me every half hour for 3 hours. His bg never rose above 6.6 mmol/l

Hope that helps.
 
Thanks you lot, it makes it worse when you see other newbies struggling to get down, and in comparison, mine has dropped fairly quickly, i know that over the next few months it will rise and fall and to keep an eye on my levels, but not knowing what to expect is awfull, but like my wife said, we shouldn't to have waited 2weeks to see a DSN, My doctors advise... do i want viagra! not too impressed with them at the moment, good job i know to look things up on the internet, if an 'older' person had that sort of non advise they could worry/eat themselves sick!

Oh forgot to mention, i did sin last night and finished off the Christmas cake, partly because the wife was fretting and partly me being naughty, but i did have a very low carb intake yesterday and i had been working hard, not an excuse and i realise it has to stop at least for now until my levels are stable.
 
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Hi Zacthedog, i would reccomend taking it nice and steady,alow your body time to adjust to your new diet and lowering bs's, you will still get this under control,but in a gentler manner,and i am confident you will return to " Normal" with your wife's help,clive
 
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