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Prediabetes Exhausted

You say you've lost weight.
Are you on any medicines from before you lost weight;especially for blood pressure as these can make your head foggy?
In my case I lost a load of weight and the fog came worse. I was still on the maximum dose for someone of 14st but I'm now just 9st. Losing the weight also fixed the blood pressure anyway and didn't need the stuff.
 
VioletViolet said:
I daren't go back when I am not looking after myself! Will start to look after myself better and take it from there. Thank you
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Weight loss, exhaustion, and sugars in their 20's would concern me.

Please dont delay in seeking a medical opinion and help. Please be honest with your doctor about what you are going through. A part of looking after yourself is understanding when you need support to do so.
 

That's very kind, caring and honest thank you


What stops me going is that I am doing it to myself aren't I? I have the knowledge from places like this but there's no magic trick to make me look after myself , its commitment and hard work


Unless you mean get help for the disordered eating and bingeing ? I dont know which is the chicken and which is the egg
Especially as I've read that frantic " hunger"/urge to eat can be a diabetes symptom.

Anyhow, a bit of positivity, I've had low carb breakfast and lunch and im WAY more alert than i was yesterday



 

VioletViolet, if you're seeing numbers in the twenties, you really ought to be getting yourself back to the Doc's.

Those numbers won't be helping how you feel at all.

Your Doc is not there to judge you. He/she is there's to help and support you. Please do see him/her
 
Thank you, although you've scared me a bit there. If I eat low carb and dont binge my numbers arent high. If I have high carb but normal portions that's where the 9-11 type numbers happen. If I have a big binge eating session then it's over 20. Wouldn't that happen to anyone binge eating massive amounts of cake/sweets/chocolate?
 
When I found out I had a problem I was seeing a nutritionist, who did a random finger prick test on me - it was 12.8. I had eaten a nakd bar and a banana for breakfast so I said to myself well there's a lot of dried fruit in the bar and natural sugar in the banana, so perhaps things aren't too bad and that is a normal/borderline blood sugar response. When the nutritionist insisted I saw my doctor for a blood test that same week, and that it would be a good idea to also get my eyes checked, I was still a bit, ok maybe my blood sugar's a little high. When my hba1c came back at 72 I was shocked - and from all my research since I've realised that people who are non-diabetic can spike their bloods a little but it then quickly returns to normal levels well within 2 hours. Not saying all this to scare you at all - just to say I'm really glad my nutritionist made me go to the docs (she wouldn't give me her nutrition plan until I did!) - I normally hate going to the docs, but actually I feel much better now I know where things stand, whether the doc thinks I need meds or not, and having the support and supervision of my nurse and now getting regular blood tests. Great that you are low carbing again by the way, that has really helped me.
 

"Normal" people would experience some rises in blood glucose, but 25 is pretty high. It's best not to be going there too often because it does put a strain on your body - trying to deal with it.

It's a fabulous thing that when you go low carb you can get those numbers down. You talk about 9-11; is that a couple of hours after eating or at a random time. Timing for testing is important to us for an insight.

Clearly your best bet is not turn your back on the binge eating and trim back on the carbs you are eating, but as someone who had an eating disorder many moons ago (anorexia, not binge eating at all), I do completely understand how difficult it can be to change our harmful habits, and how drive one can feel by the urges to eat/not eat/drink or whatever.

Some people manage to correct themselves unaided, but lots and lots of folks need a bit of support to make the turnaround.

Does your Doc know you are binge eating? I'm sure you wouldn't be the first and won't be the last person doing this he/she will encounter.

Sounds to me like a panel of bloods would be really helpful to see what's going on with you. Your very high bloods, and them swinging around won't be helping with your energy levels, but a few checks would make sense.

Stick around VioletViolet. There are lots of people around here to support you.
 
I know you state you are prediabetes but could it also have something to do with the “being of a certain age”. I found that earl grey tea helped and got me through the worst of it. Coping with diabetes and menopause was a bit of a challenge.
 
Because of my anaemia and concerns over thyroid I have lots of blood test and nothing has been flagged up as a concern.

The dodgy high readings were 2 hrs after meals (if you can call a binge a meal...)

I am a funny fish because if i have porridge and lactose free milk in a human sized portion (50g dry oats) my blood sugar only goes up by 0.5 when I test 2 hrs later.

Thanks for all the advice, I need it right now as I've my head in the sand.
 

Absolutely, it's a marvellous age ! Just when you get your head screwed on right your body starts caving in

Never heard of earl grey tea as being helpful. Thank you
 
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