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Hi I hope that some of you diabetic experts can help.
I was diagnosed early this year after having twelve months of hell. I am just on 500 mg Metformin taken with my evening meal. Since diagnosis I have lost about half a stone. I have tried to up my exercise, dog walking. Drastically cut down on carbs and generally eat healthily.
Seemed to be managing really well, apart from going low after exercise, but soon recovered. I had definitely started to feel a lot better.
Went on holiday at the end of June 10 days, extremely hot in mis thirtys most of the time. However I thought I managed quite well, on all fronts, walked and swam every day and eat quite well.
Towards the end of holiday I had one night when during the night I woke up and was hallucinating, and felt dreadful, I didn't take my bloods as I didn't have the ability to think that was what I should do.
Following this my partner and I decided that if it happened again he would test me.
By the way sorry this is so long, but you need the full picture I think to be able to help, I really hope you can.
The next day I was absolutely shattered, and I mean extremely .
Came home had a good week, returned to work for two days. Had my four days off, on the Saturday started feeling exhausted again, didn't do as much exercise as I would have liked that week, due to weather and work, bloods ok. Then Sunday really felt out of salts, during the night Sunday woke with hallucinations again, partner tested and I was high sevens. Monday was work day, I commute 100 miles drive tested before I started blood ok. Got to work blood in nines feeling dreadful all symptoms of hyper bloods around 9 exhausted, had to go home, not 100 miles only 3 . Hallucinations in night, bloods around nine feeling **** and worn out. Got up felt dreadful and exhausted bloods 7 eat half around of toast two hours later 9.6 an hour later started feeling even worse tested 14. Hallucinations again that night feeling shattered all day. Halls have stopped but still feeling ****, any ideas.
 
See a doctor asap. Might also be an idea to get some ketostix to check for ketones when your BG is high. Since you're on metformin, I'm assuming you were diagnosed as Type 2. It's possible you are actually Type 1.5 (LADA), so best to get medical attention to find out what's going on.
 
I just wonder as you were doing ok before your holiday if maybe you picked up a virus or infection when you were away and have not shaken it off that could account for the raised BG levels but they do not seem high enough alone to cause what you have been suffering. I think you really need to see your doctor
 
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Knoxee99 said:
Hi I hope that some of you diabetic experts can help.
I was diagnosed early this year after having twelve months of hell. I am just on 500 mg Metformin taken with my evening meal. Since diagnosis I have lost about half a stone. I have tried to up my exercise, dog walking. Drastically cut down on carbs and generally eat healthily.
Seemed to be managing really well, apart from going low after exercise, but soon recovered. I had definitely started to feel a lot better.
Went on holiday at the end of June 10 days, extremely hot in mis thirtys most of the time. However I thought I managed quite well, on all fronts, walked and swam every day and eat quite well.
Towards the end of holiday I had one night when during the night I woke up and was hallucinating, and felt dreadful, I didn't take my bloods as I didn't have the ability to think that was what I should do.
Following this my partner and I decided that if it happened again he would test me.
By the way sorry this is so long, but you need the full picture I think to be able to help, I really hope you can.
The next day I was absolutely shattered, and I mean extremely .
Came home had a good week, returned to work for two days. Had my four days off, on the Saturday started feeling exhausted again, didn't do as much exercise as I would have liked that week, due to weather and work, bloods ok. Then Sunday really felt out of salts, during the night Sunday woke with hallucinations again, partner tested and I was high sevens. Monday was work day, I commute 100 miles drive tested before I started blood ok. Got to work blood in nines feeling dreadful all symptoms of hyper bloods around 9 exhausted, had to go home, not 100 miles only 3 . Hallucinations in night, bloods around nine feeling **** and worn out. Got up felt dreadful and exhausted bloods 7 eat half around of toast two hours later 9.6 an hour later started feeling even worse tested 14. Hallucinations again that night feeling shattered all day. Halls have stopped but still feeling ****, any ideas.
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I think you need a once-over from a Doctor, sooner, rather than later. Does your GP have a Saturday clinic, or is there a walk in centre accessible?

In the meantime, up your fluids. Feeling generally dreadful can happen with dehydration, as can increased numbers and even hallucinations when the dehydration has your electrolytes in very poor balance.

I never fail to be horrified how many things stem from not drinking enough, and when we reduce our carbs, we need to up the fluids, and add a little salt to the diet. That's all partly because reducing carbs tends to reduce the fluid intake (e.g potatoes water content, and most carbs hold fluid in the gut for a while - very crude examples).

But, up the fluids now. See a Doc as soon as you can, and I wouldn't want to wait until a week from Thursday (or whenever) for an appointment in your shoes. That's not to scare you, but this can't be your life, and could quickly impact on your ability to live your day to day life.

Good luck with it all.
 
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