Re: Have severe hypoglecemia - because of lack of stress!!!?
Hi Faith
Sorry to hear your boyfriend has been through such a hard time, I can fully understand how his diet had fallen by the wayside in such a stressful way of life, thank goodness you are both in a better place.
Stress does cause rises in Blood sugar, especially chronic ,long term stress. Steroid hormones stay raised over time due to the stress and this raises Blood sugar even when the diet is good, so as in your boyfriends case,to top this off with a poor diet rich in fast release Carbohydrates,a person will find they probably will need more insulin, and sometimes a lot more.
Your boyfriend will start to need to gradually reduce his doses ,hopefully he has access to be able to test as regularly as he can . He should start to write his results down and see how his new diet is affecting him.
If he can test before meals ,then two hours after eating , and before bed then hopefully he will see a pattern emerging and he can start to adjust accordingly. Maybe he could eat similar healthy foods, as it sounds like he is doing now ,for a week or too. Just so changes in his diet do not confuse things too much, until he gets more stable control.
It would be good if he had the help of his Doctor over there ,but it sounds like he may have to do as much as he can by himself from what you have said.
Writting it all down to show to his Doctor may help the situation though .
I wish you both well
And the best of luck with it all