Hi
Been diagnosed since last April and haven't been on for a while.
Due to various things including risk of redundancy (Which proved the straw that broke the camels back) I lost all interest in being poked and prodded and advised by various med people. Not that it isn't good that they do this but it all got a bit much.
Last Nov I was told I may still be producing insulin, my weight was down then and I was told I could be switched possibly to metformin. Never bothered going for the HBA1C though partly due to worries re elevated liver enzymes cos Ive been drinking way too much.
So, carried on with my insulin but upped it slightly as my weight was going up.
Started skipping breakfast carbs recently. Shot out of the house after eating an omlette one day following novo-rapid.Got to my meeting and suddenly the ground lurched, all the sound went away like I was underwater andI nearly fell over. I recovered but shook like mad for 2 hours after. Drank 4 cans of coke 2 bueno bars and digestives.Ate a meal a bit later.I was told that my face-which is normally quite tanned-turned grey.
Thought it was a one off but it happenned again the next week by a to a fire station in an area with no shops as I was rushing between work appointments. I had just heard that cuts at my work were about to hit. Ended up feeling dizzy and faint. Luckilly I had some dextrosol and water and I ate most of a packet of them.A paramedic came out and trsted me and by that time my BM was 8mmol about 25 mins after the dextrose. A friend came to pick me up.
I would like some advice before going near a Dr. I will describe the symptoms. In addition to this they normally follow a night drinking lots of alcohol. I had a very hectic july and August and the top of my spine hurts plus pains in my arms after carrying heavy bags over my left shoulder.It is possible that this has affected my feeling of balance and equilibrium.
Sometimes I get sudden "Spinning sensations" The sound starts getting distorted like my ears are blocked. I will get very panicky and confused and disorientated as if I am not in my own body. Sights and sounds get very confusing. Yesterday it hit me again and I was literally huddled against a pillar on some steps outside a bank shaking like a jelly and thinking "Im going to faint any minute" even writing this is triggering some of these sensations.
It feels a bit like being on some horrible carousel and my thoughts become scary and morbid.
Yesterday I took lucozade wqhen it was happening and ran for a taxi. I asked to be taken home but stopped off at a park as I was feeling calmer.Just looking at green with no background noise seemed mech better. It improved so I walked into town again.I was ok until I reached a crossing when a car sounded it's horn very loudly, hey presto, symptoms all over again though slightly milder.
Just a point. I ate a lunbch of tomatoes and three thick slices of toast.I took NO insulin. Checked my BM 5 or six times in the next three hours where I took no exercise. Readings were. 11.7-12.4 then 15.5 then 13.8, then, 9.4, then 7.6 then 5.3 and finally 4.6 just before I ate my evening meal. Fish, tomatoes and waxy potatoes again NO insulin redings in the three hours after were 7.2 then 10.8, then 11.7, then 8.4, then 7.2 then 6.8 then 5.8., pre ben was about 6.2 so I had a snack and took my lantus for the night.
I don't know whats going on here. This faint feeling stuff is scary-oh and by the way as I recover I sometimes feel very nauseous but have never thrown up.I have never actually become unconscious.
I have had moderate hypos before, I went down to 2.1 in the penines with only mild quakiness but nothink like this, it feels like your head is sqeezed in a vice and the horrible sensations break over you like waves.
I think my kidneys are working, I know I haven't been taking enough fluids though and I am working on that. I am sure my liver is scarred but there is only one think I can do about that.I do wonder whether or not there is a psychological element to this too as some of the symptoms are panic type symptoms. I would like to work on it as it is starting to seriously affect my quality of life.
Can anyone help, has anyone had hypos like this, could it be something else? Also what is going on re the BM readings mentioned?
Any help appreciated.
RPNKW
Been diagnosed since last April and haven't been on for a while.
Due to various things including risk of redundancy (Which proved the straw that broke the camels back) I lost all interest in being poked and prodded and advised by various med people. Not that it isn't good that they do this but it all got a bit much.
Last Nov I was told I may still be producing insulin, my weight was down then and I was told I could be switched possibly to metformin. Never bothered going for the HBA1C though partly due to worries re elevated liver enzymes cos Ive been drinking way too much.
So, carried on with my insulin but upped it slightly as my weight was going up.
Started skipping breakfast carbs recently. Shot out of the house after eating an omlette one day following novo-rapid.Got to my meeting and suddenly the ground lurched, all the sound went away like I was underwater andI nearly fell over. I recovered but shook like mad for 2 hours after. Drank 4 cans of coke 2 bueno bars and digestives.Ate a meal a bit later.I was told that my face-which is normally quite tanned-turned grey.
Thought it was a one off but it happenned again the next week by a to a fire station in an area with no shops as I was rushing between work appointments. I had just heard that cuts at my work were about to hit. Ended up feeling dizzy and faint. Luckilly I had some dextrosol and water and I ate most of a packet of them.A paramedic came out and trsted me and by that time my BM was 8mmol about 25 mins after the dextrose. A friend came to pick me up.
I would like some advice before going near a Dr. I will describe the symptoms. In addition to this they normally follow a night drinking lots of alcohol. I had a very hectic july and August and the top of my spine hurts plus pains in my arms after carrying heavy bags over my left shoulder.It is possible that this has affected my feeling of balance and equilibrium.
Sometimes I get sudden "Spinning sensations" The sound starts getting distorted like my ears are blocked. I will get very panicky and confused and disorientated as if I am not in my own body. Sights and sounds get very confusing. Yesterday it hit me again and I was literally huddled against a pillar on some steps outside a bank shaking like a jelly and thinking "Im going to faint any minute" even writing this is triggering some of these sensations.
It feels a bit like being on some horrible carousel and my thoughts become scary and morbid.
Yesterday I took lucozade wqhen it was happening and ran for a taxi. I asked to be taken home but stopped off at a park as I was feeling calmer.Just looking at green with no background noise seemed mech better. It improved so I walked into town again.I was ok until I reached a crossing when a car sounded it's horn very loudly, hey presto, symptoms all over again though slightly milder.
Just a point. I ate a lunbch of tomatoes and three thick slices of toast.I took NO insulin. Checked my BM 5 or six times in the next three hours where I took no exercise. Readings were. 11.7-12.4 then 15.5 then 13.8, then, 9.4, then 7.6 then 5.3 and finally 4.6 just before I ate my evening meal. Fish, tomatoes and waxy potatoes again NO insulin redings in the three hours after were 7.2 then 10.8, then 11.7, then 8.4, then 7.2 then 6.8 then 5.8., pre ben was about 6.2 so I had a snack and took my lantus for the night.
I don't know whats going on here. This faint feeling stuff is scary-oh and by the way as I recover I sometimes feel very nauseous but have never thrown up.I have never actually become unconscious.
I have had moderate hypos before, I went down to 2.1 in the penines with only mild quakiness but nothink like this, it feels like your head is sqeezed in a vice and the horrible sensations break over you like waves.
I think my kidneys are working, I know I haven't been taking enough fluids though and I am working on that. I am sure my liver is scarred but there is only one think I can do about that.I do wonder whether or not there is a psychological element to this too as some of the symptoms are panic type symptoms. I would like to work on it as it is starting to seriously affect my quality of life.
Can anyone help, has anyone had hypos like this, could it be something else? Also what is going on re the BM readings mentioned?
Any help appreciated.
RPNKW
