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How do you handle high BG with adrenaline/excitement?

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victry77

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Hello there :)

This is something I just do not have a grip on and wondered if there is actually a way to get a grip on it or to just ride it out.

Since last year, I have been involved in amateur theatre which is great fun. However, you can bet your bottom dollar that when it comes to performance nights my BG will religiously hit the mid-high teens and stay there the whole evening.

Now, I expect this to happen due to the combination of nerves, adrenaline and excitement, but is there any way I can prevent this?

Obviously higher is better than lower if I'm on stage. I have previously given myself correction shots and have found myself hypo hours later (usually in the middle of the night). I asked my DSN who said that nothing really can be done as when your adrenaline drops then so does your BG and that's why correction doses are not recommended. It's just that I always feel so uncomfortable with them being so high for hours up to six nights on the trot.

Anything I can try to combat this?
 
I think bolus is the only way. Try to bolus just a small dose.
 
Hi,

I've done "am dram" in my youth. & now perform in bands. (I also spent 3 years in a Surry dance school, that was a roller coaster.)
I'm on "MDI" (novorapid & Glargine)
I get my basal level right & tend not to eat after 13.00 hours prior to an evening performance.?
Food restricts the diaphragm anyway. (I'm a singer.) I like the idea of "singing for my supper?

So, I keep/make sure" my BS is around 6. For optimum "performance". (Your right. Running high is uncomfortable.) then it's "eyes & teeth" keeping something drinkable handy stage side to treat if I drop? Though I do do 2x 45 minute sets checking bloods between. With the adrenalin I hold my own pretty level until the pack down then occasionally I might get a low..?

But I do feel your "pain".. ;)
 
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victry77 said:
Basically, a correction dose? This is my problem though. I drop like a rock then through the night :(
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If you have the book Think Like a Pancreas the author discuses bolusing to pre-empt hyperglycemia in stressful situations.
 
Wow. I am looking for an answer to exactly this problem.

I am a stage manager and cue shows. Since getting a Feeestyle Libre I can see very accurately when the show calling affects my BG. I just don't know how to combat the highs. I'm scare that if I run my BGs down then I would risk a hypo which would be so unsafe - a bit like driving when low. I wonder if people in high risk jobs have this too. Like firemen? Maybe it's about learning a technique to stay calm and this not have the massive adrenaline production. Sorry no answers for you but good to share experiences.

Janice

QUOTE="victry77, post: 1140540, member: 23137"]Hello there :)

This is something I just do not have a grip on and wondered if there is actually a way to get a grip on it or to just ride it out.

Since last year, I have been involved in amateur theatre which is great fun. However, you can bet your bottom dollar that when it comes to performance nights my BG will religiously hit the mid-high teens and stay there the whole evening.

Now, I expect this to happen due to the combination of nerves, adrenaline and excitement, but is there any way I can prevent this?

Obviously higher is better than lower if I'm on stage. I have previously given myself correction shots and have found myself hypo hours later (usually in the middle of the night). I asked my DSN who said that nothing really can be done as when your adrenaline drops then so does your BG and that's why correction doses are not recommended. It's just that I always feel so uncomfortable with them being so high for hours up to six nights on the trot.

Anything I can try to combat this?[/QUOTE]
 
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