HI just a quick question, once you got your blood sugar levels back down to ''normal....ish'' how long was it before you started to feel like your old self again. 
How long before you felt ''normal'' again
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Hello Iggy
I have been diagnosed T2 3 weeks today and feeling a little better but still got a long way to go..levels coming down very slowly.
Warm regards
Sandra
I have been diagnosed T2 3 weeks today and feeling a little better but still got a long way to go..levels coming down very slowly.
Warm regards
Sandra
I think Sandra is about spot on. I am six weeks from diagnosis, and now feel better than I have in years.
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Likewise - just over 6 weeks since diagnosis and although BGs came down fairly quick it's only this week that I'm feeling better than I have for ages. Very tired though and I always used to have loads of energy. Sure it'll pass. Strangely as the BGs started coming down I felt worse than I did before I started meds. Guess it takes the body a little while to adjust.
That's an interesting question. It was about 6 weeks for me before I felt more 'normal', but I'd had a stroke, so was probably concentrating more on seriously rehab'ing myself from that. I know I was off work for 7 weeks and when I went back to work my sugar levels were down as I'd started to take more exercise as part of my rehab.
I am deligted that folks are feeling better a few weeks after diagnosis
however, like Sarah69 , I don't think I feel any different
I was diagnosed T2 about 12 months ago following a hospital visit after an accident. One of the 'routine' tests was high so I was referred back to my GP for a fasting test and hey presto - T2 !
I can honstly say that I was unuaware of any of the typical symptoms and after about a year on metformin my morning reading is typically between 6 & 7.
I don't feel better (or worse)
I don't feel I have any more energy
I don't feel any different in myself
The only positive thing I have felt relates to weight loss (which, frankly I could have done without the T2 diagnosis)
sorry to put a downer on things, but as Sarah69 puts it, diabetes affects everyone differently
however, like Sarah69 , I don't think I feel any different
I was diagnosed T2 about 12 months ago following a hospital visit after an accident. One of the 'routine' tests was high so I was referred back to my GP for a fasting test and hey presto - T2 !
I can honstly say that I was unuaware of any of the typical symptoms and after about a year on metformin my morning reading is typically between 6 & 7.
I don't feel better (or worse)
I don't feel I have any more energy
I don't feel any different in myself
The only positive thing I have felt relates to weight loss (which, frankly I could have done without the T2 diagnosis)
sorry to put a downer on things, but as Sarah69 puts it, diabetes affects everyone differently
Well I only went to the doctor because I felt dizzy. And tired and peeing alot but only for a day. I was diagnosed diabetic in January this year. I've low carbed etc and while the weight has come off, wasn't overweight by much anyway and I'm a veggie, and I never ate junk (eg pastry, cakes, biscuits coke etc) my blood glucose has remained the sameish.
But I do feel better lo carbing ironic really as it was Atkins that made me become vegetarian.
Just wonder if I have a naturally high BG, and don't know if thats possible.
But I do feel better lo carbing ironic really as it was Atkins that made me become vegetarian.
Just wonder if I have a naturally high BG, and don't know if thats possible.
It is interesting with the mixed replies.
With me I was really tired for months but put it down to family life/meds etc.
What made me go to get my blood sugar checked was the thirst that I couldnt quench and the weeing. I also had blurry eyes that was checked by the optician and was put down to being near sighted, but as I now know is that the change in eyes was down to the diabetes which I am pleased to say was the first thing that has got back to ''normal'' .
Im just past the 2 wk mark and levels have come down lots but I am still tired. Spoke to GP about the tiredness and he explained that my body has been so used to having a high sugar level that it now needs to get used to being down again.
I was just hoping the tiredness would have lifted as soon as the levels had gone back down. Hopefully a few more weeks and I will be more me again.
Thanks for the replies, I just find it interesting how we are all different .
With me I was really tired for months but put it down to family life/meds etc.
What made me go to get my blood sugar checked was the thirst that I couldnt quench and the weeing. I also had blurry eyes that was checked by the optician and was put down to being near sighted, but as I now know is that the change in eyes was down to the diabetes which I am pleased to say was the first thing that has got back to ''normal'' .
Im just past the 2 wk mark and levels have come down lots but I am still tired. Spoke to GP about the tiredness and he explained that my body has been so used to having a high sugar level that it now needs to get used to being down again.
I was just hoping the tiredness would have lifted as soon as the levels had gone back down. Hopefully a few more weeks and I will be more me again.
Thanks for the replies, I just find it interesting how we are all different .
If you still feel tired once your BS levels come down, then get tested for Vitamin D deficiency, Vitamin B12 deficiency, Anaemia and Thyroid. These are also causes for tiredness.
