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Hypoglycemia

Hi there all,been to the doc at last.He thinks I have Type 2 diabetes, I have to go to hospital in the morning for a Fasting Glucose Test & other blood tests. Does this mean I have to fast from 10 o clock the night before, if I am going to the hospital at 9 o clock? Thanks to all for your support through all this, dont know what I would have done without you all.Also is there any one else out there who had Hypos before they were diagnosed as I thought with diabetes people usually have high blood sugar all the time, not high & low x
 
Hi

I had hypos before I was diagnosed, including one where I collapsed in Sainsburys and got rushed to hospital :shock: The doctors ran a variety of tests but no cause was ever identified.

In retrospect I think I was experiencing episodes of reactive hypoglycaemia - it probably wasn't picked up by the doctors as by the time they took my blood I'd already had something to eat.

It's got a lot worse since i was diagnosed - a bowl of porridge will shoot me up to 18-20 and then down to 3 in the space of an hour. I am on Gliclazide though so that probably doesn't help!
 
daisy3174 said:
Hi there all,been to the doc at last.He thinks I have Type 2 diabetes, I have to go to hospital in the morning for a Fasting Glucose Test & other blood tests. Does this mean I have to fast from 10 o clock the night before, if I am going to the hospital at 9 o clock? Thanks to all for your support through all this, dont know what I would have done without you all.Also is there any one else out there who had Hypos before they were diagnosed as I thought with diabetes people usually have high blood sugar all the time, not high & low x
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It should disappear when you get back control of your BG, don't worry, as I posted earlier, it can be one of the symptoms that has been reported.
(Just hope they don't keep you waiting too long. :) )
 
Thanks,yes I hope they sort it soon, I have had a hypo everyday this week and they are horrible.No one wants to be put on medication, but if I can have a tablet to get rid of these awful symptoms and bring the old me, I welcome it!x
 
Hi there again, sorry to be a pest but I wonder if you can give me any advice quickly.The last two days my Hypos have increased, I have had 5 (under 4mmol) today,and 4 yesterday, I honestly feel like I am dying.I had one Hypo while I was eating earlier,I keep knocking them up with either a little coke, Lucozade or a couple of Lucozade tablets just for my sugar to come crashing down again not long after.....Please Help!x
 
How did the blood test go.
What sort of timescale does the doctor suggest he'll be working on with you?
 
Hi there, I am back next week, he said he will work from the results, I know my fasting sugar that day was high as I took it when I came out of the hospital, its probably because I had been rushing around though.I know I am not a doctor, but I really think this is a Reactive Hypoglycemia not Diabetes.My blood sugar does not stay high, it just keeps peaking then crashes, its so strange, it has me baffled x
 
Best advice is to wait and see what the doctor says.
It does sound similar to me, but I couldn't tell you my levels.
Insulin resistance can cause this sort of overshoot as well.
I have switched to a low GI, low GL diet, given up rice, pasta, potatoes, any sugar, and noticed a great improvement with a little and often diet.
It would be up to you whether you want to try it though, without you bring diagnosed, it could make you a lot worse, and could confuse the doctor further.
 
Hi all, had my blood results today, HB1AC is normal (not sure of number) Fasting Blood Sugar was high 11.1mmol.I have to have another Fasting test on Monday, doc said if this is also high it will be a diagnosis of diabetes, so hoping it wont be high x
 
hallo, daisy, 'worried me' here, fiona. i joined the site about an hour ago. i was diagnosed with reactive hypoglycaemia yesterday and am still reeling. i can identify totally with how ur feeling - my family are on the receiving end of my frequently horrid outbursts due to my mood swings. as for your energy levels, i get a good day 1 in about 10 when i tend to absolutely go for it as i seem to have bags of energy for a very short period. most times i just feel, well, non-specifically ill. like, really ill and i don't even normally go down with even a cold, so this thing has really knowcked me for six. as for the driving thing, i was putting that down to fluctuating BP but i now know differently. i avoid driving when i feel 'spaced out' as i don't feel safe concentration wise. i took a short trip down to the suoermarket this morning and was alarmed when i realised i'd gone through a zebra without realising it was there. i could say this is the first time i've done this, but how do i know? it's scary. the whole thing is.
my sugars dropped to 2.3 so i know exactly how u feel. having a five year old is demanding but you need to rally the troops, as u'll prob find ur too tired to get up from the sofa sometimes. in other words, u can't expend the energy u don't have.
good luck down the docs, because i'm giving you a shove to get down there. v low sugars can be v dangerous.
fiona
 
Hi there,welcome, I have been on here a few weeks, this forum is a life saver.I bet you are glad in one way that you have a diagnosis as now you know what is going on with you.How have they told you to treat it?The sugar drops are terrible, they drain you completely.Also I completely know where you are coming from with the mood swing, I turn into a beast lol.The doctor thinks it is Diabetes though as my Blood Sugar has been as high as 14.2mmol.One very strange thing I have found is that my Blood Sugar rises by around 5mmol (eg from 5 - 9 ) after running, I woul be so grateful if anyone else can tell me if they experience this as it does not make sense at all x
 
Hi daisy

Heavy exercise raises cortisol levels. Cortisol signals the liver to 'dump' glucose (and fatty acids) into the blood stream. Cortisol, also, blunts insulin sensitivity.
 
Thankyou Reidpj,I have been running almost daily since I was 15 (used to compete) you would think my body would be used to it.I think my blood sugar goes higher than this whilst I am running as I feel like I am drunk when running and rather unsteady & dizzy x
 
daisy3174 said:
Thankyou Reidpj,I have been running almost daily since I was 15 (used to compete) you would think my body would be used to it.I think my blood sugar goes higher than this whilst I am running as I feel like I am drunk when running and rather unsteady & dizzy x
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Daisy, I would stop and test when this happens It actually depends on the type of activity you are doing .Aerobic activity ie running at about 60-70% heart rate is more likely to lower glucose levels. The cells can untilise glucose very efficiently during this type of exercise.
If on the other hand, your training session includes sprints or fast interval training then you release hormones that cause your liver to release needed glucose. If this counteregulatory system isn't working effciently it can cause too much to be released causing a sharp rise in levels.
If you are low after exercise then if you don't refuel then the counter regularatory system will provide the needed glucose... and may provide too much. The refueling doesn't require a large meal, just a small snack containing a few carbs and protein.
 
Hi Phoenix, thanks, its is just a steady 2 -3 mile run I would say between 8 - 9 minute miles, its only the last few months, I have had this strange drunken feeling whilst running, since I have not been feeling right.I have not yet been diagnosed but have had one high fasting test and the doctor said that another high next week will be a diagnosis of diabetes, so I am dreading it.However I have a normal HB1AC, not sure of the figure, is it possible to have a normal one when you have diabetes.I was thinking perhaps its normal because I get so may hypo,s and this balances the average out? x
 
H there, just an update, thought I would have the answer to all of my problems today but no.Doc has said I have had 2 high fasting tests and 1 normal HB1AC, wouldnt give me the figure when I asked, just said, its pretty normal!Then he gave me a test while I was in there it was 8.9mmol and I had had a cuppa with 2 sugars, no breakfast.He proceded to tell me that that reading was normal and I am not diabetic.Which is good news in one way as I dont want to be, but it does not explain why my blood sugar goes high and the very low after eating, it is the lows that make me feel much worse than the highs, which I have told the doctor all along.He is now running tests for Insulinoma, Addisons and others which I cant remember x
 
H there, another update, I was diagnosed with diabetes Type 2 today, after being told yesterday I was not diabetic because my HBA1C was within normal range.This morning however the doctor called me to say I was in fact diabetic, but that it is not straight forward as I also have Hypos, it has left me rather baffled.I see a diabetic nurse next week x :shock:
 
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