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Insulin/food balance not behaving as normal?

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claire mccann

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
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Insulin
Do people ever experience days where their blood sugar is unusually high and much greater amounts of insulin are required despite eating fewer carbohydrates/sugars than normal?
Thank you
 
claire mccann said:
Do people ever experience days where their blood sugar is unusually high and much greater amounts of insulin are required despite eating fewer carbohydrates/sugars than normal?
Thank you
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Yes. I find it happens sometimes, the most frequently seems to be when I've had a particularly heavy gym session or when I haven't been to the gym for more than 3 days.
 
claire mccann said:
Do people ever experience days where their blood sugar is unusually high and much greater amounts of insulin are required despite eating fewer carbohydrates/sugars than normal?
Thank you
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Yep, I've been having that the last few days, I find it's when I'm just about to get a cold..
 
Yes, I sometimes get one or two days of unexplained higher blood sugar...
There has to be a reason, it's just I don't know what it is. It's annoying and unsettling to feel wrong-footed like this when you can't think of anything you've done differently. I grit my teeth, treat the highs - with caution because I don't want to make things worse - and wait for better days.
On the other hand, if you are eating far fewer carbs than normal, is there a chance that you are getting a hypo and then a reaction to that?
 
Thank you-it's nice to know I'm not the only one with this randomness. I don't think its hormonal though. Sometimes I do think it's a reaction to a big hypo but some days there literally isn't a clear reason which is frustrating.I have been reassured by my doctor that I shouldn't worry, this is normal it's just frustrating for me!
If I find out why it happens I'll definitely share, but for now back to the super low carb diet til it shifts (it's usually just a day or two thankfully)

Thank you all!
 
It can also work the other way round @claire mccann, such is life with diabetes and no matter how hard we look for an answer we don't always find it :)
 
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