Vanchatron
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I'm a 33 year old male and have been Type 1 insulin dependent Diabetic since the age of 9. First off, I should say that 99% of the time my Diabetes is managed almost perfectly. Unfortunately today was not one of those days. I'd had a rare this hypo morning, and made sure to sort it out as quickly as possible. An hour later my blood sugar was 20.5 mmol, which is obviously due to perhaps having too much sugar in order to amend the hypo.
As a constant gym goer, it was almost time for my daily workout as well which was unfortunate timing. I won't go into detail about the amount, as it varies for different people, but I made sure to give myself a few extra units of insulin in order to bring my blood sugar back down to normal. I then waited half an hour, and set off to the gym. I then unfortunately had an absolutely awful workout. My mind wasn't focused, my strength was lacking, my stamina was almost non existent etc. I was barely able to do more than 4 reps on a specific exercise, which I can always do 8+ on, yet my diet, sleep and everything else was exactly the same as it always is. The ONLY variable today was the hypo followed by the high blood sugar.
So basically my question is... Does this seem normal? Can hypos and high blood sugars affect your physical and mental strength/focus like it did to me today in the gym? I'm actually hoping it does to be honest, otherwise it'll mean that there's another reason for my awful workout today and I just can't put my finger on what that reason is. When I was AT the gym and working out, I didn't feel hypo at all so I don't think it was a hypo that caused this, but could it've been the fact that my blood sugar was so high before the workout and I'd had to have some extra units of insulin to bring it back to normal?
This may seem like an odd question considering I've had Diabetes for so long, but as mentioned above my Diabetes control is almost always near perfect so for ME this is actually a rare occasion and perhaps something I need to learn from.
Thanks in advance for any help, much appreciated.
As a constant gym goer, it was almost time for my daily workout as well which was unfortunate timing. I won't go into detail about the amount, as it varies for different people, but I made sure to give myself a few extra units of insulin in order to bring my blood sugar back down to normal. I then waited half an hour, and set off to the gym. I then unfortunately had an absolutely awful workout. My mind wasn't focused, my strength was lacking, my stamina was almost non existent etc. I was barely able to do more than 4 reps on a specific exercise, which I can always do 8+ on, yet my diet, sleep and everything else was exactly the same as it always is. The ONLY variable today was the hypo followed by the high blood sugar.
So basically my question is... Does this seem normal? Can hypos and high blood sugars affect your physical and mental strength/focus like it did to me today in the gym? I'm actually hoping it does to be honest, otherwise it'll mean that there's another reason for my awful workout today and I just can't put my finger on what that reason is. When I was AT the gym and working out, I didn't feel hypo at all so I don't think it was a hypo that caused this, but could it've been the fact that my blood sugar was so high before the workout and I'd had to have some extra units of insulin to bring it back to normal?
This may seem like an odd question considering I've had Diabetes for so long, but as mentioned above my Diabetes control is almost always near perfect so for ME this is actually a rare occasion and perhaps something I need to learn from.
Thanks in advance for any help, much appreciated.