As you are low carbing already, it can only be a diagnosis to know what you need to do more.Still waiting to hear about when I can go to the consultant again, hopefully Nov 13. Have had a few really bad nights, It’s taken half the day to feel ok again. When I do get an appointment should I ask if they will give me a 24hr blood sugar monitor first, I know he is going to suggest the 72 hour fast again which I really don’t want to do. But what’s happening when I don’t fast seems more useful to me. Are there any questions that you can suggest that I could ask? I’m desperate for answers and need to get some quality sleep. Thanks
Hi Rose, they could be measuring cortisol? But they need to measure output from the pituitary gland as well as the cortisol from the adrenal.Had another blood test looking at stress hormones today, had to lay down for 30 mins first. Does anyone know what that might diagnose please?Consultant agreed to 24 hour glucose monitor for a week, waiting for an appointment to get it also said I can get strips on prescription. I didn’t ask all my questions but at least something is being done. I avoided the 72 hour test again!
Been trying a bit of homemade low carb choc, coconut oil and peanut butter bar before bed and sometimes get a 4 hour stretch of sleep!
He said I am getting an insulin overshoot and may be having false hypos?
Im still low carbing and praying that my body will adapt soon. He denied that food allergies could be causing anything!
I have prescribed a fair bit of acarbose in my time, but practically zero in last 10 years.
UK residents cannot take the flatulence that goes with it - so my few patients on it have been single (before starting acarbose).
A small dose eg 25 mg might be quite useful, but it is a pain breaking the tablets in two.
For some reason, the datasheet says avoid in significant renal impairment
The other useful point is that it delays the breakdown of complex CHO inot absorbable CHO; so if someone is hypo, you need to give pure glucose to be on safe side and not comlex CHO (although lucozade which is partially hydrolysed maize starch seems to treat the hypos OK)
Best wishes
It's good that you are getting sorted and doing tests.
The glucometer will give you the whole story of what is going on.
Stress will effect all your hormones and known to raise blood glucose levels. But I haven't a clue about which hormones your endo is testing for.
The overshoot of insulin does mean that it will be essential to go low carb to not trigger the overshoot, did your endo mention anything about what you are eating.
I do have food allergies such as dairy, but I have intolerance to other carbs or starchy vegetables. It is this intolerance that causes the trigger to overshoot.
If we avoid them, no trigger, no overshoot!
Keep asking, keep learning, keep letting us know how you are doing.
Best wishes
I have prescribed a fair bit of acarbose in my time, but practically zero in last 10 years.
UK residents cannot take the flatulence that goes with it - so my few patients on it have been single (before starting acarbose).
A small dose eg 25 mg might be quite useful, but it is a pain breaking the tablets in two.
For some reason, the datasheet says avoid in significant renal impairment
The other useful point is that it delays the breakdown of complex CHO inot absorbable CHO; so if someone is hypo, you need to give pure glucose to be on safe side and not comlex CHO (although lucozade which is partially hydrolysed maize starch seems to treat the hypos OK)
Best wishes
Yes - I gave acarbose once for reactive hypoglycaemia on the premise that it would reduce the glucose load hitting the system - definately did not help.
More like god help them surely...!God bless their patients!
I now have a date for a scan to my abdomen as I have had a pain for a few weeks now, another issue entirely hopefully? My problem is I need to fast for 6 Hours beforehand and the appointment is at 9am. I am not supposed to have fats for my last intake as that may affect the results. I asked what I could eat bearing in mind I am dairy free and wouldn’t eat carbs and it seems eggs would be ok.
I usually have eaten two if not three times by 9am. Any other suggestions anybody as to what they have had? Last night I was awake at 1.30, 3.30 and 5.30 having hypos, now by 9am I would be feeling very unwell if I hadn’t eaten at 5.30; 7 and 8.30, I’m only just starting to function now!
Thanks for reading and helping me get my head round things.