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Mood Swings

bigbaldnige

bigbaldnige

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Since being diagnosed T2 and prescribed 3x500 metformin a day my wife and I have noticed my mood goes from zero to explosive in a split second and back to zero a second or 2 later the only reason I ask does this happen to anyone else is I used to be very laid back and a calm guy but lately it's getting worse.
 
Hiya - I used to find when I first started taking metformin that it affected my mood swings - but I soon came to realise that the mood swings were more to do with my meals and when I was eating them. If I went for a long time without eating my blood sugars I assume would start to go low and I would start to get a little ratty - once I had eaten I was fine. I say assume - because in those days I didn't used to test my Blood sugar levels so I really didn't have a clear idea of what was going on.

So perhaps this could be what is happening to you. Once I realised that I couldn't skip a meal or eat really late or early, things vastly improved... and even to this day, I try to eat my meals at the same time every day, and if I cant, I make sure I have a snack at hand to stop the low BS.

Hope this helps.
 
Thanks for your reply I'm beginning to realise this may be the case I currently drive a delivery van and don't get chance to eat at a regular time and I occasionally even miss lunch and my metformin tablet.
 
I also suffer moodiness when my BS is either high or low. Since I started testing I have realised that I can pretty much tell when it is outside my normal range by the way I feel. Dopy, tired, unable to concentrate and irritable means the BS is high, edgy, shaky, irritable and irrational means the BS is low (or originally what my body though was too low and giving me false hypos).

However as we are all different we all suffer different symptoms and as you can see from the lists, some symptoms are very similar, so if possible I would suggest you test when ever you notice you are becoming moody and even if you can't stop for a meal try and keep a low carb snack handy to offset the symptoms until you can stop.

Hope you get back on an even keel soon, having serious mood swings in no fun for the person involved or their family.
 
Just to echo the above sentiments. For a long time I had a short temper and would become irritated at the drop of the hat. I used to think that it was part of my build up. Since I have started monitoring my BS levels it has been enlightening how cool, calm and collected I have been, even in stressful situations. Eat regularly and carry your meter around with you at all times and measure before and after and you will soon be able to find what works for you and how to maintain that calm equilibrium.
 
Thank you for your comments I am taking them on board and even considering ask about changing jobs at work to better manage my diabetes. Xx
 
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