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<blockquote data-quote="MichaelTimothy" data-source="post: 2448276" data-attributes="member: 548024"><p>I have been doing really well for the last month, after being diagnosed with hypertension and T2. My daily averages have been around 118/65 BP, and blood glucose by pin prick at between 95 and 75 mg/dl - 5.3 to 4.2 mmol/l.</p><p></p><p>But this morning I had a nasty turn. My waking stats at 4am were 123/65 BP, and BG was 5.0. All good.</p><p></p><p>At 7am, having missed my normal morning workout, I went downstairs, ate my usual 2 walnuts and 2 olives, and took my metformin 500. But I missed breakfast, being intensely busy prepping for a lunch party later today. I ate nothing until around 9.30 when I had a nasty turn: cold sweat, nausea, head spinning,almost passing out. I thought I was having a hypo incident, never having experienced one before, and did a pin prick: I was 7.8 mmol/l, and my systolic BP was below 100.</p><p></p><p>I have now eaten and exercised, and at 10 am I am 114 BP, and 5.4 mmol/l. Pretty much back to normal. But I am puzzled as to what provoked this. The only thing I can come up with is that metformin on an empty stomach depresses BP? And raises blood sugar? It seems counter-intuitive to me, but perhaps someone could offer me some help in understanding this?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MichaelTimothy, post: 2448276, member: 548024"] I have been doing really well for the last month, after being diagnosed with hypertension and T2. My daily averages have been around 118/65 BP, and blood glucose by pin prick at between 95 and 75 mg/dl - 5.3 to 4.2 mmol/l. But this morning I had a nasty turn. My waking stats at 4am were 123/65 BP, and BG was 5.0. All good. At 7am, having missed my normal morning workout, I went downstairs, ate my usual 2 walnuts and 2 olives, and took my metformin 500. But I missed breakfast, being intensely busy prepping for a lunch party later today. I ate nothing until around 9.30 when I had a nasty turn: cold sweat, nausea, head spinning,almost passing out. I thought I was having a hypo incident, never having experienced one before, and did a pin prick: I was 7.8 mmol/l, and my systolic BP was below 100. I have now eaten and exercised, and at 10 am I am 114 BP, and 5.4 mmol/l. Pretty much back to normal. But I am puzzled as to what provoked this. The only thing I can come up with is that metformin on an empty stomach depresses BP? And raises blood sugar? It seems counter-intuitive to me, but perhaps someone could offer me some help in understanding this? [/QUOTE]
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