- Messages
- 55
- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
Okay, have posted a few times in the forums now and since original diagnosis in January of this year, have lost 3-stone in weight, low-carbed and low sugared my way to non-diabetic HbA1C levels averaging 37 mol/mmol.
All of the above should mean (if NHS expertise in the field of endocrinology etc. is to be believed) I should feel great. But since April I generally have felt awful, dizziness and tinnitus and lethargy to name a few. The sad fact is that I felt far better and healthier when undiagnosed and with HbA1C levels that qualify as a T2 diabetic. Lately, I’ve decided to conduct a little experimentation and have found that by consuming higher levels of carbs and sugars, I feel much better and oddly my dizziness and tinnitus are almost non-existent.
With the above in mind, I have a theory that for some of us at least, we run best at higher than normal HbA1C levels.....regardless of the guidelines published. I’ve been seeing (and still seeking) results via various doctors in the NHS, and not one has managed to identify the causal issues. In fact, they seem somewhat reluctant to want to find anything and it’s a slog to get any kind of investigations done without submitting my bank savings to explore at a private level. Now, is it just me, or does this “one size fits all” approach to endocrine science seem somewhat outdated? - after all, many chronic illness and diseases afflict human physiology in individuals in many differing ways and severity of symptoms. Is it not time that investigations are based on individuals as opposed to the overall herd?? As I have no explanation otherwise for how I feel better when consuming normal levels of carbs and sugars.
All of the above should mean (if NHS expertise in the field of endocrinology etc. is to be believed) I should feel great. But since April I generally have felt awful, dizziness and tinnitus and lethargy to name a few. The sad fact is that I felt far better and healthier when undiagnosed and with HbA1C levels that qualify as a T2 diabetic. Lately, I’ve decided to conduct a little experimentation and have found that by consuming higher levels of carbs and sugars, I feel much better and oddly my dizziness and tinnitus are almost non-existent.
With the above in mind, I have a theory that for some of us at least, we run best at higher than normal HbA1C levels.....regardless of the guidelines published. I’ve been seeing (and still seeking) results via various doctors in the NHS, and not one has managed to identify the causal issues. In fact, they seem somewhat reluctant to want to find anything and it’s a slog to get any kind of investigations done without submitting my bank savings to explore at a private level. Now, is it just me, or does this “one size fits all” approach to endocrine science seem somewhat outdated? - after all, many chronic illness and diseases afflict human physiology in individuals in many differing ways and severity of symptoms. Is it not time that investigations are based on individuals as opposed to the overall herd?? As I have no explanation otherwise for how I feel better when consuming normal levels of carbs and sugars.