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Post drinking blood sugars disrupted for several days?

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claire mccann

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
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Hi all,

I was wondering if anyone else experienced similar post drinking alcohol challenges to me? I tend to have low blood sugars for 2 days after I've been drinking (which from reading seems quite normal) and then on day 3 my blood sugars are incredibly high and I can barely eat anything resembling carbohydrate (this doesn't seem to be a factor for many)

Does anyone else find alcohol has this affect on them?

Thank you
Claire


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claire mccann said:
Does anyone else find alcohol has this affect on them?
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Not to that degree Claire, when I was a beer drinker I would go low the following morning and had to take pre-emptive measures to avoid it but never beyond that time, I mainly drink red wine now and it has negligible effect on my bg levels.
 
I have a stiff whiskey which doesn't seem too bad and also red wine. But in the pub stick to soda water with a splash of lime


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Hi Claire, out of interest what's your tipple and how much are you having ? I drink red wine or gin and diet tonic now but always with food, anything else sends me high and I tend to only have to watch my levels the next morning, but no longer than that.
 
Either red wine or gin and slimline tonic mostly. I don't drink regularly (as in every day or anything) and it's mostly after I've had a bigger night, say if I've had 4-6gins or glasses of wine (hence why I don't do it too often!) but it is more noticeable the bigger the night. I definitely didn't have these effects a few years ago and I was just wondering if it was almost like my body is reacting to the alcohol?


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claire mccann said:
Either red wine or gin and slimline tonic mostly. I don't drink regularly (as in every day or anything) and it's mostly after I've had a bigger night, say if I've had 4-6gins or glasses of wine (hence why I don't do it too often!) but it is more noticeable the bigger the night. I definitely didn't have these effects a few years ago and I was just wondering if it was almost like my body is reacting to the alcohol?
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Strange why alcohol never had this effect on you years ago but does now, but our bodies do change over time that's for sure.
 
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