Question - strange drained feeling?

Jaylee said:

Interesting way to look at it..

I see the circulatory system with regards to BS like a fuel line in a car. The insulin whether endogenous or exogenous is a little like fuel injector fluid.

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Agree but having no mechanical knowledge I think of insulin as the spark that ignites the fuel - maybe that is the same thing? If you have too much of the stuff your muscles and brain are not getting their glucose/fuel. If not enough then the fuel is hanging around in the blood and cannot get into your cells. Not having enough fuel in the right places in either situation causes anxiety and as NokindofSusie says being drained. The brain is really sensitive to this problem especially if you've got pretty good blood sugars.
I do remember this feeling but now my insulin is dripped in by the hour and I am low carb, I get i much much less. Sometimes its a caffeine withdrawal thing. Nothing to do with diabetes. Yayyy!

NoKindOfSusie said:

You are taking drugs specifically designed to remove all the energy from your blood

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Hmmmm, actually the exact opposite. We take insulin to enable the conversion of blood glucose into energy. No insulin = no energy (and uncontrolled blood glucose means arms falling off, death etc).

From this very site:
Insulin helps control blood glucose levels by signaling the liver and muscle and fat cells to take in glucose from the blood. Insulin therefore helps cells to take in glucose to be used for energy.

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Jaylee said:

Interesting way to look at it..

I see the circulatory system with regards to BS like a fuel line in a car. The insulin whether endogenous or exogenous is a little like fuel injector fluid.

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Interesting analogy, with my engineer's hat on I'd say that energy is neither created nor destroyed, it just changes form. The glucose in one's bloodstream is effectively latent energy. Latent energy needs some external influence to make it useful - like igniting fuel for example.

When glucose bonds with insulin it can be absorbed by the organs that need it and it changes into kinetic energy (muscle movement), thermal energy (body heat), electrical energy (nerve signals) etc.

NoKindOfSusie said:

Night of the living thread.

As far as I am aware "strange drained feeling" is just what having diabetes (or being on insulin at least) feels like. You are taking drugs specifically designed to remove all the energy from your blood, personally it makes me feel exactly as you would expect it to. Drained and lacking energy.

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You are not using the 'latent energy' that's stuck in your blood stream. Insulin itself, should not be leaving you feeling drained, it should be the catalyst the powers you! For 'me', my first insulin injection was like a switch being thrown.

Of course the body works in a complex manner and if you have too much of the catalyst (insulin) then you run out of fuel (glucose) and have a hypo. So everything needs to balanced but if you're constantly feeling tired, maybe consider going back to the doc'.

I have been constantly feeling

urbanracer said:

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Interesting analogy, with my engineer's hat on I'd say that energy is neither created nor destroyed, it just changes form. The glucose in one's bloodstream is effectively latent energy. Latent energy needs some external influence to make it useful - like igniting fuel for example.

When glucose bonds with insulin it can be absorbed by the organs that need it and it changes into kinetic energy (muscle movement), thermal energy (body heat), electrical energy (nerve signals) etc.



You are not using the 'latent energy' that's stuck in your blood stream. Insulin itself, should not be leaving you feeling drained, it should be the catalyst the powers you! For 'me', my first insulin injection was like a switch being thrown.

Of course the body works in a complex manner and if you have too much of the catalyst (insulin) then you run out of fuel (glucose) and have a hypo. So everything needs to balanced but if you're constantly feeling tired, maybe consider going back to the doc'.

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I have been constantly feeling tired for eight months, the medical profession have told me I'm not though so I guess I was mistaken, sorry I bothered you.

I have felt desperate fatigue last couple months that unfortunately wasnt really getting anywhere with as everybody has kept saying "its cos of hubbies death"...
So I asked for all bloods to be tested this week. Everything and sure enough I have iron deficiency and anaemia.

Its not good thinking everything is related to hormones, high and lows with bloods or even emotions (as everybody trying to heap that one on me)...

If anybody is feeling exhausted and desperately trying to be active, laughing and going out but finding that just one thing a day is wiping them out...please dont blame diabetes or make assimptions of what is causing it...

Get your full bloods taken, whole blood counts, ferritin, b12, folate, d3 and lft.

I gave up with the GP and started taking high dose vitamin D and B12 back in Feb and it made a huge difference to my energy levels. But I totally understand the drained feeling - I still get that sometimes after meals.

I don't have the energy levels that I had pre diagnosis that I'm certain of.

Circuspony said:

I gave up with the GP and started taking high dose vitamin D and B12 back in Feb and it made a huge difference to my energy levels. But I totally understand the drained feeling - I still get that sometimes after meals.

I don't have the energy levels that I had pre diagnosis that I'm certain of.

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Thats sad that you have given up with GP.
After cancer I was put straight away on vit D from my breast surgeon.. no tests done, just because of a hormone tablet I was put on.
The vit D, calcium tablet had aspartame in that I dont tolerate so I asked GP to test my vit D. It was so high that it indicated possibility of heart problems. I actually have to minimise the qty I have in food and to take calcium citrate to keep it balanced.

If you can't get tests done younrealky dont know whats happening with your body.

B12 has been another problem with me. It was so low I needed injections. A GP when I moved to Wales stopped it. I thought as webwere moving back to England that I would jyst let it drop and GP in England would restart it. No, my levels climbed and climbed and climbed... way off the scale for being high. Then it was discovered I had breast cancer. Straight after my levels plummeted back to normal. Then I had second supposed healthy breast removed. It plummeted borderline liw again and remains hovering just above the low limit. There has been a lit of research in 2013 that states high leveks of B12 can be connected with certain types of cancer.... I wish I had known. I only knew about leukaemia, not breast...

It is so important that your bloods are checked, even if you say to GP that you are buying your own supplements and would like to know if you need them or wasting your money etc and despite taking them you still feel fatigue or (list your symptoms)..