The things is I have the difficulty is gaining weight
The things is I have the difficulty is gaining weightHave you had your thyroid function checked out?
Some of the symptoms you mentioned in your post, is usually a corollary of thyroid issues of some sort.
The cold hands and thinning hair stood out as one of the issues that raises a red flag when the body's thermostat is impaired somewhat.
Take a look at this link it gives an idea somewhat.
https://www.endocrineweb.com/conditions/thyroid/hypothyroidism-too-little-thyroid-hormone
Ok, sorry about that... I'll replace them@legolgel - I am going to have to rermove the images of your blood test results as they include the name of your Doctor, and other more personal which we do not allow (or in the case of your personal information, we would discourage).
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I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes on April of 2018, my h1ac was then 11.5 and a fasting blood glucose of 297 with hyperosmolarity.... They put me on metformin and insuline but I decided not to take insuline and treat it with diet, gym and intermittent fasting.....my weight when I was diagnosed was 230 pounds, and in almost 4 months ended up at 167 pounds, and H1ac of 6.0 and prediabetic blood sugars. It tends to go down instead of going high...
I stopped using metformin because was giving me a lot of problems.....
I feel lost because now I am having a ton of issues: going toonce every 3 or 4 days, frequent urination, feeling tired after every food and a constant strong stomach pain after any kind of food, my hair has started to fall and my black area of the eye keeps small all the time......I don't know what to do, somebody have experienced this before?
What it could be?
I went to the doctor and he is even worst than me finding symptoms on Google but I have the feeling that there's something really wrong happening in my body....any advise will be appreciated.
Also I am experiencing cold hands and foot but I don't understand why...getting also a heart burn every time I eat....
Sorry I will upload it later on...thanks to stay with me ... And yes it may be related to something else !!!I never saw your results as they had to be removed but from what members said who did see them they said they seemed pretty normal. Really the only good advice we can give you here is to see your doctor again as your symptoms are not necessarily diabetes.
I'll glad to hear more about this!How many calories are you eating?
You may be eating far too few, and creating too many stress hormones in your body, which break down protein and fat to create glucose. If you had many years of eating oily fast food, your fat will be releasing the stored polyunsaturated fat, which will stress out your body.
It sounds like a classic case of diet-induced hypothyroidism (bad thyroid), where eating too little stresses out your adrenals too much.
Side effects will be: cold hands and feet, bad sleep, low energy, hair loss, excess urination, loss of libido, constipation. Sound familiar?
Edit: low thyroid also means you produce less stomach acid, hence heartburn when you eat. Big protein meals can cause it too.
I'll glad to hear more about this!
When I was diagnosed I was used to eat a lot of pizza and for now I am eating small portions of everything but only one refined carbohydrate by meal....What do you want to know?
Would be useful to know what you eat now (foods and total calories per day), plus what you ate before you were diagnosed.
Sounds like you went too fast, too soon. Slow and steady wins in the long term.
I wanted to know more about the hypotirodism issue....but don't worry I will research of it on Google.
Thanks a lotHappy to write more about it.
The summary is that the thyroid is the primary determinant of energy production in the body.
Low carb diets and low calorie diets (can) affect the thyroid. Especially low calories ones.
The lower amount of energy your body can produce, the more it is likely to restrict energy output. Which is why calories in, calories out is imprecise, since a huge chunk of calories out is determined by the amount of heat and energy you produce, and low level movements (eg walking, fidgeting). With limited energy production, energy is shunted towards the most important functions: brain, breathing/central nervous system, etc. The lower importance functions are naturally cut out: digestion, sex drive, hair growth, nail growth, skin quality, mood (low mood keeps you less active, so burns less energy).
A diet high in the polyunsaturated fats (liquid oils, except olive oil), leads to thyroid suppression, and stored fat being more unsaturated. Unsaturated fat is highly toxic.
If you suddenly go to a huge calorie deficit and low carb diet, you must burn up your fat and protein stores to create energy. This is why low carb is effective at reducing fat. But there may be knock-on negative effects. If if you have stored unsaturated fats in your body fat, then this is released to overload your blood stream as it breaks down. So you get a loop of bad results.
This is such a big topic. Googling around thyroid forums, "low calorie thyroid", "low carb thyroid" etc will find some useful results.
The thyroid generally requires a steady amount of energy to be at its optimal level. Consistency in amount of food eaten is particularly important.
Sorry I will upload it later on...thanks to stay with me ... And yes it may be related to something else !!!
That is the thing, finally a got a better doctor (thousand times better than the other one I had and he checked the results and says that the only thing he is really concerned for now is the thyroid function that may be too slow or to fast... but he also want to discard every possible reason, from hormones to organs....which is really good....love this new doctor...One thing I would do in your position, is have your doctor take a blood test for your Kidney creatinine level. Could be anything, I am not a doctor but am familiar with CKD and you have what appears to be, a few more than some of the symptoms. That doesn't mean that it is CKD but unfortunately it is an issue that creeps up very quickly to stage 3 before patients learn that they have it so I would make sure they rule that out.
CKD often also creates a sudden feeling of exhaustion and can lead to lower hemoglobin and red blood cell levels, that dont often show up right away.
CKD at even stage 3 can be controlled but it is striking many people as they get a bit older and as far as I am concerned, patients are not tested for it early enough, in order to catch it before it becomes a bigger issue.
Exactly, I feel it like a race against the time! Anyway he (the doctor) was really concerned about my situation and that by itself made me happier but still worried because there are a lot of things occurring at the same time .... And I don't really know the original cause of all this mess....but I won't surrender until I find an answer ....If I give up it will be even worst than playing the ignorant card.... I need to cause as less damage as possible...Whatever it is, they should find it but from my own experience, it can take time as frustrating as that can be for you. If a creatinine test for GFR was in the normal range just 6 weeks ago, chances are that is not your issue then. I went through a similar experience as yourself and one point I wish I had known earlier, was to have made sure that any or all doctors, hospitals, specialists, etc, were on the same computerized health network. They weren't, in the beginning. I was being sent here and there and most of them were not "talking to one another" short of a few notes the referring doctor sent them. But that only told a small part of the story. Too many cooks in the kitchen so to speak and without proper direction, they were making a larger mess than was necessary. Once I was on a network that allowed each doctor to have all my records at their fingertips, seeing the whole picture rather than 5% of it, I was finally, and properly treated. Best wishes. Keep us posted. You will get there!!
It is true, that's why I decided to change to another doctor and decided to work with all the possible reasons with the respective tests, the first one was a waste of time....the first doctor was working for himself to get paid for the pills and not for me....and I am going to kick him out, he was going to set me on ansiolitics and metformin....knowing beforehand that metformin wasn't working for me. And I am a person who likes to question everything...most doctors try to make money from other people's disgrace breaking any hippocratic oath.Hi @legolgel, From my reading and as a patient/health consumer, not as professional advice or opinion:
You have a range of symptoms and signs which could fit a number of health conditions but your BSLs readings are in the normal range.
You have a GP who seems to be thinking like an amateur mechanic (it's the diabetes or it's the carburettor, cannot be anything else) without bothering to check out other possibilities.
You started feeling unwell when you lost weight. Weight loss is a 'red flag' to any competent doctor (so my GP says).
So please see a competent doctor who will check things like your thyroid as @brassyblonde900 suggests.
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