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Saturday morning dips!

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timholl

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Diagnosed Type 2 in November 2012 - and a history before that of years of fluctuating sugar levels including hypos. Also years of anxiety attacks which I now realise followed a very similar pattern to my sugar levels - .i.e when sugar levels dropped anxiety levels rose. Since diagnosis and better diet control and meds the anxiety problems have eased enormously.

So, for years now and since diagnosis, I've noticed that Saturday mornings around 11.30 - 12.30 are a time when I am particularly vulnerable to real sugar dips and even hypos. They seem to come on very fast - in minutes rather than the rest of the week when I can feel levels dropping more slowly and compensate accordingly.

Does anyone else have particularly 'bad times' or sets of circumstances that they know make them more vulnerable? How do you manage these? Do you modify your diet etc in order to pre-manage likely bad times?

Thanks for any help.

My meds are 500mg metformin three times a day and a diet regime that is beginning to work and reduce weight and control sugar levels.
 
Sounds very familiar though I've never thought my hypos were associated with anxiety because the anxious feeling always went away when the hypo was resolved. Having grown up with both T1 and T2 in my family, I knew what a hypo was and that the hypos I started having in my early 20's meant I would become T2 later in life.

You should probably ask your GP to refer you for a prolonged Glucose Tolerance Test. A prolonged GTT will probably show you to have reactive hypoglycaemina as well as T2.

If that's the case then what is likely to help is to stick to foods that are low on the glycaemic index and to eat several small sensible meals a day at regular intervals rather than three normal meals. Managing reactive hypoglycaemia effectively requires that you plan for those times when you are likely to have a low and to have eaten something around half an hour to an hour before to prevent it. I tend to have a small breakfast, then snack every few hours through the day and finish with a normal evening meal that is fairly high in protein.

I still have hypos on weekends when I fail to follow my regular schedule, but that's my own fault for not eating when I should.
 
What do you do different on a Saturday morning?
Do you have a different breakfast / miss breakfast? Do you go shopping / do more exercise? Do you drink alcohol Friday evening?
If you compare Saturday to the rest of the week when I presume you are fine you will probably find the reasoning behind it. This condition is never predictable and there is always something that bites you just when you think you are winning, but a lot of the time if you write down what you do, eat and your levels you can very often see a pattern emerge.

HTH
Angie
 
Thanks for answers so far - about to have a 6 month review so will ask about reactive hypog when I go to see medics - thanks Geocacher

As far as your questions Angie about what is different about Saturday - the main difference is I don't go to work - and I know that sounds weird but it feels like 'I have to keep myself going' Monday to Friday to get to work' and then Saturdays I relax! I do a bit more exercise on a Saturday morning with walks but maybe that is enough to tip the balance?

Thanks for ideas
 
You say you walk on a Saturday morning. If you don't normally walk much on a working day that will be enough probably to lower your levels, exercise can make a big difference at times.

Regards
Angie
 
Is your work stressful? Sometimes higher stress levels can raise glucose - perhaps that is what's going on and on Saturday when you don't go to work it stays low. What about Sunday though? ...
 
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