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<blockquote data-quote="foxyccc" data-source="post: 350617" data-attributes="member: 47427"><p>Can anyone tell me why I am feeling so hungry after starting insulin. I seem to be permanently hungry even after eating a meal. I woke at 2am the other night, stomach rumbling and feeling ravenous. I had had a normal dinner and even a snack before bedtime. I knew my blod glucose levels shouldnt have been low and were 8.5 in the morning. I had the same ravenous feeling this afternoon and had just eaten a snack of half a tea cake and a small banana. My blood glucose was 10 at this point. The nurse says to take my blood several times a day two hours after eating. My glucose levels are coming down, but I hate this feeling like I have not eaten when I have! Does this feeling go away? </p><p></p><p>The nurse wants me to take my morning blood gluc levels for four days and if they are over 8 then increase by two units. I have only been on insulin four days, and didnt want to increase straight away. I had a lot of trouble accepting the diabetic drugs and as I have ME (Chronic Fatigue) I know I have to go slowly. I stood my ground and said I would increase when my body felt ok with the insulin dose. She said it was ok to do that. We all know our bodies and sometimes we have to be guided by our intuition. I will increase when I feel by body has adapted to the low glucose readings perhaps after a week not three days!</p><p></p><p>If anyone can shed some light on the hunger pangs it would put my mind at rest.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="foxyccc, post: 350617, member: 47427"] Can anyone tell me why I am feeling so hungry after starting insulin. I seem to be permanently hungry even after eating a meal. I woke at 2am the other night, stomach rumbling and feeling ravenous. I had had a normal dinner and even a snack before bedtime. I knew my blod glucose levels shouldnt have been low and were 8.5 in the morning. I had the same ravenous feeling this afternoon and had just eaten a snack of half a tea cake and a small banana. My blood glucose was 10 at this point. The nurse says to take my blood several times a day two hours after eating. My glucose levels are coming down, but I hate this feeling like I have not eaten when I have! Does this feeling go away? The nurse wants me to take my morning blood gluc levels for four days and if they are over 8 then increase by two units. I have only been on insulin four days, and didnt want to increase straight away. I had a lot of trouble accepting the diabetic drugs and as I have ME (Chronic Fatigue) I know I have to go slowly. I stood my ground and said I would increase when my body felt ok with the insulin dose. She said it was ok to do that. We all know our bodies and sometimes we have to be guided by our intuition. I will increase when I feel by body has adapted to the low glucose readings perhaps after a week not three days! If anyone can shed some light on the hunger pangs it would put my mind at rest. [/QUOTE]
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