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Stress and raised blood sugar

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Miss90

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Has anyone noticed raised blood sugars when stressed or upset? Been very stressed out recently and I have noticed this - whether its coincidence or not, does anyone feel the same?!
 
Yes Miss, stress will certainly raise blood sugars ! Which then causes stress lol !
 
Vicious circle!!! Why can't life be simple eh?!
 
Hi Miss90 I am type1 and stress pushes me up really high! Trying to create a 'new calmer me' since diagnosis!


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I find even good stress such as preparing for a visit to my family in Ireland causes my BGs to go up but once I am there they drop lower than usual
CAROL
 
Hi miss yes stress does get levels up I was doing a mangers cpc course last august and I had trouble keeping my levels down
And was worse when I sat the exam in September just had to take in more insuline and test mire


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Great.... I have 8 exams coming up in uni this term! Lets hope stress won't literally get the better of me lol!
 
Miss90 said:
Great.... I have 8 exams coming up in uni this term! Lets hope stress won't literally get the better of me lol!
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You can overcome the expected highs from stress by bolusing for them, if you know your going to stressed out then you can plan ahead, Gary Schiener talks about this in his book Think Like a Pancreas but your DSN should be able to advise you.
 
noblehead said:
You can overcome the expected highs from stress by bolusing for them, if you know your going to stressed out then plan ahead, Gary Schiener talks about this in his book Think Like a Pancreas but your DSN should be able to advise you.
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Try meditation, when you start feeling your stress levels rising it helps to know some quick exercises to counter the effects, I have a stressful job and I'm a mum so find doing some deep breathing can help keep me calm, otherwise take some extra quick acting to help bring your levels down.
 
You see I am normally a bit low when stressed - maybe a pace more :) and fidget !
 
Sometimes its hard and it aint as simple to control when your such and stress head like myself, but you get to gain over that aswell. Keep positive makes a better result :)

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noblehead said:
You can overcome the expected highs from stress by bolusing for them, if you know your going to stressed out then you can plan ahead, Gary Schiener talks about this in his book Think Like a Pancreas but your DSN should be able to advise you.
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Good suggestion. Just don't forget to bring some glucose with you as well - you don't want to end up giving too much of a bolus and then having low sugar and no glucose available in an exam!
 
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