Stress at work

I don't have a very stressful job at the moment, freelancing and volunteering.

I do however on occasions have mood blips which can cause me significant discomfort (stress, anxiety etc) and those have similar effects on blood sugar. I'm bipolar, so once that takes a turn for the worse, I certainly have all odd hormones kicking around.

I can't entirely say what is the hen and the egg though when it comes to memory and cognitive functions - stress over a longer period of time has been known to have some of the same effects. Lacking ability to prioritize, memory fails, doing everything at the same time or nothing at all.

I think it is normally accepted that stress and illness have a negative effect on your insulin sensivity - that has to do with stress hormones etc, and to some degree I think you could think of it as a permanent state of dawn phenomena if you're familiar with that.

Good luck getting things straightened out again - always orrible when things get out of hand and you have to own up to it, figure it out and forgive yourself. That is something I am very familiar with, heh. Take care.

-M

The hormones that you produce when you are stressed raise blood glucose and can also cause insulin resistance which may be why they don't come down after you have taken insulin. I have exactly the same problem when I am stressed.

Hiya,

I have quite a stressful job and it does have an impact on my sugar levels. Part of this is just the fact that stress causes my sugars to become a bit erratic, and part of it is because I just don't tend to eat properly when I am under a lot of stress.

It doesn't affect my memory or anything, but it can definitely cloud my judgement. Having erratic sugars then makes me tired, which makes me more stressed and then makes my sugars even more erratic etc.

I find that exercise, a hot bath and a good nights sleep help to destress me at least temporarily (until it's time to go back to work again lol).

It's definitely not just you. In fact, I'm kinda glad I am not the only one!

Em

Pipsqueak said:

They've said to me why didn't I ask for help

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Take the help if you can get it Pips, stress does play havoc with bg control and whilst my work is not particularly stressful there are occasions when I see a considerable rise.......one of which is lately when teaching my son to drive!

Good luck and hope you get things sorted.