Stress, High BG and Fast Acting insulin

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Spirit of Eden

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All,

Had a really bad day today at work. Stress seems to really push up my BG levels. Measurements mid morning and afternoon were 13.2 and 15.7. (both 2.5 hours after food). I felt like I had my finger in an electrical socket which was stressing me on top of the work related stress.

Does anybody ever take a few units of fast acting insulin in these situations ?

Cheers
Paul
 
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Ann19

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Diet only
Sorry that I can't help with your question Paul, but this will 'bump' it up again so hopefully it will be seen.

Ann
 
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AMBrennan

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Well, things like stress can affect BG much like physical illness. To answer your question, I'm sure that many people do take extra insulin in such situations. [High BG is a response to cortisol levels, and the ultimate cause of the increased cortisol levels is academic when dealing with the resulting hyperglycaemia]
 
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Spirit of Eden

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Thanks for the help

Had another high reading today of 12.8 at 11:15. Took 2u of Humalog and was down to 3.1 by 12:30. More effective than I expected, almost 5mmol per unit.

Made quick exit to canteen !

I'm very new to fast acting insulin and can see already how much care needs to be taken

Paul
 
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