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Type 2 Symptoms

woollygal

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Just wondering something.
It seems since diagnosis that if I get tired (say at the end of the day, even if less hours worked than before) my body is very strong in telling me.

I start to feel very hungover, so stomach pains like pins sticking in, sick, headache and just generally really yucky.



I just can’t seem to do what I used to do. I used to work 14 hour days and now I just about do 12.

If I’m out I feel like this by 10 so the end of the night is really yucky.

Is this normal? Do other people struggle with this sort of thing?
 
How are your blood sugars? If they're too high a lot of the time, that might well make you over-tired. On the other hand, I can't imagine working so many hours a day without feeling like warmed up death within 3 days.
 
Nope. I drive Hgv and being out of the house from 530 to 2000hrs is normal.

What are you eating. I have 2 eggs and bacon first thing. Tuna salad, spam, (something high in fat and protein) for dinner then for me it's a low carb evening meal. Lasagne {with leeks for pasta is a fav}

Zero problems with feeling weary.
 
Antje77 said:
How are your blood sugars? If they're too high a lot of the time, that might well make you over-tired. On the other hand, I can't imagine working so many hours a day without feeling like warmed up death within 3 days.
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Been quite low all day.
4.8 at 9.30 so ate jerky etc.

Felt sick while observing lesson but was a 7.8. Felt rough then so had burger (only bottom of bun) and a few chips.
Ate cheese, jerky, chicken sausages, fridge raiders. I haven’t stopped eating all day.

Then I tested 5.1 just as I posted before. So but low considering I haven’t stopped eating all day. And I feel really hungry.

Had plenty of carbs over weekend as was out so was bit more lenient. So no idea why sugars are lower (not complaining but it would be nice to not feel ill on them).

In fact would be nice to stop feeling ill full stop.

Appreciate I might be withdrawing from carbs but again, sick if that too.

Sorry. Very moany today. Very much having an anti-D day I think!!
 


Hi Cana, it could be so many different things I guess, perhaps even the stress of it all. I know on my working days (10 hours shifts) I feel a bit like that albeit my glucose levels go lower rather than higher. Do you drink enough water? It may be completely unconnected with diabetes as well. A recent blood test showed me as deficient in vitamin D, when I googled symptoms of this, I was amazed I was still standing! I know that diabetes medication can deplete certain vitamins, this has NEVER been mentioned by any DN or Dr and the vit D thing was only done as part of a lipid test (which chucked up a few other unknown things as well). x
 

Ooh I’m seeing Doc on Thursday so I’ll ask. Tends to just be if I’m tired, so assuming it’s my body telling me to stop (although would be nice if it did it a nicer way).
 
The only time I feel hungry like you say is if I nibble. Try eating at specific times and just have water otherwise.
 
Spl@ said:
The only time I feel hungry like you say is if I nibble. Try eating at specific times and just have water otherwise.
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I do. I gave breakfast lunch and dinner.
But I drive so I snack in between to make sure everything is where it needs to be. Tend to go fir protein snacks.

I drink but I tend to pee a lot even without drinking so in my job it’s fairly difficult.

I try to only eat if I feel hungry but days like today I’ve literally been empty all day. Not hungry just felt empty.
 
Ah. In my relatively novice experience I'm afraid you have to cross that particular bridge.
You will, if your like me will go for lchf. With this your stomach will not have the mass of starch to deal with so you will have an empty stomach which will shrink to suit the lower volume. It passes, well it did for me. Drinking water helps.

Talking of water I cold embarrass a racehorse for quantity when I started lchf as your body will dump a lot of water in the beginning as it switches over.

I would guess you just need to persevere. As for driving nibbles. Try small cubes of mature chedder. Strong taste and fatty but 0 carbs. I find it kills any hunger twangs I have if I weaken.

Oh also. Check out the carb content on 'healthy' protein bars. I saw one in a popular coffee establishment on the motorway that was nearly 70g of carbs in a 120g bar. That's 2 or 3 days worth of carbs for me now.
 
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I had a small tub of cheese about 5pm by 5.45 I felt awful. Just didn’t do anything.

Only seems to happen at night when my body has seemingly had enough.

Would be nice to keep it going a few hours longer
 
Cana said:
I had a small tub of cheese about 5pm by 5.45 I felt awful. Just didn’t do anything.

Only seems to happen at night when my body has seemingly had enough.

Would be nice to keep it going a few hours longer
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Might be worth getting your vitamin B12 checked
 
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