Thirst/Dry Mouth

T2 - Diet controlled - LCHF. Been on this since June 2015. When I was diagnosed (and ignored it) I had no symptoms like tiredness, excessive thirst or peeing a lot. The first HBAIC that I took notice of was 57 or 7.4% before starting LCHF. Three months into lchf it was 53 or 7.0% . That was last September. DN said good, carry on with what you're doing. I asked GP when my next one was due and she said July this year which seems a long time to me and I won't really know til then whether I'm doing OK or not. My test readings are very variable but usually between the 6-8 range depending what I've eaten with a few lower and a couple higher when I've had something I shouldn't.

In the past few weeks, though, I've suffered with the usual diabetic symptoms of excessive thirst, peeing more than usual (but not tiredness). I don't know if this could be an indication that I've not got it as controlled as it should be by now or a symptom of something else? I must admit that I was a bit bad at drinking as much water as I should have at the beginning but have upped my intake considerably since getting these symptoms. Could it have just been dehydration and how long should it take to get rehydrated?

Another thing I get is bouts of dizzyness and photophobia (where everything looks dazzlingly bright).

I know I need a trip to the GP probably but just wondered if anyone else can identify with any of this?

Thanks everyone xx

13lizanne said:

Hi @copey399 yes, I get these same symptoms occasionally plus blurred vision, usually when my blood levels have been showing marked rises and drops for a couple of days ( owing to me eating higher carb than usual) it doesn't usually last for long once I resume eating properly. The dizziness and photophobia for me was caused by low blood pressure- often after exercise and was easily fixed by stopping my meds. Maybe you need a general medication review ? especially since you've lost a lot of weight and the dosage of pain meds etc may need to be adjusted. As you know, dizziness can be caused by high blood sugar too, anyway, good luck with it all. Take care

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Now this has struck a chord with the Low Blood Pressure because when I was overweight (well more overweight) I was put on Ramipril for my high BP and as it didn't do a lot GP added Bendrofluomethiazide which is a water tablet. She warned me about having to go to the loo a lot more but it never affected me like that at the time.

I haven't had my BP checked for a while now so I'm wondering if, maybe, with losing weight and going low carb maybe I don't need the water tablet and it could be that is causing the thirst and peeing. And if my BP is now normal or even low I might not need the Ramipril either. Could account for the dizziness too. Definitely need to get a BP test I think.