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<blockquote data-quote="Riesenburg" data-source="post: 247126" data-attributes="member: 41402"><p>Hi there,</p><p></p><p>Feeling tired right after or during a hypo is pretty much to be expected but that should only last a short time. A constant feeling of fatigue could mean something else is wrong. I had the same problem and it is very annoying how the medics are quick to put it down to your diabetes. Before looking beyond your basic diabetes are you sure you are getting out of the hypos? What I mean is that sometimes you hypo, get back up and go back into the hypo before stabilizing. A pattern would be hypo-> normal -> hypo -> high -> normal. That type of fluctuation would cause fatigue which lasted for a longer period of time.</p><p></p><p>I would check out the IDDT as suggested very good source of info, I too was on an analog for my basal insulin and switched to Porcine Isophane which did work a treat not only for the fatigue but also for memory and brain too. </p><p></p><p><em><strong>But before you do go pushing on insulin changes make sure you have other things such as vit D checked out, levels of iron in your blood, your thyroid and other hormones too... It might be something unrelated to your insulin.</strong></em></p><p></p><p>Also have a look at your sleep patterns, sleep is often underestimated and can have a massive impact. If you have a hypo and it knocks you out of a deep sleep cycle it will cause you to be groggy and tired for the whole day. Ideal sleep cycles are in 90min waves, and optimal is 5 per night in other words 7hrs 30mins.</p><p></p><p>Hope that helps,</p><p>Frankie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Riesenburg, post: 247126, member: 41402"] Hi there, Feeling tired right after or during a hypo is pretty much to be expected but that should only last a short time. A constant feeling of fatigue could mean something else is wrong. I had the same problem and it is very annoying how the medics are quick to put it down to your diabetes. Before looking beyond your basic diabetes are you sure you are getting out of the hypos? What I mean is that sometimes you hypo, get back up and go back into the hypo before stabilizing. A pattern would be hypo-> normal -> hypo -> high -> normal. That type of fluctuation would cause fatigue which lasted for a longer period of time. I would check out the IDDT as suggested very good source of info, I too was on an analog for my basal insulin and switched to Porcine Isophane which did work a treat not only for the fatigue but also for memory and brain too. [i][b]But before you do go pushing on insulin changes make sure you have other things such as vit D checked out, levels of iron in your blood, your thyroid and other hormones too... It might be something unrelated to your insulin.[/b][/i] Also have a look at your sleep patterns, sleep is often underestimated and can have a massive impact. If you have a hypo and it knocks you out of a deep sleep cycle it will cause you to be groggy and tired for the whole day. Ideal sleep cycles are in 90min waves, and optimal is 5 per night in other words 7hrs 30mins. Hope that helps, Frankie [/QUOTE]
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