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Tiredness

Type 1 and type 2 are different conditions so my experience may not be the same as yours.
I find that high and low blood sugars make me feel tired.
If my blood sugars are between 4.5 and 7.5, I have as much energy (if not more) than my friends, family and colleagues of a certain age.

So, assuming this is the same for someone for type 2, I would suggest reviewing your levels (if you have a meter and can check) and look at how to reduce (or increase ... depending upon what medication you are on) your blood sugar levels.
If you are not on any medication, diet is the key for reducing levels.

And, for everyone (regardless of diabetes), exercise has wonderful benefits including reducing blood sugar levels and general well-being.
 
hello and welcome,

Diabetes could be causing it or it could be completely unrelated.

Do you have a meter and test your levels? If you don't already have a meter I strongly recommend that you get one.

Are you on any medication ? Have you altered your diet at all? If so what type of diet are you following?
 
Broximac72 said:
Thanks yes I have type 2
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Is there a pattern to your tiredness?
After eating a high carb meal maybe?
That would lead to a peak in blood sugar levels followed by a crash which can often manifest as extreme tiredness.
I used to fall asleep at the drop of a hat before I sorted myself out by removing carbs almost entirely from my food.
 
VashtiB said:
hello and welcome,

Diabetes could be causing it or it could be completely unrelated.

Do you have a meter and test your levels? If you don't already have a meter I strongly recommend that you get one.

Are you on any medication ? Have you altered your diet at all? If so what type of diet are you following?
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Morning and thanks for replying I don't have a meter and not on any medication just diet. I have had a viral infection for 3 weeks and readings went up but unsure if this was due to virus? Going to see GP later today as the tiredness is worrying me?
Hoping joining this forum will help with questions?
 
Hello, and welcome to the forums.

A virus/infection can cause your numbers to go up dramatically sometimes. I was diagnosed in the middle of a raging UTI and my ER nurse called me a "candy cane". Hence, my user name.
 
Thanks for that. GP said bloods were ok except the sugars but I could have a post viral infection? Can't believe how exhausted I'm feeling?
 
Broximac72 said:
Thanks for that. GP said bloods were ok except the sugars but I could have a post viral infection? Can't believe how exhausted I'm feeling?
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Could you have long covid or something similar? any viral infection can leave us very tired for weeks or months. What does your GP say?
 
Broximac72 said:
Thanks for that. GP said bloods were ok except the sugars but I could have a post viral infection? Can't believe how exhausted I'm feeling?
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Hi there, what were your glucose levels at the Gps? If they are high then you might have your answer, especially if they have been continually high which I guess you wouldn't know without a meter? Just before my diagnosis I was extremely tired and didn't really know why. Once diagnosed it became obvious, my body was not able to turn my food into energy as it had no or not enough insulin, I wonder if your body is currently unable to utilise any food you eat into energy as any insulin you are producing isn't getting through (resistance). No energy (and I don't just mean having had a hard day) means absolutely NO energy, I was napping twice a day and could hardly focus on anything. One zap of insulin and it was like coming alive.
 
Well as someone with type 2 diabetes I recommend that you get a meter. Once you know what your levels are it will be easier to work out whether they may be related to your diabetes or whether it is more likely to be unrelated.

The difficulty with the medical profession that I have found is that they can often focus on one aspect and assume everything is connected. My example is that I am a lot overweight. My doctor has always made the assumption that I lie bout what I eat and that every symptom is a result of my being overweight. It can be very disheartening. Now everything is because I'm a diabetic.

I'm in the process of finding another doctor. Now that I have gone very low carb if m y levels are higher than expected I know it is something else. Sometimes it's lack of sleep (sleep is so not my super power) other times it's stress. Sometimes it's that I have a virus of some description or recently a sinus infection. So the fact that I can manage my blood sugar levels usually means I know about where they should be so higher levels is not caused by the diabetes but something else if you get what I mean. On the other hand if something I eat has a higher level of carbs than my body tolerates then my levels go higher and I can feel what that does to my body.

So for me I find that keeping an eye on my levels is useful in a number of ways.

Sorry that was a very long blurb. But my advice is get a meter and test. The results will help work out what may be causing your tiredness.
 
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