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Type 1 - feeling tired

Hi John
I often get tired! If your blood sugars are high then you will be tired! yes over time the tirdness will disappear!
My mum is type 1 she has a little nap in the afternoon, there again she is 75 bless her!
Sandy
 
High sugars, hypos and swings from one to the other can all make you feel tired. But once you get things under control the tiredness shouldn't be a significant problem. If you feel tired at a particular time, check your blood sugar - I find that deciding I need an early night may mean I'm hypo and haven't felt it.

There might be other reasons though, if it continues you should get checked out for thyroid problems, anaemia etc.
 
i'd be interested in theories on the tiredness thing, i've been diagnosed since 07 and was on glyclazide and metformin and laterally byetta as well and prior to xmas 08 my levels were getting out of control, a chest infection which turned into double pneumonia, multiple organ failure etc etc led to those meds being stopped while i was in hospital as they had me on an insulin sliding scale while in a coma and the ICU, after that they started me on twice daily injection which i have carried on since leaving hospital at the end of january and have been on 70 units twice a day. leave aside all the sudden weight gain when i stopped the metformin and started on insulin but there is the tiredness issue. i should say that i am on 100mg of thyroxin for my thyroid too and recent test results show levels as stable. its not so much tiredness i suffer from its the sudden nodding off for no reason at all, while reading, while typing an email, mid sentence while talking to others!!! i just blank out, for a few seconds, a few minutes, maybe even an hour or two, the number of times i've made a cup of coffee and sat down to drink it, nodded off, woke, went and reheated it in the microwave, nodded off long enough for it to get cold and repeated this several times. its not because i am tired, i don't feel sleepy and nod off i just pass out, i don't associate it with high or low levels, in fact for the most part they have nothing to do with it and i can pass out at 11am just as easily as 11pm. dolctors just think i should go to bed earlier, get a good night sleep, what is that? i've lived on a max of four or five hours sleep since i was 12, less in the summer months, if i go to bed at all i am up before daylight, to sleep in, have a long lie to me means 7am, it has nothing to do with feeling tired or needing a nap, if i needed one i'd have one, any ideas? i also have MS but i don't see any connection between that and the diabetes
 
hi there mo ramone, welcome to the forums.

As I was reading your post I was wondering if you'd ever seen a neurologist and the very last sentence says you have MS (Multiple Sclerosis for those that don't know). Have you seen your neurologist since your treatment in ICU? Have you mentioned these symptoms to anyone (doctor or nurse) with a specialism in neurology?

Fatigue is a massive problem with MS and I imagine a major illness such as you have had will play havoc with your MS symptom management and could have the potential to trigger a relapse, if that is the pattern of your MS. Do you have community MS nurses in your area or do you have easy access to your MS consultant (usually a neurologist)?

I'm not medically qualified, but the symptom you describe could have a number of causes and this falling asleep suddenly sounds a bit like narcolepsy to me. I think you need to get it evaluated properly. If you do not have access to a specialist community MS support or a neurologist see your GP and ask to be referred.
 
Hi Mo.

With all that you have going on there is no easy answer to your question. Yes, high Bg levels can make you sleepy but what you describe is much more than just needing a good nights sleep.

My advice to you is to get a second opinion and a referral to a specialist for extensive tests to get to the bottom of this. Your GP does not seem to be considering it a problem, which it obviously is.

You are entitled to ask for a second opinion. It is not a criticism of you GP.

Ken.
 
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