Type one diabetes, IBS and high sugars!

[sammi4688]

Hi,
I am type one diabetic and I suffer with IBS. I'm really struggling at the moment. I'm trying to highlight my triggers with food and find out what gives me stomach ache, bloating.....the common IBS symptoms. One thing I have found is that when I am experiencing these symptoms my blood sugars are very erratic! They will go high, regardless of the insulin I have given myself.
Does anyone know if this is a common problem?
I'm not lasting the 3 days I should be with my pump, I'm having to add more insulin before the 3 days

 

[EllieM]

Does anyone know if this is a common problem?

Logically, illness and stress both increase bgs and hence the need for insulin, so I can well imagine that they might make your levels more erratic.

I hope your IBS (and your bgs) improve soon. Keeping a food diary so that you can identify your triggers sounds very sensible to me. Good luck.