Unappeasable desire for sweets

Hello all! I am T1,diagnosed in this July. I was transferred to hospital for a week,due to high keto level. Keto’s been stable later. Before i’ve been diagnosed,i felt tired all the time,mostly in legs. Could not take the steps like ever before and had numbness in my sole of feet,what was strange to walk with. Also,i had unsatisfiable hunger for desserts. After main meal,i could not leave the table without eating a lot of chocolate,puddings etc.... In the hospital,after having insulin,i had my hunger increased,i wanted to eat something in every hour. After i came out from hospital,i still had a bigger appetite than before. It did not bother me,because finally i gained some extra weight. But that happened i got a rough knee pain in both my legs. It is still going on,doctors just can give me a decent painkiller that helps. I literally cannot sleep,since the pain is the worse when i try to rest! Since the pain started,i’ve lost my appetite and had lose weight too,i am very skinny again. I was caring about blood sugar level,and had good results. But i could not even think about to eat anything,whole day. Evening i just picked up some food,but nothing enough that was required to have. Since i gave up on taking Duloxetine,my appetite is better a bit,ans vomiting less. But it is far from not the same appetite that i had out from the hospital. And what is my real concern is,cannot live without sweetness. I feel rather hungry for that than main,proper food. Any idea,what can be going on with me? Have you ever experienced this?

Thanks in advance for any input,cheers

Definetely something is not normal. Maybe having some digesting disorder and cells are starving and claiming for more energy? I am really amateur on it.

DCUKMod said:

Hi Matteo - How are your blood sugars with all this sugar? Are you matching your insulin to it?

I'll tag my T1 colleagues, @Jaylee and @Juicyj to see if they have any ideas.

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Thanks a lot!

Juicyj said:

Hello @Matteo1980 unfortunately if your having cravings for the sweet stuff then it's because your blood glucose levels are still high and your not getting your blood glucose levels in target, cravings happen as your not converting glucose correctly so your body is lacking energy and hence cravings, try and avoid sweet things if your high as you'll make the problem worse, try eating low carb or protein if your hungry, but you will need to check your insulin doses with your team to make adjustments. This also explains why your losing weight still so please check for ketones too if your not already doing this as high ketones will be putting your health at risk, ketones build up because your body is burning fat for energy, in the meantime please drink plenty of water to help flush ketones.

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Such a helpful and explaining answer! I will take your advice,thank you so much!

Jaylee said:

Hi @Matteo1980 ,

You seem to have a lot going on there.
Very high BGs can affect the legs. (It does with me. Like I've run a marathon.)

On the subject of the sweet stuff.. "Cocaine" of the carb world. Your body craves a quick "fix" it can't have with little or no insulin on board to process it.. & won't help if you are running high. (Like overfilling a diesel , tank of a car with a fuel line or filter blockage?)
Oddly, you will crave sugar if you go too low. (Too much insulin depleting the BG levels.) this is normal in the sense the body is going into "self defence."

Starting with your basal (long acting insulin.) you need to get your sugar levels right. I believe from you previous posts you spend your working day on your feet.?
I'm a 50 year old guy that works standing myself.. Running high would feel like I've run far. Managing BG levels, is half the battle, but will help immensely with that shift.

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Thanks for input! Strange,the more sugar is in your blood makes you crave for even more. Understandably because it is without insulin like would not be there. Jaylee,i wish you the best too and enough power to make it through till your retirement!

Since my bg is under a better control,i do not eat any sweets. Still storing some,in case if i need to balance my insulin dose that injected and eaten less,than anticipated. I am happy

Absolutely! Thanks for your kind words,indeed!

Hello PC16!! I am really sorry to read that you have cravings for sweet stuffs. You might expect me to discover secrets about how I did manage this problem,but it was really simple to me. My desire for sweets was because the always high BG. As soon,as I started getting it closer to normal levels,everything became normal to me. How is your BG? If you usually run high,that’s the reason. Eat your sweet what you are hungry for,but make sure you inject a proper amount of insulin for it and you are around the normal level. That is the point. If you achieve good levels persistently,within a short time(a week maybe)you normally should experience a big change! Alongside,i hope,our issues are the same and this will help you,too. Best wishes to you,please let me know your result! Cheers