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Waking up with fatigue

Beshlie

Beshlie

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Devon
Type of diabetes
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Tablets (oral)
For a little while, not long after waking in the morning I am hit by a wall of fatigue (bit like if I ate half a loaf of white bread!). It affects all of my body including my mind and I can get so irritable, can't think straight etc. This morning was very bad and I thought I may not survive. I know it sounds melodramatic, but that is how I felt. After a couple of hours the fatigue started to lift - about 1 hr after breakfast. Am I waking up with a hypo? I take my Metformin before I go to bed at about 12am and wake usually about 8.30am to 9am. My BS when I wake is usually between 5 and 6 - ish, though it has been in the 4s. At the moment, through the day I'm trying to eat something small about every 3 hrs because if I try to go from breakfast through to teatime the fatigue hits again and sometimes I haven't felt well enough to make a meal. It's like walking in a semi coma! Would having something small to eat ready for when I first wake help? My husband is staying over at the moment to see to my 2 dogs in the morning.
 
Hi Belshie
I may be wrong. Ut I have always been told to take metformin with food and some OP on here have even suggested having them in the middle,of a meal so that they are infested as part of the meal.



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You may want to ask your GP to check your thyroid if the fatigue continues. Any tight feeling at your neck? Hair-loss? difficult to get going? Joint pain? If so, do check your thyroid.
 
Totto said:
You may want to ask your GP to check your thyroid if the fatigue continues. Any tight feeling at your neck? Hair-loss? difficult to get going? Joint pain? If so, do check your thyroid.
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Non of those Totto and have been checked out for thyroid problems.
 
Glad to hear it, hypothyroidism is a terrible thing and very difficult to diagnose in many cases. And the care is lousy.

Sorry I cant do anything to help.
 
Other causes of fatigue are
  1. High blood sugar levels
  2. Anaemia
  3. Vitamin D deficiency
  4. Vitamin B12 deficiency
Try and get tested for numbers 2 - 4. Docs aren't that keen on testing for Vitamin D deficiency, but it can make you feel terrible (took me over 2 years to get diagnosed with it).
 
Have you been tested for a sleep disorder? I was diagnosed with Sleep Aponea some 5 years ago and my world is very similar to yours. When my BGs are high for susatined periods, i.e 15+ I become even more spaced out than usual. A usual day is about 2-4 hours asleep, and when awake I'm grumpy, irritable, can't concentrate, short-tempered, impatient and then I go back to bed at night.

Apart from that I am a really nice bloke.
 
Jung the foreman said:
Have you been tested for a sleep disorder? I was diagnosed with Sleep Aponea some 5 years ago and my world is very similar to yours. When my BGs are high for susatined periods, i.e 15+ I become even more spaced out than usual. A usual day is about 2-4 hours asleep, and when awake I'm grumpy, irritable, can't concentrate, short-tempered, impatient and then I go back to bed at night.

Apart from that I am a really nice bloke.
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I sleep like a log, Jung. No wonder you are grumpy etc. with such little sleep. I don't know if there is a connection between your high BG and sleep apnoea as I don't have that experience. But I hope things improve for you.
 
))Denise(( said:
Other causes of fatigue are
  1. High blood sugar levels
  2. Anaemia
  3. Vitamin D deficiency
  4. Vitamin B12 deficiency
Try and get tested for numbers 2 - 4. Docs aren't that keen on testing for Vitamin D deficiency, but it can make you feel terrible (took me over 2 years to get diagnosed with it).
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Thank you Denise.
 
Oh I so know this feeling - awaiting Thyroid test results.

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GP advised vit D though i heard one should not take it for too long!

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As someone has already suggested.. anaemia is a real culprit and have been suffering with fatigue for ages!
I have just been diagnosed with that and after just a week on iron tablets I am amazed at how much better I feel.
 
Amaemiavus nasty - I had my B12 checked -it was fine, as long term metformin can affect the body's ability to absorb. Vit B12 is vital for wellbeing.

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