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Feeling full of energy (for a short while)

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Got back from shopping (was 6.4 before a 15 min drive home) Then started doing some running around and gas bagging and actually felt full of energy (unusual for me). Forgot about lunch, then felt hot and sweaty thought it was from the running around, remembered I had not eaten lunch. Tested myself and I am at 3.0 😱 😱 😱

A quick scotch egg a few fruitella's and some wholemeal bread, 25 mins later back up to 6.7, think I over did the treats, now back to my tired self, (had about 4 hours sleep again :().
 
So tricky getting the balance right, especially on oral meds! 🙄 Still, at least you had a little insight into how you might feel if your levels would only remain steady and in range 🙂
 
It is very tricky getting things right with tablets and just delaying a meal can soon drop ones levels very rapidly.
 
Hi pav, I know this might be a stupid question but how do you get hypos when you're on oral meds ? I always thought that hypos were reserved for the lucky ones who are insulin dependant 🙂
My mother in law is a type 2 on oral meds but she's never mentioned having hypos.
 
There are lots of different oral meds. Some make your body more sensitive to insulin (so you can more efficiently use the insulin that your pancreas still produces). Others stimulate the pancreas to produce more insulin. So both these can lead to hypos. I think the latter are the more risky, because when a person without diabetes has a hypo, the pancreas immediately shuts off insulin until the BG is normal again. For people who have injected insulin or taken meds that stimulate extra insulin production, there will be excess insulin sloshing around in the event of a hypo, so it becomes essential to eat/drink some carbs.
 
Cleo its as Redkite says some oral meds can cause hypos. Metformin is considered the safe med as it normally does not cause hypos.

I take gliclazide on top of the metformin, the gliclazide stimulates the pancreas into producing more insulin. Unfortunately taking gliclazide there's no auto detect system that tells the body when you don't need any more insulin.

The weird thing for me any how when I was on a higher dose my BS levels were more stable and could predict the times when I was at risk from a hypo. The hot weather we had did cause me some problems as it did with some others in having a few extra hypos.

One of the docs decided that the dose of gliclazide I was on was to high. As a result my BS levels now have a greater swing between high and low and the odd hypo sneaks in. Thankfully I do get warnings of hypos and carry some sweets to make sure I don't come unstuck.
 
Northerner said:
Still, at least you had a little insight into how you might feel if your levels would only remain steady and in range 🙂
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True, I notice my slipped disc, gout and osteoarthritis much more keenly now 🙂
 
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