Glucose drops when not moving around????

[SadieK]

Hello all, am type 1 (sorry don't know the shorthand yet!) and only diagnosed in Oct19. I'm having a weird problem. My glucose drops when I sit still at my desk at work, and then picks up if I get up and move around. I'm skirting round a hypo most of the afternoon but can shake it off if I take a stroll to the photocopier. I do sit in the 4s alot, which I'm working on, but it's this weird 'ooh here comes a hypo' and 'nope there it goes' which is bothering me - as I seem to spend a lot of time debating the benefits of a snack - if my sugar is going to rise with a quick walk, then a snack as well would send me high. I'm confuzzled, help.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Hello all, am type 1 (sorry don't know the shorthand yet!) and only diagnosed in Oct19. I'm having a weird problem. My glucose drops when I sit still at my desk at work, and then picks up if I get up and move around. I'm skirting round a hypo most of the afternoon but can shake it off if I take a stroll to the photocopier. I do sit in the 4s alot, which I'm working on, but it's this weird 'ooh here comes a hypo' and 'nope there it goes' which is bothering me - as I seem to spend a lot of time debating the benefits of a snack - if my sugar is going to rise with a quick walk, then a snack as well would send me high. I'm confuzzled, help.

Hello @SadieK

Welcome to the forum!

Well yours is an unusual one, that's for sure.

In the early months (or sometimes years?) after diagnosis some people experience what is called a 'honeymoon' period, where the last of the flagging beta cells in the pancreas, because they are getting a bit of help from the injected insulin can rally a little and provide a bit of insulin into the mix.

Sometimes this is wholly helpful and 'rounds off' the ups and downs of glucose variation, while also keeping injected doses quite low. Other times this can be a bit of a nightmare, because the flagging pancreas kind of stutters in fits and starts and dumps insulin when it's not particularly helpful.

I'm not sure if any of this relates to what is happening in your case. but if your BG is dropping downwads when you are resting, and you are spending a lot of time in the 4s - which is very close to hypoglycaemia - it sounds a little to me like your insulin doses (most likely your basal or 'long acting') might need to be tweaked downwards a little.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

The exercise or activity that is known to raise BG is of the 'high intensity' anaerobic sort. Heavy weights or sprints... Which doesn't sound like what you are experiencing.

Would be worth having a chat with your DSN if you have contact details to get their advice I think.