Hi, I have recently been diagnosed with type 2

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rustee2011

rustee2011

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I was told my blood sugar was 7.9 back in June. At first I was in denial. I had lost over two stone via Slimming World. I was taking chinese diet pills and thought this must be a mistake. When my second test came in. I panicked, but I thought I came to terms with it. A couple of days ago I was walking and I felt light-headed, I believed I was going hypo. Needless to say I suffered an anxiety attack. When I contacted Diabetes UK, they were very reasurring, telling me the meds (Metformin) this wouldnt happen. I am still feeling rough mentally, not sleeping too good (CPAP) machine. I am just so shocked that it got to me so badly. I have been clinically depressed before, however. I thought I was superman and I was quite surpised at my reaction. I am 40 and part of me thinks I am behaving like a baby. Am I being too hard on myself, what was your experiences......
 
Hi Rustee and welcome to the club no one wants to join!

I'm sorry to hear about your diagnosis, but your reaction and feelings are quite common in the early days. It is all a bit overwhelming and scary, but it is doable.

I'm also Type 2 and was diagnosed in 2003. It's been a learning curve and everyone on here will tell you we never stop learning.

To address a few of your queries, it's true Metformin alone doesn't cause hypos but anyone can have hypos, even none diabetics. For none diabetics the body will kick in and sort it itself. Also, if your levels have been high you can experience a 'false hypo' because your levels are more 'normal' so your body thinks it's having a hypo when it isn't. Which leads me to the question, are you testing your own blood sugar levels? Many Type 2's are told it's not necessary to test but a lot of us would argue that we need to know what's happening so we can learn by it and deal with it.

You will feel more able to cope once you know what to do and we will do our best to help with that. So stick around and ask anything you feel unsure about. Nothing is considered silly as we have all been there at some point. Take care. XXXXX
 
Hi, and thanks for the response. I was advised that just to take the Metformin to lose the weight and go out for walks. I am looking into what are the best foods to eat. I just read the recommended articles and I understand better what vegetables and other foods to eat, and what to avoid. I will keep you posted....
 
Welcome to the forums rustee2011 🙂
 
Welcome to the forum rustee,

I keep getting the light-headed feeling, every now and then, whilst out on my daily walk. It used to happen quite frequently, but only rarely now. At first I used to make sure I had a packet of dextrose in my pocket and when I felt really bad, I took a couple of those. Usually, it sorted me out. Whether that was because I was truly hypo or whether I just 'thought' I felt better, I don't know, but it worked for me.

Like Blythespirit, I also think that testing is important early on. But I rarely need to test now because I have all the information I need to control my diabetes (my last HbA1c was 5.9%).

Andy 🙂
 
Hi Rustee. Welcome 🙂

Once you feel you understand your body better, it should help with your anxiety. If strange things are happening, seemingly randomly, it can be very frightening. Not childish at all.🙂

Rob
 
Welcome to the forum Rustee a good place to come for friendly help advice.
 
Hi Rustee. Welcome to the forum, newly diagnosed last month and know how overwhelming it can all be. Take it steady and learn a little day by day, and I agree with the testing, just paid for some extra strips myself (certain auction site, where the strips for sale are too popular)🙂 so that I can test in more depth to help with whats good or bad for me.

Take care.
 
I agree, couldn't manage without the testing. Already learned so many things that need to be avoided!
 
Welcome to the forum 🙂
 
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