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Hungry despite high BG levels

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debs248

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Is it normal to feel ravenously hungry despite BG levels being elevated?

Since I ate lunch ~5 hours ago I've been getting fingerprick readings between 12-13.5. I was trying to wait until they went down before eating again but they haven't, and I'm realĺy hungry now!

Surely if there's all that glucose in my blood, I shouldn't need to eat yet?

Really frustrated grrr
 
Yes, that’s very common. You have excess glucose in your blood but your body can’t use it so you feel hungry.
 
Well some of it's gone somewhere - latest reading was 8.3

Now of course my liver will try to "help" by making more. Just fed up with the whole business!
 
Cells aren't using the glucose due to insulin resistance, so the body thinks it has not got any energy and starts to want food.
Also the hormones that signal that you are full and hungry (Leptin and ghrelin) are mucked around when blood sugar is high.
Brain also plays a role, I believe, some sort of glucose sensing mechanism stops workings.
 
Feeling hungry is one of my symptoms for having a high BG.
As others have mentioned, I believe it is because my body is unable to use the "glucose trapped in my blood".

Annoyingly, one of my symptoms of a hypo (low BG) is not wanting to eat. Unlike others, I do experience hypo munchies. But I do have to force myself to eat something to raise my BG.
 
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