Hey!
So, after experiencing a variety of symptoms for quite some time now, and feeling somewhat ignored by health professionals, I started looking into what could be causing how I felt. I bought an at home glucose monitor, and found that when I was feeling tired/dizzy/ shakey my blood sugar was low - the lowest reading I had from this process was 2.8, averaging between 3-3.8.
At one point, the reading was 3.6 - i did drink around half a can of full sugar fanta, and checked again around 20 mins later, and it was 3.3. I continued drinking/eating and it took a couple hours to return to around 4. At the point it was 3.3, I did call the NHS number, they said to see a Dr in the next few days, and my Dr said there was nothing to be concerned about, and i should stop checking it.
Personally, I am quite worried about this - but i am open to being told I am wrong. I think it's more the symptoms/how I feel that worries me, not necessarily the numbers. So, i bought a CGM to monitor my glucose levels.
I have been monitoring it, and i do feel a lot better within myself - it regularly alerts me when my blood sugar is low/falling, and I am teaching myself how to correct it/bring it back up. Sometimes, when it hasn't dropped too far, it does correct itself. Overnight it will sometimes fall to around 3.7 before going back to around 4.2. Other times, it will continue to drop, and i don't feel better until after I have eaten something. I am very confused by it all - I'm just hoping someone here may have a similar experience. They're quite expensive to continue to purchase, so if there is a health condition causing this - I'd like to fix it.
So, what I have noticed
- No matter what I eat or drink, my blood sugar rarely goes above 7mmol/l.
- in the last 7 days, 84% of the time, my blood sugar level is 4.0-6.0 (4% of the time under that, 12% of the time over that)
- When I eat/drink, it rises fairly quickly - but then falls equally as fast. For example - 08:45 ate toast, blood sugar goes from 4.2-6.2 by 9:45 blood sugar has returned to 4.2, and within another half hour or so drops to 3.6, before rising back to around 4.2.
- Generally seems to fall quite quickly after eating/drinking. Generally seems to be around 4-5 most of the time. Any advice on how to manage it, if it is normal, what to look out for would be appreciated. I have been eating a lot more than I usually would, and a lot more frequently, i don't know if that is the right thing to do but I know it isn't sustainable long term.
I do plan on speaking to a different GP about this, and my symptoms, but I'm dreading it because of the previous response. I thought I would ask here and get a better understanding of if I should be following this up or not. I have been tested for diabetes before, and that was negative. I do not take any diabetes medication, nor any other medication that would be impacting this. I generally eat and drink regularly.
Thank you for any advice on this!
So, after experiencing a variety of symptoms for quite some time now, and feeling somewhat ignored by health professionals, I started looking into what could be causing how I felt. I bought an at home glucose monitor, and found that when I was feeling tired/dizzy/ shakey my blood sugar was low - the lowest reading I had from this process was 2.8, averaging between 3-3.8.
At one point, the reading was 3.6 - i did drink around half a can of full sugar fanta, and checked again around 20 mins later, and it was 3.3. I continued drinking/eating and it took a couple hours to return to around 4. At the point it was 3.3, I did call the NHS number, they said to see a Dr in the next few days, and my Dr said there was nothing to be concerned about, and i should stop checking it.
Personally, I am quite worried about this - but i am open to being told I am wrong. I think it's more the symptoms/how I feel that worries me, not necessarily the numbers. So, i bought a CGM to monitor my glucose levels.
I have been monitoring it, and i do feel a lot better within myself - it regularly alerts me when my blood sugar is low/falling, and I am teaching myself how to correct it/bring it back up. Sometimes, when it hasn't dropped too far, it does correct itself. Overnight it will sometimes fall to around 3.7 before going back to around 4.2. Other times, it will continue to drop, and i don't feel better until after I have eaten something. I am very confused by it all - I'm just hoping someone here may have a similar experience. They're quite expensive to continue to purchase, so if there is a health condition causing this - I'd like to fix it.
So, what I have noticed
- No matter what I eat or drink, my blood sugar rarely goes above 7mmol/l.
- in the last 7 days, 84% of the time, my blood sugar level is 4.0-6.0 (4% of the time under that, 12% of the time over that)
- When I eat/drink, it rises fairly quickly - but then falls equally as fast. For example - 08:45 ate toast, blood sugar goes from 4.2-6.2 by 9:45 blood sugar has returned to 4.2, and within another half hour or so drops to 3.6, before rising back to around 4.2.
- Generally seems to fall quite quickly after eating/drinking. Generally seems to be around 4-5 most of the time. Any advice on how to manage it, if it is normal, what to look out for would be appreciated. I have been eating a lot more than I usually would, and a lot more frequently, i don't know if that is the right thing to do but I know it isn't sustainable long term.
I do plan on speaking to a different GP about this, and my symptoms, but I'm dreading it because of the previous response. I thought I would ask here and get a better understanding of if I should be following this up or not. I have been tested for diabetes before, and that was negative. I do not take any diabetes medication, nor any other medication that would be impacting this. I generally eat and drink regularly.
Thank you for any advice on this!
