Hello everyone,
I was diagnosed about 2.5 years ago, and generally everything has gone well. Weight loss, feeling great etc, plus a better diet and more exercise. The only problems I had at the start were rapid blood sugar drops, this resulted in my doctor taking me off two tablets, so I am am using only Janumet which is a mix of metformin and something else. However, over the last day may blood sugars have started to spike and drop quite alarmingly. The lunch spike was expected, I had little choice so had a carbi lunch. This took it to 230 mg/dl (too high), then later two hours after dinner it fell to 51mg/dl (2.8 m/mol). The spike was expected, due to limited lunch options, however the drop after dinner was more worrying. Today, everything was back to a typical wake up reading of about 100mg/dl, but after eating it went to 64mg/dl, which triggered the red warning (again). The lunch contained eggs and waffles in a restaurant, I allow myself a non-diet/carb meal or two a week, so it should have raised it. In both cases the food I ate prior to the crash was quite different. I think 51 is the lowest I have ever had.
I am wondering if this is in any way related to the cold weather. When I get these drops I find carbs fast, or eat glucose tablets. That seems to help, but I would rather not stay in that situation. If it continues I may seek medical help.
As a general note, for the last two years my blood sugar levels have been pretty boring. Although on meds, they are comparable to that of a normal person. Severe drops only really occurred in the last twelve months when I started doing exercise in the gym. However, I have not been to the gym this week due to the weather conditions.
