Wow, that is scary. It’s possible that could have some relation to my blood sugars being weird as well. I had to take an extra glipizide(since couldnt get ahold of doc) and exercise a bunch to get mine down to 150 or so tonight.
and I just had covid
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No way! Oh my gosh! So scary!
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Do you drink a lot of water? When mine is real high I drink a bottle of water or two. I’ve also been super thirsty.
I’m just super worried this is type 1 and brittle diabetes. It could be brittle and type 2, which is uncommon, but my mom had that. It’s hard to control.
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I drink some water and some sugar free sports drink. between the two, I drink a lot of fluids, yes.
I also had that weird sudden 44 blood sugar reading dip when I was recovering from COvid…was pretty sure it was Paxlovid interaction after what I found on internet…but it could have been COvid related based on what you’re saying. If I hadnt checked my blood sugar after I felt weird, I couldve went into a coma.
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Mine seems to be stabilized on high end now though. No drastic declines.
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That is a super low reading.
Before all this I was always having dips. The lowest I recorded was 65, but I didn’t take a reading every time I felt low. Just ate or drank something or took a glucose tab or two.
I only discovered the high readings because I started feeling weird and thought it was a new set of symptoms for the lows and it turned out to be spiked.
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I don’t usually feel weird on highs. I cant tell highs just by how I feel. Maybe if it were higher I might. I can’t feel like a 250 though. Outside of feeling tired of course. You’ll probably remember me saying how tired I felt after meals…was probably blood sugar related. I wasnt checking often back then.
I definitely felt the low one though…sweaty, weird feeling, shaking, couldnt think straight…
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I can feel it at 180 and up.
If I start to heave head pressure, shortness of breath, confusion, dizzy, and nausea, I know it is high. I can’t think and have brain fog plus feel just really weird. The weirdness is hard to explain, imagine anxiety, but it’s your body not your brain/thinking.
Over 190 is annoying. Over 200 is bad. 240+ is straight up scary feeling.
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I’ll never understand why the US uses one set on units (mg/dl) to measure daily blood sugar and another set of units (mmol/l) to measure A1C.
You can equate the two so it just makes things unnecessarily complicated. 235 is the equivalent of 13.1. As a temporary spike I wouldn’t worry but know that doesn’t happen in healthy people. However if your A1C comes back as 13.1 that is seriously bad.
In Canada the number you get for your daily blood sugar is the same units as A1C.
It’s your A1C you should be more concerned with. It’s like a 3 month average reading of your blood sugar levels.
Normal is less than 5.5. mine is low 6s or prediabetic. It used to be 8-9 which is bad.
Diabetics should try to keep it under 7 and then they should be okay.
I’m not too concerned about my daily ups and downs. As long as my A1C is good I’m happy.
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I’m very concerned about daily up and downs bexause of the symptoms and brittle diabetes per previous post.
Wild fluctuations also cause vascular damage. You can have a good A1C and still have a worse outcome than someone with the same one of you jave a lot of fluctuations.
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Although it’s possible that you’ve acquired type 1 diabetes as an adult, it’s a pretty rare occurrence.
If you are overweight or followed a unhealthy carb rich diet over the years then it’s more like going to be type 2 diabetes. @anon4362788
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I’ve had diabetes for over 10 years. I’ve had occasional fluctuations between 2 (35) and 20 (360) in the time.
Yeah, a lot of daily spikes could cause problems, but occasionally it’s not much to worry about, i’ve been perfectly fine.
Your A1C signifies it’s consistently high and that is when diabetes can really cause A LOT of serious health problems.
Be weary of blood sugar that is too low too. You can slip into a diabetic coma and die.
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It isn’t as rare as you think.
Type 1 diabetes as common in adults as children, but many adults misdiagnosed | ScienceDaily.
I know. I have extensive experience with diabetes. Just not in my own body.
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Doctor was very nice and was concerned. My history shows that this is sudden, so he ordered labs for several things. One is to see if this is type 1 or 2. Sudden onset is often type 1 and my wild fluctuations could be brittle diabetes. Could be.
My blood pressure has him really concerned, more than the diabetes onset. My blood pressure hasalways been low to normal, most often 117/70 to120/70. Monday it was 140/80 and today is 162/86. Sudden jump from low to high is odd.
They going to do a lot of tests from thyroid to pancreatic cancer screening. The screening has to be approved first.
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Wow that’s hectic, I hope your health improves soon @anon4362788 !
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I hope you’re ok! That’s scary
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I’m glad your doctor is being thorough.
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@anon4362788 you not on olanzapine are you??
I’m worried I’ll get diabetes on this drug. I only eat three meals a day. And I try to eat healthy!
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I get hypoglycemia but my bloodsugar tests came out normal.
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Pretty sure the main reason any antipsychotics increase chances of diabetes is because of weight gain and subsequent insulin resistance because of weight gain. At least this is what I have read before. So, I think the main point is to control your weight. This is relevant to develping diabetes regardlless of if on any AP. I realize that olanzapine it notorious for weight problems.
I guess my takeaway from this is just to control your weight as much as possible.
Edit: I think some also increase blood sugar but I think this is minor factor compared to insulin resistance due to weight gain.
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