First, I want to say I'm not diabetic but my test result was very close, one number away from diabetes. I'm being treated for PCOS with met and am losing weight. This is what happened to me tonight:
I didn't eat enough today and thought I could make it till supper. I went to a bookstore downtown. Before leaving home, I took a dose of metformin and brought a banana to eat in the car on the way. Once I was settled in the bookstore, checking out some books, I started to feel real funny. I had a few candies in my pocket, so I ate those, but the feelings got better, then worse. So I got up and started walking around. Then I thought, I'd better get orange juice or I think I'm going to be in trouble. There is a coffee shop in that store and I bought it. The salesgirl was starting to look really far away to me at this point. I took the bottle, and there were some stairs only a few steps away. It's a good thing, because I almost fainted before I made it to the steps to sit down. My face felt very cold. I drank the juice, fast, and this feeling of prickliness and sweat covered me. I felt a bit better after a few minutes, so I went downstairs to wait for DH. When I got home, I had regular Coke and lasagna with bread. I'm feeling much better now. I know I hadn't eaten enough earlier today, but I wasn't that hungry, and never thought this would happen. This never happened in the past, even if I was a long time without food. I feel like a fool now. It won't happen again if I can help it.
My question is, does this sound like low blood sugar to the diabetics on this board? I know met is not supposed to cause low sugars, but I can't explain what happened any other way. I've seen posts on this board about how some of you had this low sugar problem with met before, so I was curious if you think that is what happened to me. Since I'm not diabetic, I don't have a glucose monitor. It's a good thing I know about orange juice from my sister having diabetes because I really think I would have fainted tonight.
Thank you for reading and I appreciate any replies I get very much.
Thanks for the response Patti! I would feel too foolish going to the doc about this after I know I didn't eat enough. I can't use my siser's glucose monitor because she lives in another country. About the liver pushing out extra glucose if the body needs it: with met, the liver is inhibited in its glucose production to help lower insulin and glucose levels. But for some reason, met is not believed to cause blood sugar lows. I have to do some research as to how that is accomplished... Patti, did you get any news from the docs yet?
Originally posted by nunu: Thanks for the response Patti! I would feel too foolish going to the doc about this after I know I didn't eat enough. I can't use my siser's glucose monitor because she lives in another country. About the liver pushing out extra glucose if the body needs it: with met, the liver is inhibited in its glucose production to help lower insulin and glucose levels. But for some reason, met is not believed to cause blood sugar lows. I have to do some research as to how that is accomplished... Patti, did you get any news from the docs yet?
nunu,if you find out anything please let us know because i get the same feeling that you had on a regular basis and i haven't started gluc yet!I've been research everything online about gluc and hypoglycemia like a mad woman and all i can find is "glucophage does not lower blood sugar".And i've heard of many women having this problem on gluc.
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nunu,
I now have diabetes II, but when I was younger I had low blood sugar, hyperglycemia. In the Carbohydrate Addict s Diet books, the authors suggest a link. Your symptoms very much sound like a low. At first, my tests showed that I was normal, but one GP was willing to believe my symptoms and later tests confirmed hyperglycemia. Not to mention the fact that after my first fasting test, I was discouraged and binged on sweets and subsequently nearly passed out. The same problem on the tests happened with my diabetes II diagnosis. (But this time I was smart enough not to binge )
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Nunu,
I'm on 1500 mg of glucaphage XR a day. I have experienced low sugar symptoms associated with being sick, or missing meals. In fact, I had an episode this morning. I didn't have my bedtime snack last night because my dumb antibiotics have left me without an appetite. This morning I had my usual breakfast, but about two hours later I started to feel the shakes coming on and my DH said I was "grouchy" (always a sign that I'm low) Plus I usually get the grumbellies really bad. My doctor explained to me that although the glucaphage may not cause low sugar like the insulin will, it is still possible to have an occasional low sugar reaction especially if you skip a meal or like me, have a good control over your blood sugar but still take a high dosage because of the PCOS. My father in law is a true diabetic and he is only on one pill a day and he never gets low blood sugar.
Cystermoon, thank you so much! It's good to know I'm not the only one experiencing this and that it is "normal", well, sort of. I'm being more careful about eating enough. And I noticed lately that when I am too hungry I get really grouchy, and a few minutes after eating I'm ok again. I wondered about it being low blood sugar but I though I was just a moody witch. Thanks, I feel better now!
I'm trying to figure this all out too. I had an experience last night that really scared me too. I think it may have also been due to low blood sugar but i also am not sure. Yesterday i was a really bad girl. I went all day without eating a real meal. I did snack on pretzels earlier in the day but hadn't sat down to eat breakfast or lunch. I was at my nephews ball game and started to feel really hungry. I was feeling really lethargic and was getting a head ache. I had a migraine the night before also and i usually don't get those. anyway, my husband and kids were going to go into town to visit my mother. around 7 we went through the drive through at wendys and i was feeling really bad by then. I got a cheeseburger , fries, and a large coke. I nibbled on some fries on the way to my moms and ate the rest at her house. My teeth and mouth actually hurt when i was eating. I went downstairs and was still eating the sandwhich when i started feeling worse again. Up came the food i had eaten. Then i noticed blood. I first thought i had thrown up blood but it was my nose. I had a massive nose bleed as i was vomiting. I was very weak and light headed and i had to lie down with a cold rag. This is the first time this has happened and I never get nose bleeds. My little girl was scared to death. It really made me aware of how much i need to change my eating habbits. do you think it was due to my sugar or that i was just sick. I am on actos because i am IR. Any help would be appreciated. It really scared me and my family.
Originally posted by ang7275: I'm trying to figure this all out too. I had an experience last night that really scared me too. I think it may have also been due to low blood sugar but i also am not sure. Yesterday i was a really bad girl. I went all day without eating a real meal. I did snack on pretzels earlier in the day but hadn't sat down to eat breakfast or lunch. I was at my nephews ball game and started to feel really hungry. I was feeling really lethargic and was getting a head ache. I had a migraine the night before also and i usually don't get those. anyway, my husband and kids were going to go into town to visit my mother. around 7 we went through the drive through at wendys and i was feeling really bad by then. I got a cheeseburger , fries, and a large coke. I nibbled on some fries on the way to my moms and ate the rest at her house. My teeth and mouth actually hurt when i was eating. I went downstairs and was still eating the sandwhich when i started feeling worse again. Up came the food i had eaten. Then i noticed blood. I first thought i had thrown up blood but it was my nose. I had a massive nose bleed as i was vomiting. I was very weak and light headed and i had to lie down with a cold rag. This is the first time this has happened and I never get nose bleeds. My little girl was scared to death. It really made me aware of how much i need to change my eating habbits. do you think it was due to my sugar or that i was just sick. I am on actos because i am IR. Any help would be appreciated. It really scared me and my family.
Call your doctor right away on monday!If your still not feeling right go to the ER!That sounds worse than hypoglycemia to me.I've had it for my whole life and it never gave me a nose bleed.Bleeding noses are nothing to mess with!Let us know and i hope all goes well.
__________________ 5'5 weight 155-goal 135.Meds-Aldactone 150mgs.Yasmin,xanax,claritin-d.Currently getting back into weight lifting and attempting to low carb!
Whenever I read your story I couldn't believe it. It is exactly what I am going thru. A friend gave me a monitor this weekend and my blood sugar is very low (30's& 40's) whenever I have what I call "spells". I am eating & trying to bring it up with orange juice & hard candy. My blood surgar was 1 off from diabetic as well. I have been on the med for 11 days and at first I felt good. But now I can't even go to the grocery store without my blood sugar dropping. I am going to call my Dr. tomarrow. I might stop the med. I just want you to know that you are not alone. I have be
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Originally posted by nunu: First, I want to say I'm not diabetic but my test result was very close, one number away from diabetes. I'm being treated for PCOS with met and am losing weight. This is what happened to me tonight:
I didn't eat enough today and thought I could make it till supper. I went to a bookstore downtown. Before leaving home, I took a dose of metformin and brought a banana to eat in the car on the way. Once I was settled in the bookstore, checking out some books, I started to feel real funny. I had a few candies in my pocket, so I ate those, but the feelings got better, then worse. So I got up and started walking around. Then I thought, I'd better get orange juice or I think I'm going to be in trouble. There is a coffee shop in that store and I bought it. The salesgirl was starting to look really far away to me at this point. I took the bottle, and there were some stairs only a few steps away. It's a good thing, because I almost fainted before I made it to the steps to sit down. My face felt very cold. I drank the juice, fast, and this feeling of prickliness and sweat covered me. I felt a bit better after a few minutes, so I went downstairs to wait for DH. When I got home, I had regular Coke and lasagna with bread. I'm feeling much better now. I know I hadn't eaten enough earlier today, but I wasn't that hungry, and never thought this would happen. This never happened in the past, even if I was a long time without food. I feel like a fool now. It won't happen again if I can help it.
My question is, does this sound like low blood sugar to the diabetics on this board? I know met is not supposed to cause low sugars, but I can't explain what happened any other way. I've seen posts on this board about how some of you had this low sugar problem with met before, so I was curious if you think that is what happened to me. Since I'm not diabetic, I don't have a glucose monitor. It's a good thing I know about orange juice from my sister having diabetes because I really think I would have fainted tonight.
Thank you for reading and I appreciate any replies I get very much.
to Angela: I'm not familiar with Actos, you might do a search on the net for it to find the side effects and how it works. Some diabetes medications are known to lower blood sugars directly, not just help insulin resistance, so if you don't eat you could be very sick with very low sugars, but I do not know if this is one of them. Met is not supposed to cause low sugars, but it seems to in some women anyways. Speak to your doctor and a pharmacist could answer questions you have about medications. Good luck.
Angela.... I was getting a lot of nose bleeds before I started low-carbing. They were very bad, only on the right side, and very frequent. I started eating low-carb about 1 1/2 months ago, and the nosebleeds have stopped. I wonder if there is any connection or if it is a coincidence? Let me know if you discover a link, and I'll do the same.
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Yes! I experienced the same thing. I used to get daily nose bleeds, but since lowcarbing they seemed to have gone away. I have no idea what the link could be, but I have a doctor's appointment in a week, and I am going to ask.
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Thanks, I feel better now!
