What symptoms do *you* have when your blood sugar is high?

peaches205 · 07-07-2005, 03:35 PM

A little back ground for those interested: My fasting glucose is good (82) but my IR has definately caught up to me and my blood sugar reading after eating a reasonable, low-carb lunch has been about 150ish. I'm back on met (took it several years ago while ttc). I was hoping that diet and exercise would keep my blood sugar in line but it seems the met is now necessary eventhough I don't fall w/in the guidelines to be officially diagnosed as diabetic. Right now I'm just on 500mg and letting my body adjust then my doctor wants to do a GTT to see how/if my numbers are improving. We'll adjust the meds from there.

We (doctor and I) sort of stumbled on the blood sugar issue when I went in to have my heart checked. I had several 'spells' of booming heartbeat, extreme fatigue, shakes, etc. He checked my blood sugar one time while I was in the office as this was happening and my reading was 148. High but not insanely, kwim?

My doctor is convinced that the blood sugar is not actually causing the other symptoms. He believes they are two separate issues. We're still investigating so I guess the jury is still out. I'm still having the rapid (though not always 'booming') heart beat about 30 min to 1 hour after lunch and I have a terrible afternoon 'slump.' I have a really bad case of 'I wanna get back in bed!'

All that to ask: What sorts of sypmtoms, if any, do you experience when your blood sugar is not under control? And when you have these symptoms how high is your sugar typically?

Thank you so much for any input you can offer!

Peaches

neas · 07-07-2005, 06:18 PM

Peaches, Have you had your thyroid checked?

peaches205 · 07-07-2005, 08:16 PM

Yes, thyroid function is well w/in normal limits. EKG, echo, MRI of the brain, countless blood tests, etc. all normal. All except the blood sugar.

Any thoughts?

BreeJ · 07-08-2005, 01:05 AM

When my blood sugar gets a little higher than it should I get really thirsty, tired, my stomach gets really upset sometimes to the point where I will get sick and I get really sweaty. When that happens with me my sugar is normally around 150-170. It hasn't gone really high since I was at the end of my pregnancy.

HTH.

Bree

Stefany · 07-08-2005, 05:02 AM

When I get a high sugar I get this tunmy ache like I need to vomit. ( have a few times)
also, I get to the point is gets hard to take deep breaths then I start to pant a litte. The only times my sugars get really high ( over 300) is when I am on provea (sp) my FNP knows about this and we are working on it to see what else I could do. High blood sugars or low for that matter are not fun. I wish you the best to find out what this is keep us posted.

squidge63 · 07-11-2005, 03:24 PM

When my sugars are high i tend to get very sleepy, i have a headache from hell, very blurred vision, very thirsty (esp when over 190 and sometimes feel extremely sick, sometimes i get confused.. these symptoms can appear when i am about 162 or when i have been 414 (only once thank god). The blurred vision, sickness and a different headache occur when i go low as well.