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Nerve damage ?

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#1 ·
Hello, I really don't know how to ask this. Got my A1c under control for approx 3 years, recent labs A1c 5.8, highest was 10.0 3 years ago,. Primary states I'm prediabetic now. The confusion is, I've had a nervous condition for a very long time, I beiieve diabetes caused, but my primary disagrees. Symptoms I'm feeling is, jittery, nervous, shaking, tingling mainly feet, but tingling all over body occassionally, sometimes my body will tense up, I'll feel paralyzed I can't move, symptoms 24/7, always there. Just roller coaster cycle, up/down :surprise:

Primary believes either hormone imbalance, continuous sinus infection or both. My hormone labs have been in normal range this entire year. I've had every test done, to figure out problem, heart ultrasound (pass), brain, head, neck MRI (passed), sinus CT scan (passed), Myasthenia gravis (passed), no abnormalities on my blood labs. I'm completely baffled.

Great news is, my vision improved since 3 years ago, I no longer have to wear glasses :smile2: my vision then was 20/35, 20/50. Now 20/20, 20,25. My eyes perfectly healthy. She did a ton of eye exams.

Anyway, what calm down symptom is eating, or drinking Sprite. I can eat a double whopper, fries, drink 64oz soda/ice, after eating my levels slightly over 200, let's say 212,. I'll feel so much better. When levels below 100, symptoms get worse.

Symptoms feel like overdose of caffeine or stimulant, sometimes low blood sugar, I'll shake up a storm, start sweating, when I check bg in normal range, 76, 84, 92, etc.... Anyone experience diabetic anxiety ? nerve condition ?

My mom believes I'm not eating enough for my body mass, I'm 6'2, 240 lbs, athletic build. I lost 30 lbs, was 270. She states my bg levels low for my body size.

I think I may have began developing nerve damage with high A1c a few years ago, that gotten worse, although my A1c improved to normal range.

Any feedback appreciated. Merry Christmas..
 
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#2 ·
Sounds like you are experiencing big swings in your BG. Dropping to a lower BG than you normally run, especially if it happens quickly, can make you feel pretty bad, your body is comfortable where it was and wants to get back there. Take your BG when you are having those symptoms and then again when you feel better after that Happy Meal. Check it again as soon as you start to loose that good feeling.

To get rid of of that roller coaster cycle of BG swings you got to quit feeding it. Not saying to quit eating, just change what you eat. Eliminate or at least cut way back on the the carby stuff to lower the peak your BG hits. Eventually your body gets to insisting less and less that your BG needs to be so high and gets acclimated to lower (and more normal) BG levels. What does a normal day look like meal-wise?

If your BG is swinging, talk to your doctor about reactive hypoglycemia. That, in my mind, is diabetes related. Maybe there's more to the swings than just the food. How are you controlling your BG now, taking meds? That could be playing a part in this if you are and he/she should be able to make an adjustment to the meds.

Oh, and you don't have to tell this to mom, but BG measurement is the concentration of glucose in your blood. It doesn't have to be higher the bigger you are. I think that the problem now is that it's getting too high.

Merry Christmas to you.
 
#3 ·
Hi, Infinite.
I've had some of the same symptoms for several years. As you noted, doctors don't really know what it is or what causes it, so all they can do is provide a cause that seems to make sense.
I get intermittent tremors in my hands, head & mouth, rapid heart beat, sometimes feeling too cold & sitting directly in front of a space heater. Sometimes I get some tingling & a little numbness in my feet, but I expect some neuropathy with diabetes. I'm also constantly hungry & I don't gain weight, regardless of how often I eat.
My blood sugar is usually too high or too low & I get low symptoms when I'm anywhere near 100 & sometimes anywhere near 200. Sometimes I'll test at 300, take 8 Units of Insulin, then I'll be in trouble an hour or two later with a 60, even after eating carbs.
My theory: I'll sometimes produce my own insulin late - after I've already injected some, then I'll get too low from too much insulin. It's unpredictable, so I use insulin conservatively.
Doctor says thyroid is normal.
 
#6 · (Edited)
Appears you've experienced the same, what you share is very similar to what I experience, symptom wise. Alot is contributed to abnormal hormone inbalance, but my hormones have been in normal range over a year now. Reason, I suspect diabetes. I can get really freezing cold, in a few hours burning up.

Now, that I've thought about it, I get major bg swings during activities, someday's I'm active all day, while other times, I can lounge around on the couch all day watch NFL. Active day's is when I hit lows, specially in summer heat sweating, exercising, mowing lawn, playing drums, etc.... winter months, I'm much more inactive, mainly sitting on my behiney, jammin on computer or games, Rofl !!!!

I've rarely ever hit low fasting levels, it's always during day/evening time after activity. And as others state I may be having bad swinging bg levels.

Example, I wake up fasting 102, I eat 3 eggs, 2 slice ham, a banana, and 16 oz cup coke. I take 5mg Glip. I'll go out and mow the lawn, weed, etc.... 2 hours later, my bg 61,. Same diet, glip dose, I sit around all day, levels increase to 147 etc....

Guess, I don't know how to eat prior to varying degree of actitivies ?? Reason for massive bg swings, although A1c in check :sad2:
 
#4 ·
Maybe the doctor is right. You can also get tingling feelings/cramps/muscle pains etc when there is an imbalance in the body of vitamins and minerals. I also had the same at a time. B12 and Vitaman D was extremely low.

On the BG front, it our bodies adapt to high levels where it feels comfortable. As we bring our levels low and keep them in a tight range for sometime, our bodied adapt to the "new normal". i am speaking based on my experience
 
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#16 ·
Very true, but my blood labs in are check. What confuses me is body adopting to new normal. How long does it take ? I've been in normal range 3 going on 4 years. I'm convinced when my BG was high, nerve damage developed and not reversible, I have to live with the consequences of previous high BG.
 
#7 ·
Infinite.....I too experienced most of the same symptom you identified, during my first year of LCHF living in 2015. I was 6'2" weighing in at 320lbs. My first A1c after being on LCHF for 6mo. was 5.8! I had two or three episodes and when I checked my BS was in the low 60's, during those times. I took some orange juice to fix these (wrong solution) but it worked fairly fast. I found that I had to reduce my daily injection of slow acting insulin (I was taking over 120u)as my weight and blood sugars started dropping, I had to adjust. By doing that, I stopped the problem. As you lose weight, you have to adjust your meds accordingly, and that can be tricky, I had to work with my doctor to do that safely. I now take 26u of insulin every night. I now weigh 250, and trying to get down to 200, the last 50 have been the hardest....I hope to be off of insulin when I hit that goal...

Good Luck, we are all different and it takes time and sometimes a doctor to help you work this all out. I am glad you have your doctor involved...
 
#9 ·
Just an observation, as I have no experience with insulin or Glip. which forces the pancreas to make insulin.

When you exercise heavily, that in itself is using up blood glucose, so if the Glip is causing more insulin into your bloodstream, it makes sense that BG will go lower than it would when you don't exercise.

You might want to test every 30 mins or so while exercising so if you notice BG dropping into the lower ranges you can eat something to keep it from going too low.

Or maybe you could talk to your doctor about making some changes in your meds. and perhaps using injected insulin for which you can control the dosing, rather than the Glip. which you cannot control but can only react to BG changes.
 
#15 ·
INfinite….if my Endo, focused on my hormones and did not keep my Diabetes as a primary focus, I would find me another Endo! Diabetes will kill you and sometimes in not so pleasant ways! Granted hormones play a critical role also, but both must be a primary focus.....assuming I understand your comments...


Good Luck
 
#17 ·
Thanks. Think Endo is not to concerned with diabetes, cause my A1c always in normal range. Endo states something is overstimulating my nervous system, what ? No clue. Physicians working hard to figure out, what causes my body tremors. Endo believed Trazdone was causing the tremors, so I stopped taking a year ago, tremors still marches on. He tell's me no decongestants. I haven't taken any over a year. Now, allergy meds possibility. I sure hope they find out soon, so tired of feeling like a human vibrating massager, Rofl !
 
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