[skilz123]

I too felt this way for a little bit, not as bad at all, but similar problems. What I believe it was, was when they switched me to try Lantus and instead of a fast acting to take Prandin at meals. Prandin is a oral med rather then insulin. At first it worked well but the main problem I saw was that the longer I was using it the higher my sugars would go up and then drop back to normal. So what would happen is my sugar would raise to like 300+ 1-2 hours after meal and by 3-4 be back to normal. This constant fluctuation made me get the shakes, light headedness, dizziness and other things. One other thing that also made me feel this way was taking an Ace Inhibitor, Altace, not to mention at one point I was on Altace and still on Prandin which made the effect twice as worse. Not sure if you are on either of these but if you are having real highs after meals often, this could definitly be why, I myself only have slight retinopathy, but no other problems. I am 25 and have had diabetes for almost 10 years with pretty decent blood sugars for the first 6-8 years. Not sure what regimin you are on but I take Lantus 2x a day 12 hours apart, Novolog before meals and eat very low carb, max 30 grams per meal and usually 15 at breakfast and lunch, unless it is an exceptional time then I may have 45, this allows me to only take 1-3 units of Novolog premeal which limits the variability greatly. Since doing this about 3 months, my sugars never really go past 160 and never below 70 with the occasional 200+ and 40- but very rare. I have never felt better since my honeymoon ended. Hope this helps and I would be more then happy to discuss this with you more via e-mail or phone if you need additional help, I know how awful I felt when I was going through this.