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11-07-2009, 09:56 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Posts: 37
| | | Anyone else tired all the time?
I was diagnosed Type 2 Diabetic three years ago. I take 1000mg Metformin and just recently started Byetta. I am tired all the time. I have felt like this for awhile, so I know it's not the Byetta. I was just wondering if anyone else feels the fatigue? Do the meds make me feel tired, or is it just being diabetic? My last A1C was 6.8, which was a month ago.
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11-07-2009, 10:18 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Federal Way, Wa
Posts: 1,956
| | | Have you tested to see where your numbers are when you feel most tired? You may also want to get your thyroid checked. |
11-07-2009, 10:46 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 101
| | | I've also heard that met can affect vitamin B levels so it could be that you have a B12 deficiency - which WILL make one feel tired all the time. |
11-08-2009, 01:36 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Montreal (Lasalle)
Posts: 11
| | | Any chance you have a sleep apnea condition? it will definitely make you feel tired all day.. |
11-08-2009, 02:38 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland
Posts: 5,906
| | | I'd go with the suggest Mortis made and check your BG levels when you feel the tiredness, high BG can have that effect.
__________________  Cosmo the Duck: is with Gretchen in Cambridge, MA. Ping the Duck: is with Nancy
Metformin 500mg twice daily, Enap 5mg
Diagnosed T2 on 26th Nov'07, with BG of 21mmol/L (378mg/dL) and A1c of 11.6%.
Most recent A1c 10/09/09: 6.1%
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11-08-2009, 05:35 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Posts: 37
| | | I know that high BG levels will make me sleepy, but it's not that. Even when I have good BG levels, I am tired. I have had a sleep study done, and I do not have sleep apnea. I have had thyroid checked in the past and that is not a problem. I wonder if it has something to do with lack of vitamins. I don't think I get enough vegetables in my diet. I try to take a daily vitamin, but don't all the time. Thanks for your suggestions. I am seeing my doctor tomorrow for a one month follow up using Byetta. I'll ask him what he thinks.
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11-09-2009, 09:59 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Wi
Posts: 256
| | Do you have children within 100 feet of you? They suck all the energy out of adults without even touching them you know. It's some unseen power they possess. They can even do it through walls, so it might be your neighbors!  
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11-10-2009, 08:04 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 37
| | | Jeff..... that is hilarious! No, my children are grown and gone, but I do have grandchildren! However this has been going on for a long time. My doctor says I need to go to bed earlier.
Duh, I guess I thought I could stay up late and get up early and be full of energy all day~ lol~ NOT!
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Diagnosed Type 2, November 2006
Metformin HCL ER 1000mg
Lisinopril-HCTZ 10/12.5
Crestor 10 mg
Cymbalta 60 mg
Enteric Aspirin 81 mg
Byetta 5mcg 2xday
A1C 10/2009 6.8
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11-10-2009, 08:18 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: KCMO
Posts: 5,429
| | | ... okay this may or may not be obvious, but are you working out? It really helps me with mood and energy.
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Linda Initial A1c Feb 6 09: 12%
Aug 24 A1c (MD office) 5.5% 
Jul ... C-pep 1.3, GAD-65 > 30
metformin 1000 mg BID
Simvastatin 80 mg
Ramipril 5 mg
T4 125 mcg
baby aspirin
Vitamin D3, 2000 IU (blood values normal, advised to continue this dose by endo)
CoQ10 100 mg
Eating 70 - 90 g carb per day
Interval training on recumbent cycle
BMI is down to ca. 25.8 According to Joslin's Diabetes, 2005 ed., 5 - 30% of those diagnosed as Type 2 actually have LADA. |
11-10-2009, 08:22 AM
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Posts: 41
| | | Vitamin D deficiency can also make you feel tired.
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18 years D
Meds:
Lantus 60 units per day; 27u am 23u pm
Novolog Flex Pen; 1:7 is BS is normal but if BS over 200 then 1:5 at meals
Lipitor 20mg
Benazepr HCT tab 20-12.5; 2x day
Cholesterol Total: 141 (100-199): Triglycerides: 83 (0-149)
HDL: 43 (>39) Doc wants this to be at 60: LDL: 81 (0-99)
VLDL: 17 (5-40): LDL/HDL Ratio 1.9 (0.0-3.2)
HBA1C
Nov 3, 09: 8.4 (better, but I can do better)
Aug 12, 09: 10.5 (whoa)
Often in denial; but working on that. |
11-10-2009, 08:34 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: KCMO
Posts: 5,429
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Originally Posted by bebe38  Vitamin D deficiency can also make you feel tired. | Ooooh! YEAH! Good one!!!
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Linda Initial A1c Feb 6 09: 12%
Aug 24 A1c (MD office) 5.5%
Jul ... C-pep 1.3, GAD-65 > 30
metformin 1000 mg BID
Simvastatin 80 mg
Ramipril 5 mg
T4 125 mcg
baby aspirin
Vitamin D3, 2000 IU (blood values normal, advised to continue this dose by endo)
CoQ10 100 mg
Eating 70 - 90 g carb per day
Interval training on recumbent cycle
BMI is down to ca. 25.8 According to Joslin's Diabetes, 2005 ed., 5 - 30% of those diagnosed as Type 2 actually have LADA. |
11-10-2009, 08:55 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Melbourne Australia
Posts: 4,470
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Originally Posted by ReadMyLips I know that high BG levels will make me sleepy, but it's not that. Even when I have good BG levels, I am tired. | An A1c of 6.8 is something like average of 9 mmol/l or 160 mg/dl. Obviously it may the the average of a much wider range. Either way you are definitely spending a sizeable amount of time around or above 160 mg/dl.
I get tired with BGs up around and above 160 mg/dl. High BGs cause me systemic tiredness, by which I mean that even if I have a day or two of better BGs, I'll still be suffering the effects of what my general control does to me, over days and weeks. Obviously there are many, many people who don't even notice if they run a higher A1c than this. But I am one who does, and who gets fatigue from it.
I am not saying that it is just the BGs causing the tiredness... in myself it certainly doesn't seem that clean cut. But, even assuming there are underlying causes (which I have looked for, and you should too) the better my control, the better off I am. Mid 6s, with less fluctuation, leads me to having more energy and less fatigue. I'd like to see what 5s do for me but so far that's held up with some pretty thorny control issues. Something that's in the future.
If you have wriggle room to get an A1c closer to non diabetic, it could give you some relief from tiredness over time.
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11-10-2009, 10:29 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Posts: 37
| | | Thanks to all for your advice. My numbers go up and down. I'm always high in the morning, my doctor calls is the "dawn effect", said it may have something to with hormones. They usually level off in the afternoon to around 100-120, depending on what I have eaten. I do need to exercise more, and yes I probably have a lack of vitamins. Any suggestions for a good daily vitamin? I had some I was taking, but the pill is so big that I tend to not take it every day like I should.
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11-11-2009, 12:58 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Wi
Posts: 256
| | I take Flintstones chewables! They taste great, and don't have to deal with the size factor. They are just as good for adults as kids. 
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11-11-2009, 01:00 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: KCMO
Posts: 5,429
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Originally Posted by jkane13 I take Flintstones chewables! They taste great, and don't have to deal with the size factor. They are just as good for adults as kids. | And are economical! An MD put my Dad on them in the 70's!
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Linda Initial A1c Feb 6 09: 12%
Aug 24 A1c (MD office) 5.5%
Jul ... C-pep 1.3, GAD-65 > 30
metformin 1000 mg BID
Simvastatin 80 mg
Ramipril 5 mg
T4 125 mcg
baby aspirin
Vitamin D3, 2000 IU (blood values normal, advised to continue this dose by endo)
CoQ10 100 mg
Eating 70 - 90 g carb per day
Interval training on recumbent cycle
BMI is down to ca. 25.8 According to Joslin's Diabetes, 2005 ed., 5 - 30% of those diagnosed as Type 2 actually have LADA. |
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