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[lohrewok]

Hi everyone! I was diagnosed in Sept with a fasting glucose of 140 and a1c of 5.9. I'm doing pretty good with everything so far but I have a question.

Last summer I really was feeling yucky. Looking back I realize it was probably when my glucose was high. But the way I dealt with it was..odd. I would become very emotional, angry and sometimes tearful. It seemed after an outburst on my poor family that would bring my sugars down. Has anyone ever heard of such a thing?

I realized this because since my diagnosis my emotions are at a much more even keel..like my sugars. I don't let them get high. So a week or so ago I got really upset with my husband, had a fight/tears etc. I checked my glucose and it was way down...when I was expecting it to be higher because of what I had for breakfast. I don't remember the exact numbers but was shocked. So just as meds and exercise can lower your glucose..can emotions too?

Thanks in advance and I look forward to hearing your opinions.

[Subby]

Welcome to the forum.

High blood sugars have a definite effect on my emotions, moods, and cognitive ability. The higher and longer, the worse the effect. I do not have the impression this is a controversial finding at all, it has struck me as widely mentioned and widely accepted in the medical community ever since I was diagnosed a long time ago. A high blood sugar means altered blood chemistry and can affect every organ in the body in the short and potentially long term, including your brain.

A hypoglycemic reaction can similarly, and perhaps more drastically, impair your brain function. When you say "way down" how down do you mean? While I think it's true that emotions and stress can affect your blood sugar, I wonder if you were feeling upset as a side effect of being low.

[lohrewok]

Interesting. I didn't test before I ate so not sure of the numbers. Had my usual bowl of slightly undercook steel cut oats with walnuts. And milk (which I normally don't have), about an hour later started to feel upset and had a crying jag. After that tested and bg was 100. (which is low for me).


Another question..this AM upon waking tested and bg was 110. I got home from my morning route (drive a school bus) and it was 148! I haven't eaten anything...starving as a matter of fact. What is going on with that?

So confusing. Should I go eat breakfast? Go for a walk? Rake some leaves? lol

[lohrewok]

Haven't eaten yet. Went out and raked leaves for 20 minutes and just checked glucose. It is 127.

[jbsmomto1]

before I was a diagnosed, I would have sworn I just had some depression, I felt everything you felt. Than one day I noticed that my body just felt really off, kind of like it was split into 2, I started feeling dizzy, but not dizzy like falling down dizzy just that dizzy feeling. I thought it was my ears so really just waited for it to take care of itself. Finally after a few months of feeling like **** I went to the dr, if anything, justto get some antidepressants, I was not being the mother I had always been to my daughter, I suddenly became very short tempered and it started scaring me....The tested my sugars and guess what?? I am now on insulin long and bolus...it took about a week but I feel better than I have for months. I think when your body is unwell it can cause the feelings you describe, your body is under stress and if you won't listen to it, it will find a way to force you to acknowledge it.

[lilmoe76]

I don't have an answer to this question as I am new as well, but thought I would give my 2 cents! I think stress has a huge factor on blood sugar, maybe your students this morning were rowdy?? :)
My Aunt says that when she is sitting in a stressful meeting, she can feel her blood sugar rise!
Just a thought!