Carpe Diem
03-03-2006, 08:13 PM
Hello;
This is my first post to this forum. I was recently (about 4 months ago) diagnosed with insulin resistance (but not Type II). My blood sugar was fairly normal, but on a glucose tolerance test, it hit 52 at the 3 hour mark. In addition, my fasting insulin level measured 55 (thus the diagnosis).
So I tried a low-carb (strictly low-carb) diet initially (for about 3 weeks) with little improvement in symptoms. I was subsequently put on 500mg of metformin twice daily. Between the continued low-carb diet and medicine, I seemed to improve over the next month and a half.
My follow-up showed my fasting insulin level had dropped all the way to 5.2 (just BELOW normal), with a normal blood fasting level (I think it was around 85) so my doc switched me to 500 mg metformin ER once a day.
My symptoms have started to come back recently, after two months of the switch, and I admit to being somewhat perplexed - first, by the initial diagnosis and then by the return of symptoms. My symptoms were initially as follows: light-headedness to the point I felt like I was going to pass out about an hour after eating a meal; light-headedness and/or a feeling of being "high," like I had drunk a glass of wine within 10-15 minutes after eating a meal. These progressed to a general feeling of fatigue and brain foginess at about the 2 hour post-meal period. And I started going to bed earlier than usual (by 1 to 2 hours) due to evening fatigue and sleepiness.
My returning symptoms are the feeling a little high within minutes after starting to eat, and feeling very sleepy a short time later. I also notice tonight a return of the "extremely tired earlier than usual" feeling I got before. I have started adding a little caffeine back into my diet (but not much), but have kept my carb count pretty low (like Atkins maintenance level - note, a year-and-a half ago I switched to low-carb and lost 45 pounds to get to a normal weight for my 6'4" height, about 195 pounds). Could this be the issue?
Here's my main question: Could insulin resistance (or diabeties for that matter) cause a "high" feeling within only 10 to 15 minutes after beginning a meal? If not, what could?
Thanks, and I look forward to your responses.
Kevin
This is my first post to this forum. I was recently (about 4 months ago) diagnosed with insulin resistance (but not Type II). My blood sugar was fairly normal, but on a glucose tolerance test, it hit 52 at the 3 hour mark. In addition, my fasting insulin level measured 55 (thus the diagnosis).
So I tried a low-carb (strictly low-carb) diet initially (for about 3 weeks) with little improvement in symptoms. I was subsequently put on 500mg of metformin twice daily. Between the continued low-carb diet and medicine, I seemed to improve over the next month and a half.
My follow-up showed my fasting insulin level had dropped all the way to 5.2 (just BELOW normal), with a normal blood fasting level (I think it was around 85) so my doc switched me to 500 mg metformin ER once a day.
My symptoms have started to come back recently, after two months of the switch, and I admit to being somewhat perplexed - first, by the initial diagnosis and then by the return of symptoms. My symptoms were initially as follows: light-headedness to the point I felt like I was going to pass out about an hour after eating a meal; light-headedness and/or a feeling of being "high," like I had drunk a glass of wine within 10-15 minutes after eating a meal. These progressed to a general feeling of fatigue and brain foginess at about the 2 hour post-meal period. And I started going to bed earlier than usual (by 1 to 2 hours) due to evening fatigue and sleepiness.
My returning symptoms are the feeling a little high within minutes after starting to eat, and feeling very sleepy a short time later. I also notice tonight a return of the "extremely tired earlier than usual" feeling I got before. I have started adding a little caffeine back into my diet (but not much), but have kept my carb count pretty low (like Atkins maintenance level - note, a year-and-a half ago I switched to low-carb and lost 45 pounds to get to a normal weight for my 6'4" height, about 195 pounds). Could this be the issue?
Here's my main question: Could insulin resistance (or diabeties for that matter) cause a "high" feeling within only 10 to 15 minutes after beginning a meal? If not, what could?
Thanks, and I look forward to your responses.
Kevin