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03-30-2008, 05:25 AM
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| | | stress=hypo or hyper?
Hello All
I have a question.Stress causes hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia.I have been read in some article that stess causes hypergelicemia(based on increase kortisol hormon in body) but in some paper I have been seen it causes hypo?I don't know what is these true.please guide me.thank you very much |
03-30-2008, 05:38 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: nr Cardiff, South Wales, UK
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| | | I'm sure stress causes high blood sugars, hypers. I am quite a stressy person and am told all the time by the docs that my high hba1c's can be because of stress.
Hope this helps. |
03-30-2008, 05:42 AM
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Originally Posted by sarah91  I'm sure stress causes high blood sugars, hypers. I am quite a stressy person and am told all the time by the docs that my high hba1c's can be because of stress.
Hope this helps. | Hello sarah thank you very much indeed .Do you know that there is a corrolation between hypo and stress too? |
03-30-2008, 05:44 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: UK
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| | If I am stressed then I go hypo...............So everyone is different 
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03-30-2008, 05:49 AM
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Originally Posted by SueM If I am stressed then I go hypo...............So everyone is different | Hello SueM
This means some peaple go to hypo with stress such as you and some peaple go hyper such as sarah?Is it true that there is unfeasible that one person go hypo some times and go hyper other times in streess condition? |
03-30-2008, 05:58 AM
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Originally Posted by pari Hello SueM
This means some peaple go to hypo with stress such as you and some peaple go hyper such as sarah?Is it true that there is unfeasible that one person go hypo some times and go hyper other times in streess condition? | i go high with stress. everyone is different but i think it is more common to go high for the reasons you mentioned before - stress hormones/fight or flight reponse tends to release hormones which stimulate breakdown of liver glycogen into circulating glucose and hence raise bloodsugar (similar hormonal response to when you go low and your body 'rebounds').
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03-30-2008, 06:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Lizzie G i go high with stress. everyone is different but i think it is more common to go high for the reasons you mentioned before - stress hormones/fight or flight reponse tends to release hormones which stimulate breakdown of liver glycogen into circulating glucose and hence raise bloodsugar (similar hormonal response to when you go low and your body 'rebounds'). | Thank you very much Lizzie for sharing your information with me .
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03-30-2008, 06:36 AM
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| | | It depends on what kind of stress for me.
If it's a sudden kind of stress that passes quickly (such as almost getting hit by a car or some confrontation), I'll watch for a hypo afterwards. If it's a longer lasting type of stress of a few days or more (for example, pressure at work or infection) my BG levels will tend to rise.
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03-30-2008, 07:31 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: UK
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Originally Posted by David It depends on what kind of stress for me.
If it's a sudden kind of stress that passes quickly (such as almost getting hit by a car or some confrontation), I'll watch for a hypo afterwards. If it's a longer lasting type of stress of a few days or more (for example, pressure at work or infection) my BG levels will tend to rise.
David | 
Fight or flight = big rush of adrenaline and can cause hypo.
My stress levels during the week are a whole bunch more than at the weekend; weekends tend to be hypo city for me even if I reduce the insulin a fair bit...
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03-30-2008, 08:18 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Kansas, US
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Stress usually means hyper. Depending how stressed or angry I am, a 50-100 mg/dL spike is not uncommon; my record is 150 mg/dL.
The exception is when I see a certain girl I rather like. Then I must be cautious of hypos.
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03-30-2008, 08:42 AM
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| | For me it can go either way.
I have just decided not to stress anymore. 
Heather. |
03-30-2008, 09:16 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: California
Posts: 1,288
| | Stress always means hyper for me. I've never had the opposite response.
About ten years ago, I made the same decision as Heather. I just don't sweat the small stuff anymore. It's a conscious decision because I found life throws enough stresses at you without adding your own. And (this was a tough one for me) I probably can't control it anyway. 
Interesting about the hypo response. I wonder what the chemistry is behind that one? |
03-30-2008, 09:32 AM
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| | Emotional stress sends me SKY high, so hyper for me. When we had bad problems w/ a pregnant mare way early Friday morning (1:30 am started), my level was 266 when it had been 104 the evening before with no food since 
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03-30-2008, 09:39 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Massachusetts, US
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| | | If I stress out I'm usually hyper. |
03-30-2008, 09:54 AM
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| | | I've had it go both ways...I think, at least for me, it depends on the type of stress we're talking about.
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