Yesterday I was reminded once again of how aggravating diabetes can be and just how much it impacts all of life.
Recently, I've been having the rebound effect, so I'll go from being in the mid-200s all day to dropping into the 40s and 50s in as little as an hour. There is nothing worse than the "dropping-very-fast-totally-out-of-control/loosing-it" feeling. For me, that is almost as bad as actually being low. And on top of this wonderful feeling, nervousness, which also drops blood sugar, is NOT complimentary. Anyway, yesterday I spiked to the 250s by lunchtime, which has been happening to me for the past week or so. By 2:30, I have only managed to drop to the 230s. Agh. So I correct, eat a snack and cover for it. Less than an hour later, I check - 169, and leave for my bassoon lesson, thinking the worst is over. WRONG. Maybe 15 minutes into it, I start feeling shaky and out of it. Lessons tend to make me a little nervous, and that afternoon I also had an audition for my high school wind ensemble, which I was very nervous about. I struggle through the lesson, my fingers failing and feeling really weak. Because of this, I've also failed my audition piece as well, which was not comforting to me or my teacher. Finally it's over, and I pack up, make it to the car, go home, and check.
43.
43!!! No wonder I could barely move my fingers or read music. I eat dinner and don't bolus for any of it, knowing that I won't go up as much as normal because of my audition. 90, and I sprint out the door to go back to the high school. When I get there, I still don't feel right. I know I'm dropping, ONCE AGAIN. 60. *cursecursecurse* 4 glucose tabs, and I manage to have an OKAY audition. Not great, but not HORRIBLE. Of course, later that evening I have shot back up into the 200s...
At least I didn't have a seizure or something even more terrible. At least I'm here right now. With diabetes, that is the only comfort, the only thing that can counteract all the negatives of a spontaneous, often ridiculous disease.
Do you have an insulin pump? I used to have the same problems before I bought my insulin pump. Lots of mood swings. Up & down all day long. I found out that it's not a good idea to operate a vehicle if blood sugar is less than 120. Since blood sugar seem to go everywhere it is best to check sugar levels before getting into a car. I hope you can get better readings throughout the day-I do better w/ the pump than w/ injections. Watch your carb count. Depending how active you are, I would try to have less carbs on non active days & more on active days. Try this & see if it helps.
Yeah, I'm on an insulin pump. And no, I guess I didn't make that very clear. I'm only 15 and my mom was driving. I would NEVER try to drive a car (in the future), with low BG. Generally, I have pretty good control, but I think I need to change my basals/carb ratios again.