Re: a question

[Guest guest]

At 09:54 AM 8/28/05, Rosemary Markham wrote:

>I have diabetes 2. One morning i woke up and I had this feeling of

>drunkenness. I don't drink any kind of alcoholic beverage. I want to

>know if anyone in the group has ever had an experience like this.

I never have, but I've certainly read a lot about it. Sounds like your

blood sugar was too low. Did you use your meter and see what it was?

sky

[Guest guest]

Dear Sky,

yes, I did. It was 126. Thats not very high.

Sky wrote:

At 09:54 AM 8/28/05, Rosemary Markham wrote:

>I have diabetes 2. One morning i woke up and I had this feeling of

>drunkenness. I don't drink any kind of alcoholic beverage. I want to

>know if anyone in the group has ever had an experience like this.

I never have, but I've certainly read a lot about it. Sounds like your

blood sugar was too low. Did you use your meter and see what it was?

sky

[Guest guest]

OK, what may have happened is that you are usually higher than that but had your

level drop

suddenly for whatever reason. That will give the symptoms of hypoglycemia, which

are much like

drunkenness in some cases.

As a matter of opinion, I think the reason it seems alike is that both

hypoglycemia and being

drunk may cause the same problem, not enough glucose reachingg the brain to keep

it working right.

Alcohol suppresses the liver's output of glucose while it's busy clearing out

the alcohol, so the

result is the same.

Ted Quick

--- Rosemary Markham wrote:

> Dear Sky,

>

> yes, I did. It was 126. Thats not very high.

>

> Sky wrote:

> At 09:54 AM 8/28/05, Rosemary Markham wrote:

>

> >I have diabetes 2. One morning i woke up and I had this feeling of

> >drunkenness. I don't drink any kind of alcoholic beverage. I want to

> >know if anyone in the group has ever had an experience like this.

>

> I never have, but I've certainly read a lot about it. Sounds like your

> blood sugar was too low. Did you use your meter and see what it was?

>

> sky

>

>

>

>

Ted Quick

[Guest guest]

At 03:28 PM 8/28/05, Rosemary Markham wrote:

>Dear Sky,

>

>yes, I did. It was 126. Thats not very high.

It's also not very low, which is what I was thinking your BG's might have

been. So maybe it was just you feeling extra groggy or experiencing a bit

of postural vertigo.

sky

[Guest guest]

Ted Quick wrote:

>

> As a matter of opinion, I think the reason it seems alike is that both

> hypoglycemia and being

> drunk may cause the same problem, not enough glucose reachingg the

> brain to keep it working right.

> Alcohol suppresses the liver's output of glucose while it's busy

> clearing out the alcohol, so the

> result is the same.

I never thought of that! Thanks for the insight, Ted.

To the original poster whose post I deleted, I sometimes feel drunk on

awakening if I have changed any of my before-bed medications. You

didn't mention whether or not you take any, so I don't know if it

applies. And on a couple of occasions, I felt drunk/drugged on

awakening due to what I ate just before bed - turned out to be a food

sensitivity, and I just needed to avoid that food.

--

el (andreafrankel at sbcglobal dot net)

" wake now! Discover that YOU are the song that the morning brings... "

[Guest guest]

Any type of Cortizone will Skyrocket your BG. Make sure you let your Dr,

know you are Diabetic, and ask what you can do when taking these shots, to

keep your BG under control... This is just as important as helping keep pain

in track.

~~TINA~~

-- a question

I found out on Thursday that my left shoulder has a bone spur. I'm hurting

very badly and am afraid I'm going to have to get a cortisone shot some time

soon. I was wondering if this type of shot would have a major affect on my

blood sugars and how long this problem with raising blood sugar will last.

Also, does any one have any great ideas of temporary relief of this type

of thing? My Doctor put me on Celebrex on Monday and it helped for a few

days

and now I'm back with the same amount of pain I had on Monday. Thanks for

any advice.