Sudden drop caused by stress?

[Guest guest]

My reading this morning was 103. When I chequed it before lunch, it

dropped down to 76. I've been stressed all morning about my

appointment today, that I had to end up canceling and hopefully, can

reschedule for tomorrow. Anyway, is it possible for stress to cause

such a drop? I was just surprised to see that.

Jo

[Guest guest]

Jo wrote:

>My reading this morning was 103. When I chequed it before lunch, it

>dropped down to 76 . . . Anyway, is it possible for stress to cause such a

>drop? I was just surprised to see that.

All my experience has been that stress raises BG but maybe someone else has

experienced the reverse? If that happened to me, I would look for/evaluate

other possible causes for the drop.

Sandy

T1 -1 979

[Guest guest]

That's what I thought. That stress raises it. I'm looking at other

factors, but I just can't seem to find any. That's the only thing

that was different today.

Jo

> >My reading this morning was 103. When I chequed it before lunch,

it

> >dropped down to 76 . . . Anyway, is it possible for stress to

cause such a

> >drop? I was just surprised to see that.

>

> All my experience has been that stress raises BG but maybe someone

else has

> experienced the reverse? If that happened to me, I would look

for/evaluate

> other possible causes for the drop.

> Sandy

> T1 -1 979

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[Guest guest]

> I reckon stress is a B(i)G factor!  You gotta take things easier.

>

great didnt know stress could lower your blood sugar, hey if I pass out

during a test you think I can get more time for it (joking of course) ?

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 7/29/2004 12:09:48 PM Pacific Standard Time,

sanborn51@... writes:

Stress-my-oh-my!! I am a severe - acute reactive

hypoglycemic- and let me tell you, stress will cause

my blood sugar to drop to dangerous levels very

quickly.

Hi Jamez, I had never heard of stress making your sugars go low, thanks for

the lesson. Feel better real soon. Hugs, Marilyn

[Guest guest]

Hi, Jo, stress could very well cause the drop, what was the time between the

103 reading and your 76? it could have been just a normal drop in BG's ...

I've dropped over 40 in 2 hours just because I was busier than normal...

I am T-2

Carmen

[alldiabeticinternational] Sudden drop caused by stress?

> My reading this morning was 103. When I chequed it before lunch, it

> dropped down to 76. I've been stressed all morning about my

> appointment today, that I had to end up canceling and hopefully, can

> reschedule for tomorrow. Anyway, is it possible for stress to cause

> such a drop? I was just surprised to see that.

>

> Jo

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> pancreatitis info

> http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/ThePancreatitisPlace/

>

> diabetic recipes

> http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/diabetic_recipes/

>

[Guest guest]

Carmen,

It was two and half hours.

Jo

> Hi, Jo, stress could very well cause the drop, what was the time

between the

> 103 reading and your 76? it could have been just a normal drop in

BG's ...

> I've dropped over 40 in 2 hours just because I was busier than

normal...

>

> I am T-2

>

> Carmen

> [alldiabeticinternational] Sudden drop caused by stress?

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> > My reading this morning was 103. When I chequed it before lunch,

it

> > dropped down to 76. I've been stressed all morning about my

> > appointment today, that I had to end up canceling and hopefully,

can

> > reschedule for tomorrow. Anyway, is it possible for stress to

cause

> > such a drop? I was just surprised to see that.

> >

> > Jo

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > pancreatitis info

> > http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/ThePancreatitisPlace/

> >

> > diabetic recipes

> > http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/diabetic_recipes/

> >

[Guest guest]

All joking aside, I would say yes; if the school didn't, you might have grounds

for an ADA proceding.

Re: [alldiabeticinternational] Sudden drop caused by stress?

great didnt know stress could lower your blood sugar, hey if I pass out

during a test you think I can get more time for it (joking of course) ?

[Guest guest]

Jamez wrote:

>Stress-my-oh-my!! I am a severe - acute reactive hypoglycemic- and let me

>tell you, stress will cause my blood sugar to drop to dangerous levels

>very quickly.

Ahhh, thanks, Jamez, that makes perfect sense! Hypoglycemia is the mirror

effect of diabetes and it makes sense that stress would have the reverse

effect but stem from the same cause . . . i.e., stress causes BG to increase.

In a normal body, increased BG caused by stress triggers the pancreas to

deliver the right amount of insulin to " cover " the increased BG . . . a

trigger that works properly, shooting the correct amount of insulin for the

body's needs.

In a T1, the body has no automatic reaction to that increased BG from

stress (produces no insulin) so the BG level just rises . . . the trigger

isn't connected to anything cuz the pancreas is dead (or, shooting blanks).

In a hypoglycemic, the increased BG caused by stress triggers the body to

make MORE insulin than it should thus causing a hypo . . . the trigger is

oversensitive and shoots too much insulin for the body's needs.

Thanks, Jamez!

Sandy

T1 -1979

[Guest guest]

Ok. Now I'm totally confused. LOL What caused the sudden drop

then? And this morning my first reading was 126. Is that cause to

worry that my hypoglycemia may have been wrong or that it's changing?

Jo

> >Stress-my-oh-my!! I am a severe - acute reactive hypoglycemic- and

let me

> >tell you, stress will cause my blood sugar to drop to dangerous

levels

> >very quickly.

>

> Ahhh, thanks, Jamez, that makes perfect sense! Hypoglycemia is the

mirror

> effect of diabetes and it makes sense that stress would have the

reverse

> effect but stem from the same cause . . . i.e., stress causes BG to

increase.

>

> In a normal body, increased BG caused by stress triggers the

pancreas to

> deliver the right amount of insulin to " cover " the increased

BG . . . a

> trigger that works properly, shooting the correct amount of insulin

for the

> body's needs.

>

> In a T1, the body has no automatic reaction to that increased BG

from

> stress (produces no insulin) so the BG level just rises . . . the

trigger

> isn't connected to anything cuz the pancreas is dead (or, shooting

blanks).

>

> In a hypoglycemic, the increased BG caused by stress triggers the

body to

> make MORE insulin than it should thus causing a hypo . . . the

trigger is

> oversensitive and shoots too much insulin for the body's needs.

>

> Thanks, Jamez!

> Sandy

> T1 -1979

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