Re: Feeling Hyper -- Got Labs

[Guest guest]

Kathleen, accidentally taking too much Metformin gave my Mom such bad

hypoglycemia she ended up in the hospital.

You have already tested your BG meter against another meter, that was the first

thing I was going to suggest. I think it is uncommon for modern BG meters to be

that far off, but obviously it does happen.

I don't know all the symptoms of hypoglycemia, but I do know that shakiness IS

one of them.

I sure hope you have nailed this down. Stopping metformin should produce

results fairly quickly, I believe. So you'll know pretty soon if this is the

problem.

>

> Okay, for the past several days, I was experiencing extreme anxiety, feeling

sort of shaky, also trembly in my legs. My temps were averaging 98.7 and my

pulse went up to 88, but Diane thought these sounded like cortisol, not hyper. I

HAD been stress dosing due to a trip and when I came home and went back to my

normal dose, the anxiety got even worse, unbearable. So I went to get labs.

>

> ft3 is slightly over range, where it's supposed to be. (I don't have actual

numbers in front of me as my accupuncturist read them to me over the phone. I'll

have a hard copy tomorrow.) I didn't take HC this time before the blood draw as

Val said there is a chance is can push the t3 into the cells. But with my temps

being 98.7, I would think this may be accurate and not pooling.

>

> Iron labs showed I was slightly over sat and TIBC was near bottom of range, so

it doesn't look like low iron is causing the anxiety.

>

> Well, I tested my glucose, too, because I wanted to see how accurate my meter

is. I took my BG with my Bayer Contour meter IMMEDIATELY after the lab draw. My

meter said 87, the same exact fasting reading it had given me an hour earlier.

The lab glucose came back at 69! NOw that wouldn't matter so much except that

for the past 2 weeks I've been taking Metformin to get my " high " BG down. WELL,

if my meter is THAT off, I may have made myself go hypoglycemic, which I'm sure

would cause my symptoms, right?

>

> Are the meters THAT off? Looking back, the anxiety started creeping up about

3 days after I started the Metformin. :-( I thought it was " false hypoG "

phenononom, but maybe it was REAL hypoG! Geez.

>

> I know some of the mods have diabetes and check their BG. Is my meter just

defective or is their a better brand?? I am stopping the Metformin at any rate

and see if I feel better. I can't believe this.

>

> Thank you,

> Kathleen

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Margery, for your support. It is greatly appreciated! Wow, that's

terrible about your mom.

I was really out of it today, so spaced out. I really think I must have given

myself hypoG all this past week and today I took 1500 met, so no wonder I felt

so crappy if this is the trouble.

Yeah, I don't know what's with my meter. Dr. Berstein, a diabetes expert I

really respect, recommends something called Hemocue which is supposed to be lab

value accurate. I think I'm just going to eat a meal with normal amounts of

carbs, like 30, and then go get a glucose test at the lab 2 hours later. THAT

will tell me if my sugar is fine or not.

Kathleen

> >

> > Okay, for the past several days, I was experiencing extreme anxiety, feeling

sort of shaky, also trembly in my legs. My temps were averaging 98.7 and my

pulse went up to 88, but Diane thought these sounded like cortisol, not hyper. I

HAD been stress dosing due to a trip and when I came home and went back to my

normal dose, the anxiety got even worse, unbearable. So I went to get labs.

> >

> > ft3 is slightly over range, where it's supposed to be. (I don't have actual

numbers in front of me as my accupuncturist read them to me over the phone. I'll

have a hard copy tomorrow.) I didn't take HC this time before the blood draw as

Val said there is a chance is can push the t3 into the cells. But with my temps

being 98.7, I would think this may be accurate and not pooling.

> >

> > Iron labs showed I was slightly over sat and TIBC was near bottom of range,

so it doesn't look like low iron is causing the anxiety.

> >

> > Well, I tested my glucose, too, because I wanted to see how accurate my

meter is. I took my BG with my Bayer Contour meter IMMEDIATELY after the lab

draw. My meter said 87, the same exact fasting reading it had given me an hour

earlier. The lab glucose came back at 69! NOw that wouldn't matter so much

except that for the past 2 weeks I've been taking Metformin to get my " high " BG

down. WELL, if my meter is THAT off, I may have made myself go hypoglycemic,

which I'm sure would cause my symptoms, right?

> >

> > Are the meters THAT off? Looking back, the anxiety started creeping up

about 3 days after I started the Metformin. :-( I thought it was " false hypoG "

phenononom, but maybe it was REAL hypoG! Geez.

> >

> > I know some of the mods have diabetes and check their BG. Is my meter just

defective or is their a better brand?? I am stopping the Metformin at any rate

and see if I feel better. I can't believe this.

> >

> > Thank you,

> > Kathleen

> >

>

[Guest guest]

BTW, what do you think of my ft3? I can post actual numbers tomorrow when I have

the papers in front of me, but it was slightly over range, which is what we

want. Unfortunately, I have been so spaced out and anxious, I didn't think to

get the ft4 to compare with the last labs I ran on 75 t3. So I'm not sure if

this new ft3 is real or pooling. BUT my temps were averaging 98.7, so I don't

think that would be pooling, would it? I don't have low iron and on my dose of

37.5 HC, I don't think I could possible have low cortisol. Or should I ran the

thyroid panel again, too? GRHHH.

Kathleen

> > >

> > > Okay, for the past several days, I was experiencing extreme anxiety,

feeling sort of shaky, also trembly in my legs. My temps were averaging 98.7 and

my pulse went up to 88, but Diane thought these sounded like cortisol, not

hyper. I HAD been stress dosing due to a trip and when I came home and went back

to my normal dose, the anxiety got even worse, unbearable. So I went to get

labs.

> > >

> > > ft3 is slightly over range, where it's supposed to be. (I don't have

actual numbers in front of me as my accupuncturist read them to me over the

phone. I'll have a hard copy tomorrow.) I didn't take HC this time before the

blood draw as Val said there is a chance is can push the t3 into the cells. But

with my temps being 98.7, I would think this may be accurate and not pooling.

> > >

> > > Iron labs showed I was slightly over sat and TIBC was near bottom of

range, so it doesn't look like low iron is causing the anxiety.

> > >

> > > Well, I tested my glucose, too, because I wanted to see how accurate my

meter is. I took my BG with my Bayer Contour meter IMMEDIATELY after the lab

draw. My meter said 87, the same exact fasting reading it had given me an hour

earlier. The lab glucose came back at 69! NOw that wouldn't matter so much

except that for the past 2 weeks I've been taking Metformin to get my " high " BG

down. WELL, if my meter is THAT off, I may have made myself go hypoglycemic,

which I'm sure would cause my symptoms, right?

> > >

> > > Are the meters THAT off? Looking back, the anxiety started creeping up

about 3 days after I started the Metformin. :-( I thought it was " false hypoG "

phenononom, but maybe it was REAL hypoG! Geez.

> > >

> > > I know some of the mods have diabetes and check their BG. Is my meter just

defective or is their a better brand?? I am stopping the Metformin at any rate

and see if I feel better. I can't believe this.

> > >

> > > Thank you,

> > > Kathleen

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

My son has type 1 and we have been told that the meters can be off by 20 points in one direction or the other.

To: RT3_T3 Sent: Wed, August 25, 2010 8:09:33 PMSubject: Re: Feeling Hyper -- Got Labs

Kathleen, accidentally taking too much Metformin gave my Mom such bad hypoglycemia she ended up in the hospital. You have already tested your BG meter against another meter, that was the first thing I was going to suggest. I think it is uncommon for modern BG meters to be that far off, but obviously it does happen.I don't know all the symptoms of hypoglycemia, but I do know that shakiness IS one of them.I sure hope you have nailed this down. Stopping metformin should produce results fairly quickly, I believe. So you'll know pretty soon if this is the problem.>> Okay, for the past several days, I was experiencing extreme anxiety, feeling sort of shaky, also trembly in my legs. My temps were averaging 98.7 and my pulse

went up to 88, but Diane thought these sounded like cortisol, not hyper. I HAD been stress dosing due to a trip and when I came home and went back to my normal dose, the anxiety got even worse, unbearable. So I went to get labs.> > ft3 is slightly over range, where it's supposed to be. (I don't have actual numbers in front of me as my accupuncturist read them to me over the phone. I'll have a hard copy tomorrow.) I didn't take HC this time before the blood draw as Val said there is a chance is can push the t3 into the cells. But with my temps being 98.7, I would think this may be accurate and not pooling.> > Iron labs showed I was slightly over sat and TIBC was near bottom of range, so it doesn't look like low iron is causing the anxiety.> > Well, I tested my glucose, too, because I wanted to see how accurate my meter is. I took my BG with my Bayer Contour meter IMMEDIATELY after the lab draw. My meter said 87,

the same exact fasting reading it had given me an hour earlier. The lab glucose came back at 69! NOw that wouldn't matter so much except that for the past 2 weeks I've been taking Metformin to get my "high" BG down. WELL, if my meter is THAT off, I may have made myself go hypoglycemic, which I'm sure would cause my symptoms, right?> > Are the meters THAT off? Looking back, the anxiety started creeping up about 3 days after I started the Metformin. :-( I thought it was "false hypoG" phenononom, but maybe it was REAL hypoG! Geez.> > I know some of the mods have diabetes and check their BG. Is my meter just defective or is their a better brand?? I am stopping the Metformin at any rate and see if I feel better. I can't believe this.> > Thank you,> Kathleen>

[Guest guest]

My son has type 1 and we have been told that the meters can be off by 20 points in one direction or the other.

To: RT3_T3 Sent: Wed, August 25, 2010 8:09:33 PMSubject: Re: Feeling Hyper -- Got Labs

Kathleen, accidentally taking too much Metformin gave my Mom such bad hypoglycemia she ended up in the hospital. You have already tested your BG meter against another meter, that was the first thing I was going to suggest. I think it is uncommon for modern BG meters to be that far off, but obviously it does happen.I don't know all the symptoms of hypoglycemia, but I do know that shakiness IS one of them.I sure hope you have nailed this down. Stopping metformin should produce results fairly quickly, I believe. So you'll know pretty soon if this is the problem.>> Okay, for the past several days, I was experiencing extreme anxiety, feeling sort of shaky, also trembly in my legs. My temps were averaging 98.7 and my pulse

went up to 88, but Diane thought these sounded like cortisol, not hyper. I HAD been stress dosing due to a trip and when I came home and went back to my normal dose, the anxiety got even worse, unbearable. So I went to get labs.> > ft3 is slightly over range, where it's supposed to be. (I don't have actual numbers in front of me as my accupuncturist read them to me over the phone. I'll have a hard copy tomorrow.) I didn't take HC this time before the blood draw as Val said there is a chance is can push the t3 into the cells. But with my temps being 98.7, I would think this may be accurate and not pooling.> > Iron labs showed I was slightly over sat and TIBC was near bottom of range, so it doesn't look like low iron is causing the anxiety.> > Well, I tested my glucose, too, because I wanted to see how accurate my meter is. I took my BG with my Bayer Contour meter IMMEDIATELY after the lab draw. My meter said 87,

the same exact fasting reading it had given me an hour earlier. The lab glucose came back at 69! NOw that wouldn't matter so much except that for the past 2 weeks I've been taking Metformin to get my "high" BG down. WELL, if my meter is THAT off, I may have made myself go hypoglycemic, which I'm sure would cause my symptoms, right?> > Are the meters THAT off? Looking back, the anxiety started creeping up about 3 days after I started the Metformin. :-( I thought it was "false hypoG" phenononom, but maybe it was REAL hypoG! Geez.> > I know some of the mods have diabetes and check their BG. Is my meter just defective or is their a better brand?? I am stopping the Metformin at any rate and see if I feel better. I can't believe this.> > Thank you,> Kathleen>

[Guest guest]

My son has type 1 and we have been told that the meters can be off by 20 points in one direction or the other.

To: RT3_T3 Sent: Wed, August 25, 2010 8:09:33 PMSubject: Re: Feeling Hyper -- Got Labs

Kathleen, accidentally taking too much Metformin gave my Mom such bad hypoglycemia she ended up in the hospital. You have already tested your BG meter against another meter, that was the first thing I was going to suggest. I think it is uncommon for modern BG meters to be that far off, but obviously it does happen.I don't know all the symptoms of hypoglycemia, but I do know that shakiness IS one of them.I sure hope you have nailed this down. Stopping metformin should produce results fairly quickly, I believe. So you'll know pretty soon if this is the problem.>> Okay, for the past several days, I was experiencing extreme anxiety, feeling sort of shaky, also trembly in my legs. My temps were averaging 98.7 and my pulse

went up to 88, but Diane thought these sounded like cortisol, not hyper. I HAD been stress dosing due to a trip and when I came home and went back to my normal dose, the anxiety got even worse, unbearable. So I went to get labs.> > ft3 is slightly over range, where it's supposed to be. (I don't have actual numbers in front of me as my accupuncturist read them to me over the phone. I'll have a hard copy tomorrow.) I didn't take HC this time before the blood draw as Val said there is a chance is can push the t3 into the cells. But with my temps being 98.7, I would think this may be accurate and not pooling.> > Iron labs showed I was slightly over sat and TIBC was near bottom of range, so it doesn't look like low iron is causing the anxiety.> > Well, I tested my glucose, too, because I wanted to see how accurate my meter is. I took my BG with my Bayer Contour meter IMMEDIATELY after the lab draw. My meter said 87,

the same exact fasting reading it had given me an hour earlier. The lab glucose came back at 69! NOw that wouldn't matter so much except that for the past 2 weeks I've been taking Metformin to get my "high" BG down. WELL, if my meter is THAT off, I may have made myself go hypoglycemic, which I'm sure would cause my symptoms, right?> > Are the meters THAT off? Looking back, the anxiety started creeping up about 3 days after I started the Metformin. :-( I thought it was "false hypoG" phenononom, but maybe it was REAL hypoG! Geez.> > I know some of the mods have diabetes and check their BG. Is my meter just defective or is their a better brand?? I am stopping the Metformin at any rate and see if I feel better. I can't believe this.> > Thank you,> Kathleen>

[Guest guest]

For diabetic people the drugstore has glucose tablets for when the sugar level drops too low suddenly. My husband was diabetic and he had them. Also, keeping lifesavers around, or even eating a spoon of sugar will bring the sugar level back up. The faster you can get the sugar up the better because the person could go into diabetic shock and then that is even more dangerous.

<>Roni

Immortality exists!

It's called knowledge!

Just because something isn't seen

doesn't mean it's not there<>

Subject: Re: Re: Feeling Hyper -- Got LabsTo: RT3_T3 Date: Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 6:26 PM

My son has type 1 and we have been told that the meters can be off by 20 points in one direction or the other.

To: RT3_T3 Sent: Wed, August 25, 2010 8:09:33 PMSubject: Re: Feeling Hyper -- Got Labs

Kathleen, accidentally taking too much Metformin gave my Mom such bad hypoglycemia she ended up in the hospital. You have already tested your BG meter against another meter, that was the first thing I was going to suggest. I think it is uncommon for modern BG meters to be that far off, but obviously it does happen.I don't know all the symptoms of hypoglycemia, but I do know that shakiness IS one of them.I sure hope you have nailed this down. Stopping metformin should produce results fairly quickly, I believe. So you'll know pretty soon if this is the problem.>> Okay, for the past several days, I was experiencing extreme anxiety, feeling sort of shaky, also trembly in my legs. My

temps were averaging 98.7 and my pulse went up to 88, but Diane thought these sounded like cortisol, not hyper. I HAD been stress dosing due to a trip and when I came home and went back to my normal dose, the anxiety got even worse, unbearable. So I went to get labs.> > ft3 is slightly over range, where it's supposed to be. (I don't have actual numbers in front of me as my accupuncturist read them to me over the phone. I'll have a hard copy tomorrow.) I didn't take HC this time before the blood draw as Val said there is a chance is can push the t3 into the cells. But with my temps being 98.7, I would think this may be accurate and not pooling.> > Iron labs showed I was slightly over sat and TIBC was near bottom of range, so it doesn't look like low iron is causing the anxiety.> > Well, I tested my glucose, too, because I wanted to see how accurate my meter is. I took my BG with my Bayer Contour meter IMMEDIATELY

after the lab draw. My meter said 87, the same exact fasting reading it had given me an hour earlier. The lab glucose came back at 69! NOw that wouldn't matter so much except that for the past 2 weeks I've been taking Metformin to get my "high" BG down. WELL, if my meter is THAT off, I may have made myself go hypoglycemic, which I'm sure would cause my symptoms, right?> > Are the meters THAT off? Looking back, the anxiety started creeping up about 3 days after I started the Metformin. :-( I thought it was "false hypoG" phenononom, but maybe it was REAL hypoG! Geez.> > I know some of the mods have diabetes and check their BG. Is my meter just defective or is their a better brand?? I am stopping the Metformin at any rate and see if I feel better. I can't believe this.> > Thank you,> Kathleen>

[Guest guest]

For diabetic people the drugstore has glucose tablets for when the sugar level drops too low suddenly. My husband was diabetic and he had them. Also, keeping lifesavers around, or even eating a spoon of sugar will bring the sugar level back up. The faster you can get the sugar up the better because the person could go into diabetic shock and then that is even more dangerous.

<>Roni

Immortality exists!

It's called knowledge!

Just because something isn't seen

doesn't mean it's not there<>

Subject: Re: Re: Feeling Hyper -- Got LabsTo: RT3_T3 Date: Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 6:26 PM

My son has type 1 and we have been told that the meters can be off by 20 points in one direction or the other.

To: RT3_T3 Sent: Wed, August 25, 2010 8:09:33 PMSubject: Re: Feeling Hyper -- Got Labs

Kathleen, accidentally taking too much Metformin gave my Mom such bad hypoglycemia she ended up in the hospital. You have already tested your BG meter against another meter, that was the first thing I was going to suggest. I think it is uncommon for modern BG meters to be that far off, but obviously it does happen.I don't know all the symptoms of hypoglycemia, but I do know that shakiness IS one of them.I sure hope you have nailed this down. Stopping metformin should produce results fairly quickly, I believe. So you'll know pretty soon if this is the problem.>> Okay, for the past several days, I was experiencing extreme anxiety, feeling sort of shaky, also trembly in my legs. My

temps were averaging 98.7 and my pulse went up to 88, but Diane thought these sounded like cortisol, not hyper. I HAD been stress dosing due to a trip and when I came home and went back to my normal dose, the anxiety got even worse, unbearable. So I went to get labs.> > ft3 is slightly over range, where it's supposed to be. (I don't have actual numbers in front of me as my accupuncturist read them to me over the phone. I'll have a hard copy tomorrow.) I didn't take HC this time before the blood draw as Val said there is a chance is can push the t3 into the cells. But with my temps being 98.7, I would think this may be accurate and not pooling.> > Iron labs showed I was slightly over sat and TIBC was near bottom of range, so it doesn't look like low iron is causing the anxiety.> > Well, I tested my glucose, too, because I wanted to see how accurate my meter is. I took my BG with my Bayer Contour meter IMMEDIATELY

after the lab draw. My meter said 87, the same exact fasting reading it had given me an hour earlier. The lab glucose came back at 69! NOw that wouldn't matter so much except that for the past 2 weeks I've been taking Metformin to get my "high" BG down. WELL, if my meter is THAT off, I may have made myself go hypoglycemic, which I'm sure would cause my symptoms, right?> > Are the meters THAT off? Looking back, the anxiety started creeping up about 3 days after I started the Metformin. :-( I thought it was "false hypoG" phenononom, but maybe it was REAL hypoG! Geez.> > I know some of the mods have diabetes and check their BG. Is my meter just defective or is their a better brand?? I am stopping the Metformin at any rate and see if I feel better. I can't believe this.> > Thank you,> Kathleen>

[Guest guest]

For diabetic people the drugstore has glucose tablets for when the sugar level drops too low suddenly. My husband was diabetic and he had them. Also, keeping lifesavers around, or even eating a spoon of sugar will bring the sugar level back up. The faster you can get the sugar up the better because the person could go into diabetic shock and then that is even more dangerous.

<>Roni

Immortality exists!

It's called knowledge!

Just because something isn't seen

doesn't mean it's not there<>

Subject: Re: Re: Feeling Hyper -- Got LabsTo: RT3_T3 Date: Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 6:26 PM

My son has type 1 and we have been told that the meters can be off by 20 points in one direction or the other.

To: RT3_T3 Sent: Wed, August 25, 2010 8:09:33 PMSubject: Re: Feeling Hyper -- Got Labs

Kathleen, accidentally taking too much Metformin gave my Mom such bad hypoglycemia she ended up in the hospital. You have already tested your BG meter against another meter, that was the first thing I was going to suggest. I think it is uncommon for modern BG meters to be that far off, but obviously it does happen.I don't know all the symptoms of hypoglycemia, but I do know that shakiness IS one of them.I sure hope you have nailed this down. Stopping metformin should produce results fairly quickly, I believe. So you'll know pretty soon if this is the problem.>> Okay, for the past several days, I was experiencing extreme anxiety, feeling sort of shaky, also trembly in my legs. My

temps were averaging 98.7 and my pulse went up to 88, but Diane thought these sounded like cortisol, not hyper. I HAD been stress dosing due to a trip and when I came home and went back to my normal dose, the anxiety got even worse, unbearable. So I went to get labs.> > ft3 is slightly over range, where it's supposed to be. (I don't have actual numbers in front of me as my accupuncturist read them to me over the phone. I'll have a hard copy tomorrow.) I didn't take HC this time before the blood draw as Val said there is a chance is can push the t3 into the cells. But with my temps being 98.7, I would think this may be accurate and not pooling.> > Iron labs showed I was slightly over sat and TIBC was near bottom of range, so it doesn't look like low iron is causing the anxiety.> > Well, I tested my glucose, too, because I wanted to see how accurate my meter is. I took my BG with my Bayer Contour meter IMMEDIATELY

after the lab draw. My meter said 87, the same exact fasting reading it had given me an hour earlier. The lab glucose came back at 69! NOw that wouldn't matter so much except that for the past 2 weeks I've been taking Metformin to get my "high" BG down. WELL, if my meter is THAT off, I may have made myself go hypoglycemic, which I'm sure would cause my symptoms, right?> > Are the meters THAT off? Looking back, the anxiety started creeping up about 3 days after I started the Metformin. :-( I thought it was "false hypoG" phenononom, but maybe it was REAL hypoG! Geez.> > I know some of the mods have diabetes and check their BG. Is my meter just defective or is their a better brand?? I am stopping the Metformin at any rate and see if I feel better. I can't believe this.> > Thank you,> Kathleen>

[Guest guest]

That is terrible! How are we supposed to keep your BG in any sort of optimal

range when they meters are off by so much? I guess if your target is less than

120, you're safe at least, but I was trying to achieve truly normal BG, which is

less than 90 2 hours after eating, but with an error margin of 20, that is

dangerous for me to attempt I think. I am going to buy the meter that Dr.

Bernstein recommends. It is supposed to have lab accuracy. It is expensive, but

the strips are not much more.

Kathleen

> >

> > Okay, for the past several days, I was experiencing extreme anxiety, feeling

> >sort of shaky, also trembly in my legs. My temps were averaging 98.7 and my

> >pulse went up to 88, but Diane thought these sounded like cortisol, not

hyper. I

> >HAD been stress dosing due to a trip and when I came home and went back to my

> >normal dose, the anxiety got even worse, unbearable. So I went to get labs.

> >

> > ft3 is slightly over range, where it's supposed to be. (I don't have actual

> >numbers in front of me as my accupuncturist read them to me over the phone.

I'll

> >have a hard copy tomorrow.) I didn't take HC this time before the blood draw

as

> >Val said there is a chance is can push the t3 into the cells. But with my

temps

> >being 98.7, I would think this may be accurate and not pooling.

> >

> > Iron labs showed I was slightly over sat and TIBC was near bottom of range,

so

> >it doesn't look like low iron is causing the anxiety.

> >

> > Well, I tested my glucose, too, because I wanted to see how accurate my

meter

> >is. I took my BG with my Bayer Contour meter IMMEDIATELY after the lab draw.

My

> >meter said 87, the same exact fasting reading it had given me an hour

earlier.

> >The lab glucose came back at 69! NOw that wouldn't matter so much except that

> >for the past 2 weeks I've been taking Metformin to get my " high " BG down.

WELL,

> >if my meter is THAT off, I may have made myself go hypoglycemic, which I'm

sure

> >would cause my symptoms, right?

> >

> > Are the meters THAT off? Looking back, the anxiety started creeping up about

3

> >days after I started the Metformin. :-( I thought it was " false hypoG "

> >phenononom, but maybe it was REAL hypoG! Geez.

> >

> > I know some of the mods have diabetes and check their BG. Is my meter just

> >defective or is their a better brand?? I am stopping the Metformin at any

rate

> >and see if I feel better. I can't believe this.

> >

> > Thank you,

> > Kathleen

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Unfortunately, because of my meter, I had no idea I had even gone hypoG, so I

didn't do anything to try to correct. In fact, I was taking more Metformin

because my sugars looked to be going higher. I was probably having adrenaline

rushes due to actually being hypoG. GRHH. I can't believe I may have ruined my

trip over a BG meter! :-((

Kathleen

> >

> > Okay, for the past several days, I was experiencing extreme anxiety, feeling

sort of shaky, also trembly in my legs. My temps were averaging 98.7 and my

pulse went up to 88, but Diane thought these sounded like cortisol, not hyper. I

HAD been stress dosing due to a trip and when I came home and went back to my

normal dose, the anxiety got even worse, unbearable. So I went to get labs.

> >

> > ft3 is slightly over range, where it's supposed to be. (I don't have actual

numbers in front of me as my accupuncturist read them to me over the phone. I'll

have a hard copy tomorrow.) I didn't take HC this time before the blood draw as

Val said there is a chance is can push the t3 into the cells. But with my temps

being 98.7, I would think this may be accurate and not pooling.

> >

> > Iron labs showed I was slightly over sat and TIBC was near bottom of range,

so it doesn't look like low iron is causing the anxiety.

> >

> > Well, I tested my glucose, too, because I wanted to see how accurate my

meter is. I took my BG with my Bayer Contour meter IMMEDIATELY after the lab

draw. My meter said 87, the same exact fasting reading it had given me an hour

earlier. The lab glucose came back at 69! NOw that wouldn't matter so much

except that for the past 2 weeks I've been taking Metformin to get my " high " BG

down. WELL, if my meter is THAT off, I may have made myself go hypoglycemic,

which I'm sure would cause my symptoms, right?

> >

> > Are the meters THAT off? Looking back, the anxiety started creeping up about

3 days after I started the Metformin. :-( I thought it was " false hypoG "

phenononom, but maybe it was REAL hypoG! Geez.

> >

> > I know some of the mods have diabetes and check their BG. Is my meter just

defective or is their a better brand?? I am stopping the Metformin at any rate

and see if I feel better. I can't believe this.

> >

> > Thank you,

> > Kathleen

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Kathleen: yes, FT3 slightly over range is what I try for. I think Val said

she feels best at 6.2

With the other issues going on (metformin, etc.) it's tough to tell what is

doing what.

I don't know if there's a precise set of numbers for " pooling " . When I was, my

temps were low and my FT3 was 11. So what you have does not sound like the

pooling I had.

> > > >

> > > > Okay, for the past several days, I was experiencing extreme anxiety,

feeling sort of shaky, also trembly in my legs. My temps were averaging 98.7 and

my pulse went up to 88, but Diane thought these sounded like cortisol, not

hyper. I HAD been stress dosing due to a trip and when I came home and went back

to my normal dose, the anxiety got even worse, unbearable. So I went to get

labs.

> > > >

> > > > ft3 is slightly over range, where it's supposed to be. (I don't have

actual numbers in front of me as my accupuncturist read them to me over the

phone. I'll have a hard copy tomorrow.) I didn't take HC this time before the

blood draw as Val said there is a chance is can push the t3 into the cells. But

with my temps being 98.7, I would think this may be accurate and not pooling.

> > > >

> > > > Iron labs showed I was slightly over sat and TIBC was near bottom of

range, so it doesn't look like low iron is causing the anxiety.

> > > >

> > > > Well, I tested my glucose, too, because I wanted to see how accurate my

meter is. I took my BG with my Bayer Contour meter IMMEDIATELY after the lab

draw. My meter said 87, the same exact fasting reading it had given me an hour

earlier. The lab glucose came back at 69! NOw that wouldn't matter so much

except that for the past 2 weeks I've been taking Metformin to get my " high " BG

down. WELL, if my meter is THAT off, I may have made myself go hypoglycemic,

which I'm sure would cause my symptoms, right?

> > > >

> > > > Are the meters THAT off? Looking back, the anxiety started creeping up

about 3 days after I started the Metformin. :-( I thought it was " false hypoG "

phenononom, but maybe it was REAL hypoG! Geez.

> > > >

> > > > I know some of the mods have diabetes and check their BG. Is my meter

just defective or is their a better brand?? I am stopping the Metformin at any

rate and see if I feel better. I can't believe this.

> > > >

> > > > Thank you,

> > > > Kathleen

> > > >

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I sometimes test my thermometer for accuracy against another one. I don't see

why you can't test a glucose meter the same way.

> > >

> > > Okay, for the past several days, I was experiencing extreme anxiety,

feeling sort of shaky, also trembly in my legs. My temps were averaging 98.7 and

my pulse went up to 88, but Diane thought these sounded like cortisol, not

hyper. I HAD been stress dosing due to a trip and when I came home and went back

to my normal dose, the anxiety got even worse, unbearable. So I went to get

labs.

> > >

> > > ft3 is slightly over range, where it's supposed to be. (I don't have

actual numbers in front of me as my accupuncturist read them to me over the

phone. I'll have a hard copy tomorrow.) I didn't take HC this time before the

blood draw as Val said there is a chance is can push the t3 into the cells. But

with my temps being 98.7, I would think this may be accurate and not pooling.

> > >

> > > Iron labs showed I was slightly over sat and TIBC was near bottom of

range, so it doesn't look like low iron is causing the anxiety.

> > >

> > > Well, I tested my glucose, too, because I wanted to see how accurate my

meter is. I took my BG with my Bayer Contour meter IMMEDIATELY after the lab

draw. My meter said 87, the same exact fasting reading it had given me an hour

earlier. The lab glucose came back at 69! NOw that wouldn't matter so much

except that for the past 2 weeks I've been taking Metformin to get my " high " BG

down. WELL, if my meter is THAT off, I may have made myself go hypoglycemic,

which I'm sure would cause my symptoms, right?

> > >

> > > Are the meters THAT off? Looking back, the anxiety started creeping up

about 3 days after I started the Metformin. :-( I thought it was " false hypoG "

phenononom, but maybe it was REAL hypoG! Geez.

> > >

> > > I know some of the mods have diabetes and check their BG. Is my meter just

defective or is their a better brand?? I am stopping the Metformin at any rate

and see if I feel better. I can't believe this.

> > >

> > > Thank you,

> > > Kathleen

> > >

> >

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