Feeling Hyper -- Got Labs

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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