Just Diagnosed Pre-Diabetic

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  • changing4life
    changing4life Posts: 193 Member
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  • staylo13
    staylo13 Posts: 13
    I would suggest reading Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes without Drugs. I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes last year and have been following this for the past month. My blood sugar readings are lower than they have been since diagnosed.
  • crymsnroze
    crymsnroze Posts: 21 Member
    I would suggest reading Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes without Drugs. I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes last year and have been following this for the past month. My blood sugar readings are lower than they have been since diagnosed.

    Thanks :)
  • crymsnroze
    crymsnroze Posts: 21 Member
    Started having symptoms the mid- July so I bought a glucose meter with my HSA because my Dad is Type 2 and that was my first thought. I went to doctor on the 5th of August, 72 hour high carb diet prior to test, glucose/thyroid/electrolyte test on the 8th, results and diagnosis today.

    Thyroid - OK
    Electrolytes - OK
    Glucose - I think my fasting number was around 93, 2 hour was 166.

    How often do you have these symptoms?
    Have you tried to test 2 hours after meals at home, whether you experience the symptoms or not, and recording both glucose and your symptoms?

    I still think it may be a coincidence that your glucose is high when you have these symptoms as they are not what one would expect for hyperglycemia... especially not something as slight as 140. If that were the case, everybody would have those symptoms about 15-30 minutes after every meal.

    With that said, it is still important to lose weight and deal with the pre-diabetes. Just don't be surprised if that doesn't resolve your symptoms.

    You're right, it didn't resolve the symptoms.

    Doctor decided to try me on a SSRI for a month and scheduled a followup appt.

    She also thinks that the digestive issues I've also passed off as due to gallbladder surgery in '06 could also be caused by anxiety "nervous stomach".

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