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| Posted 10/21/07 at 09:50 AM | Reply with quote #1 |
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over tha last week and a half, ive had 3 or 4 bad dreams...woke me up.
dont hardly ever have bad reams...
can outta whack bg cause this...? wen i tested twice aft the dreans, bg was 125...could bg have been higher and that caused dreams??
dont think it was lo bc i kinda jumped up to test bg...
just curious...
also note that 1 1/2- 2 h bg is around 140s which means its not dropping as qwick aft meals...do ya think im getting closer to diabetes dx?? i hope not...
also takes longer to spike stimes...what does this all mean...
btw pp bg usta be maybe 110 or lower...2 h
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richard157
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| Posted 10/21/07 at 10:16 AM | Reply with quote #2 |
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Tiffany, it does seem like you are leaning more in the direction of being a diabetic but things are not always what they seem. It is easy to jump to conclusions here. Time will tell. I know it is very frustating for you while you are waiting for what lies ahead. Hang in there and do everything possible to be healthy. I have done that for 62 years and for most of those years there was very little known about proper diabetic care. In the current era you know what you need to do to stay healthy so you should be fine.
I doubt that your blood sugar level is causing those dreams. I know that low blood sugar has caused ne to wake up many times and I would frequently remember a dream I was having. I think we dream all the time we are sleeping. That is a well documented fact. We don't usually remember those dreams. If low blood sugar cause us to gradually awaken then we are more aware of what we are dreaming just before we are fully awake. The blood sugar didn't cause the dream, we are just more conscious of what we were dreaming. This is just my own theory. What do you think?
Good luck to you, Tiff! Don't be too concerned about becoming a diabetic. If it happens you may have better control than you do now. You can have a long and healthy life. Just look at me, diabetic for 62 years and very healthy.  
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| Posted 10/21/07 at 02:04 PM | Reply with quote #3 |
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That was EXCELLENT, Richard!
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| Posted 10/21/07 at 02:34 PM | Reply with quote #4 |
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Hi sweet,
A blood sugar low can cause a person to have nightmares. Since your BS level was well within a normal range, your bad dreams were probably a natural response to a high level of stress.
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caseyleigh
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| Posted 10/26/07 at 08:46 PM | Reply with quote #5 |
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Janis
You say that when a diabetic's bg is too low, they will have bad dreams. Well, when I have high bg's I have bad dreams. Is this normal? Ive had a variety of bad dreams and when I wake up, I test and sure enuf, my bg is over 300mg/dl.
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| Posted 10/30/07 at 04:04 PM | Reply with quote #6 |
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CASEY...ive heard that from others too...bd dreans wen bg is hi
seen it on other forums too...
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| Posted 10/30/07 at 07:39 PM | Reply with quote #7 |
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Its weird, but I can easily say that for the last 2 days I have not been sleeping well, being plagued by bizzare dreams...or nightmares. I even though I heard someone call my name out loud last night, and my husband awoke as I answered the "in my head" voice.
We wandered off to the kitchen where I keep my supplies and meter...oops another day starting out at 59.
So, I would say that low BS does cause nightmares for many of us folks.
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| Posted 10/30/07 at 08:24 PM | Reply with quote #8 |
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Welcome missmaggie to our dearjanis family. Sorry to hear that you and others here have the bad dreams/nightmares. The only time I ever have them is when I eat too much at night for a few nights in a row. That has been for several years - on and off, of course. Oh, I am T2 and on insulin, what are you and what do you do? Read you later -
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| Posted 10/30/07 at 09:11 PM | Reply with quote #9 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by caseyleigh
Janis
You say that when a diabetic's bg is too low, they will have bad dreams. Well, when I have high bg's I have bad dreams. Is this normal? Ive had a variety of bad dreams and when I wake up, I test and sure enuf, my bg is over 300mg/dl.
Caseyleigh
Hi Caseyleigh,
Bad dreams can occur whenever your blood sugar level is out of range...too high or too low.
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| Posted 10/30/07 at 09:14 PM | Reply with quote #10 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by MissMaggie
Its weird, but I can easily say that for the last 2 days I have not been sleeping well, being plagued by bizzare dreams...or nightmares. I even though I heard someone call my name out loud last night, and my husband awoke as I answered the "in my head" voice.
We wandered off to the kitchen where I keep my supplies and meter...oops another day starting out at 59.
So, I would say that low BS does cause nightmares for many of us folks.
Miss Maggie
Hi Miss Maggie,
Welcome to the dearjanis family! To help prevent nighttime lows, eat an Extend Bar or Nite Bite bar before heading to bed. They contain a slow-digesting form of carb. If you can't find these snacks, you can mix a few teaspoons of cornstarch into some yogurt and eat that. It sounds like a funny mixture, but raw cornstarch breaks down very slowly and should help keep your blood sugar from dropping rapidly while you are asleep.
Janis
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