Are all 'high's explainable?

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Permalink Reply by Phil on August 29, 2009 at 6:48pm

I can relate! Highs for no apparent reason happen quite often. If I analyze deeper it is usually traced to stress or inactivity. All in all it can be explained but sometimes the reason is so subtle or unknown that we miss it.

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Permalink Reply by Ginger Vieira on August 30, 2009 at 6:05pm

Hi!

Great issue to bring up because I think it's a trick question. There is a reason behind almost every high, but the real question is: are all the variables really in your control?

No!

Stress = high.
Menstrual cycles = high.
Weight gain = high.
Caffeine (for some people = high).

And then you throw in all the things going on inside our bodies, like problems with cortisol and thyroid and adrenal glands. My blood sugar INCREASES when I get my butt kicked in the gym training in powerlifting because it breaks down muscle which has glucose in it and my liver responds to the stress of lifting (good stress!) and dumps out some glycogen.

I can't control those things! But...I can plan ahead for them most of them time. I no longer ever eat extra carbs before powerlifting training because i know my blood sugar will increase from the work, not decrease.

I think the trick is figuring out how YOUR body responds to different things and trying to anticipate for those things!

Ginger
www.diabeteens.com
http://gingervieira.blogspot.com

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shaw on August 31, 2009 at 7:46am

When I first read this post, I was thinking that not all highs can be explainable. Then I started thiniing about it, and I would have to disagree with my initial assessment. I think they are all explainable if you are honest with yourself. High fat food can raise blood glucose, and for me, when not getting enough sleep. I never realized until recently that high protein can do the same. That would explain my previous "unexplainables". Wow, I have learned so much here.

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Permalink Reply by jeanie moen on September 1, 2009 at 11:35am

I've been Type 1 for 2 yrs now.....(long story, in ICU, stress/virus). Since a piece of very bad news on July 28, my numbers have been high. My bloodpressure too on the high side. I'll go to bed after testing, for ex, 133, and NOT eating anything, then wake up and it's 212!

Before the bad news, I was crashing during the night maybe 2x / wk. Scary. Testing at night normal, then 2am - 41! I can't figure this out. I only know that I still have lots of life stress and it and who knows what else is playing havoc w/ my body. My doctors just scratch their heads!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Kristin Johnson on September 4, 2009 at 7:32am

are you on an insulin pump??
I was having the same problem. we had to lower my basal rate through out the night as i was going low around 2-3 in the morning. My liver would kick in some sugar and i'd wake up high.
is it possible to decrease your night time insulin?

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Permalink Reply by Jan on September 2, 2009 at 5:43pm

She has had highs that are not attributable to food. But I believe almost all are growth-hormone related. Will have highs from extreme inactivity such as a long road trip. We will see a huge high spike starting 6pm 7pm, alternately, 9pm due to growth spurts/hormones. This necessitates a basal change but it is a strong spurt so a large basal change. The basal change is temporary.

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