Hi Im a new diabetic. I have been on meds for about 4 months. My question is. When I got up this morning and did my reading it was 184. I ate breakfast and took my meds (metformin 500mg and glipizide 5mg) and layed back down and took a 2 hour nap. When I got up I was a little dizzy and a little nauseous. So I took another reading and it was 106. What I dont understand is why I would feel worse with the lower blood sugar? This has happened more than once. Im not just understanding how things work I guess.
I think the key to your answer is that you say you are decently diagnosed. No matter what meds you are on it might take for your body to get acustomed to reasonable readings. Also... that was a drastic drop in 2 hours and perhaps the rapid drop in BG levels is what made you feel so terrible..
If you have any questions about the D you should be directing them to the doctor, as well as posting here.
To add to what Veets said, you could be having a reaction to the newness of the medication. Any drug that goes in through your belly can irritate it. It may just take some getting use to. Some people DO have gastrointestinal side effects to oral diabetes meds. There are lots of choices. Ask your doctor for his advice. May just take time. May take a while to adjust. The choice of pill can always be changed. But ask. We can only tell of our experiences...not give medical advice, OK? A low blood sugar should not need treatment unless it is under 60 or 70 at the highest. You may feel low as your sugars adjust to a more normal level.
When you woke up and your BG was 184 fasting and then you ate breakfast. How many carb grams did you eat for breakfast which would have definitely pushed your glucose levels even higher but how high I cannot say. Then at the two hour mark you were 106 which tells me you spiked from the carbs in the breakfast andthen experienced a drop to the 106.. The way to find out is to test at the one hour mark to see how high the carbs in the breakfast or meal spiked you. Then at the two hour mark to see what has happened. I suspect you had a rapid drop from the mid 200's to the 106 which would give you the symptoms you described. Also since your body is not use to 106 you will also have the symptoms you described. To prevent that kind of spike and drop make sure to have some kind of protein with your breakfast. It should help. Just a suggestion.
I agree with what the others said about your body adjusting to the lower numbers. I used to feel pretty bad and shaky when I got down to the 80's or even 90's. Now, my numbers are in much better control, with fasting readings usually anywhere from 58 to rarely slightly over 100, I don't feel too bad until I get down under that 58. Good luck!
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