Reply To: Diabetes Support Group

yes, I know it says retire next to my name and pretty much I am. 42 told me that this thread has been quite active lately.

I had an interesting experience last week. I had a fairly high carb (yes, whole wheat for those that remember me) and I took my normal bedtime meds. about 2 to 3 hours after I went to sleep I awoke with weird symptoms. dizzy, shaky, my heart felt like it was going to jump out of my chest. I dragged myself to my kitchen and tested my sugar. it was 50! I did what I needed to do to raise the sugar.

It just so happened that I had an appointment with Dr. Kaplun in Suffern, NY, (my endocrinologist) the next day and she explained that the high carb intake caused the pancreas to produce insulin and the pill pushed it too far therefor the low sugar. She told to take 1/2 a pill after a high carb meal.