http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/14046889.php
or you could purchase a glucometer and do the test described here. Will give you a very good idea of how unstable your BG is and you don't have to risk getting your insurance company involved.
Ellen
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Bill McCarty <wbmccarty@gmail.com> wrote:
In some people, a large-carb meal produces unstable glucose levels: First the glucose is high, then low, then high again over a period of maybe 2-12 hours. That's one possible mechanism.
Alternatively and without appeal to a large-carb meal, in the absence of food, some people experience low blood glucose. If the glucose level drops low enough, the liver may dump glucose into the blood stream, causing high blood glucose.The bottom line is that the body's glucose thermostat, so to speak, may alternate between low and high rather than establish a medium level. And, however it comes about, a transitory high blood glucose level can induce sleepiness.I'm not claiming this is what you're experiencing, only that this is a possible mechanism. If you want to investigate this possibility, you could purchase and use a glucometer. Or, you could ask your physician to perform a glucose tolerance test, which might confirm glucose instability. Or, you could just enjoy the nap if doing so fits your lifestyle :-)Bill McCartyOn Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 11:00 AM, tamaratornado <tamaratornado@yahoo.com> wrote:
"moderately elevated blood glucose resulting from the consumption of a large carbohydrate load."
How does that happen when I haven't eaten anything all day?
Why would I get sleepy when I haven't eaten anything?
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