Re: Sleepiness after a big meal

Ignoramus23816 said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Skinny wrote:

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Some people get a blood glucose meter (cheap at Walmart, no

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needed) and test before and after meals, to see if there's a

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between BG levels and how they feel.

Skinny

I'll check that. I was so desperate for a nap after lunch.

Sometimes I fight wanting a nap all afternoon, but if I actually do lie
down and try to sleep, I wake up again very quickly, refreshed and ok for
quite a while.

Let us know what you find out. I need any hints I can get too.

Good luck,
Skinny

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Sometimes I fight wanting a nap all afternoon, but if I actually do lie
down and try to sleep, I wake up again very quickly, refreshed and ok for
quite a while.

I wish I could be like this. If I sleep, all I want to do is sleep more. My dad
will take a 15 minute nap, I'd kill anybody who tried to wake me up after 15
mere minutes of sleep. At least now with LC I don't get sleepy during the day
much. I use to be wiped out ALL the time. Now I actually have to be sleep
deprived to get tired during the day.
LCing since 12/01/03-
Me- 5'7" 265/159/140
& hubby- 6' 310/188/180
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lcer09/my_photos

Ignoramus4133 said:

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On 12 Oct 2004 01:34:49 GMT, Ignoramus23816 wrote:

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Sometimes I fight wanting a nap all afternoon, but if I actually do lie
down and try to sleep, I wake up again very quickly, refreshed and ok

for

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quite a while.

Let us know what you find out. I need any hints I can get too.

A nap always refreshes me. Unfortunately, I am at work and it is hard
to take a nap.

Someone suggested mine might be lack of circulation, not enough blood to
the head. Even lying down or putting my head down a few minutes in some
sort of exercise makes a difference to me sometimmes. Like dropping
someting on othe floor and bending over to look for it. :-)

Or walking, stretching, some sort of calesthenics for a few minutes on a
break.

Skinny

Ignoramus19594 said:

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On 12 Oct 2004 12:43:22 GMT, Ignoramus4133 wrote:

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I am becoming more convinced that my sleepiness is simply a result of,
drumroll, lack of sleep.

That's easy to test. :-) Keep a record.

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I was sleepy after lunch today, but my blood
sugar was completely fine, at 72.

I'm glad you're testing BG. But is that a typo, or by what standard is 72
'fine'? What kind of meter are you using? Does it have an instruction
sheet that tells you what the range of expected results are? If you're
getting something much different than that range, you should run some more
checks, and if they are consistent, check your meter or see a doctor or
both. 🙂

By the standard I know, used in Walmart meters, (mg/dl), 72 is near or
below the bottom of the 'low normal' range for 'fasting blood sugar', ie
first thing in the morning before eating anything. It shouldn't be that low
later.

There's a lot of controversy about what's 'normal', but the lowest set of
recommendations I've seen (often posted at alt.support.diabetes) is

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FBG under 100
One hour after meals under 140
Two hours after meals under 120

Skinny