For me usually immediately.

sweetnettie,

seems like both chronic and immediate stress can cause increased blood sugar , depending on the person.

Now how to relieve the stress????

I believe when you learn to not allow things to rent your mind for free, then you will be able to control the stress. I will sit on the floor cross my legs shut my eyes and just don't think of a single thing, actually blank my mind out. this part took me several months to be able to "meditate" and go totally blank lol.

it takes time to let stress not tear you up, learn controlled breathing, try to do something you enjoy, such as a hobby, take a nice walk, etc

Hello and I had to come back to this question a 2nd and maybe even a 3rd time as I am sure that stress does cause our blood glucose to increase as I have had mine do just that but I have also had stress to cause my BG to crash on occasion. As much as I loive my dear mom and maybe it is because of what I consider the love of my dear mom, she on most occasions while talking over the telephone causes me a great deal of stress due to her gossip about things that she knows nothing about and her always needing to be correct while making her statements. So it depends on our reaction to the stress that causes the stress to reflect upon our BG. I have to learn to either avoid the stress or handle it a different way. It is all a learning process.

THanks, Gayle and Brenda! I have bought many books on mindfulness and meditation. I can 't seem to zero out my mind, so many things come flooding it. It's a training process I guess.

I'm in the sandwich generation of caring for my mom (parents for past 10 yrs) and my own family and kids. Causes a lot of stress with the medical problems with my mom.

Personally it's been my experience that stress impacts pretty much every aspect of our health, therefore it is reasonable to assume it also affects blood sugar levels. I agree with the previous posts and think that meditation is a good option. Actually I'm trying it too-- it's slow going because I have trouble turning my brain off, but I'm working at it. Best of luck in managing your stress, in this world I think it's impossible to eliminate it, but learning to managing it effectively is key.

it does, I have a high maintenance hubby with his heart issues etc and sometimes you have to put yourself first in order to help the rest

Thanks, red and gayle. I think you are both right. Stress does affect everything!! Probably more than they know now and even now they blame a lot on stress.

I've tried the meditation, I can't keep my mind focused. I keep drifting off to something else. IT takes practice I'm sure. Not successful yet...

I am pretty sure stress played a role in my becoming diabetic along with other factors.

I wonder if the same is true for me too.