
Diabetes Type 2 Support Group
Type 2 Diabetes is a condition in which the body either does not produce enough insulin or does not make efficient use of it. Insulin is a hormone needed to convert food into glucose, a sugar that the body uses for energy. Without enough insulin, glucose can accumulate in the blood, and can cause serious health problems such as heart disease and strokes and organ damage...
When I am sleep deprived for a couple of days my sugar will go high. Same for stress or with a cold.
I have sleep apnea as diagnosed by the sleep clinic and have difficulty using a CPAP machine. I lost 25 pounds recently and that has helped my apnea.
This is also a lifestyle thing. I am looking at the things that keep me up late at night and asking myself if I shouldn't try to get to bed earlier and get more rest. Naps during the day are also a good thing if you can do it.
For me anyway sleep deprivation = high blood sugar.
HTH
Huggles
MeadowLark
I do however, have a hard time getting to sleep at night. I have plain ole' insomnia. I have to take a pill for it.
Good Luck To You!
I see at least one reply from someone with OSA. In Sept '05 I bought a modern auto-titrating CPAP machine (automatically senses what pressure you need) and the strangest thing happened. I made no changes in diet or exercise but I began to lose weight, 20 lbs in 2 months, but I felt like crap the entire time. I would regularly sleep 8 hrs straight, feel fine and go to work but then at 10 AM be unable to stay awake and would have to go home and sleep another 2 hours. I finally started eating Haagen-Daaz ice cream to feel better and had to consistently eat really bad stuff (creamy pasta dishes etc.)to stop losing weight so I could work. At the time I didn't have a monitor so I didn't know what was happening to my blood sugar, but the connections between sleep and blood sugar control is one possible explanation, I began to have normal sleep which lowered my blood sugar to a point my body wasn't used to. I certainly wish I had a monitor at the time. I might have been able to tough it out for a few more months and lost a lot of weight.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/18/health/webmd/main2020069.shtml