Why does high blood sugar impact my mood?
I love when people talk about things that have happened to them. My mum was telling me how she had been driving for a long time and got dehydrated and made a mistake in a parking lot and reversed into a car.
Being tired and dehydrated affected her ability to react to her surroundings. It also made her react badly to having the crash, she swore and it’s really unusual for my mum to swear.
When my blood sugar is above a normal or euglycaemic range (in the UK, that’s 4-7.9 mmol/l according to the American Diabetes Association), I get fatigue and dehydration.
The longer the high blood remains or the higher the value of my blood sugar, the worse the dehydration and fatigue get as my body is desperately trying to wash out the toxin, because that’s what high blood sugar is to me if I don’t have insulin to convert the sugar into energy I can use.
I am always reacting to my blood sugar much more slowly than a non-diabetic person does, because my insulin goes in subcutaneously not directly into the blood stream.
If I’m being grouchy or snappy, let me know. It’s not normal, it’s not acceptable, but I may be a bit high and need to correct that high.
Posted: November 16th, 2018 under 42, Diabetes.
Comment from Sam J Watkins
Time November 16, 2018 at 2:17 pm
It should be noted that the feelings of fatigue and dehydration can be “depressing”. I may not be snappy or grouchy but much quieter, not as positive or enthusiastic.