[Diabetes-Talk] Need some guidance

[Eileen Scrivani]

Hi Jamie,

By any chance does the sleepiness happen at any point after a drop in your blood sugar levels? When I worked, I would also get extremely tired, mostly in the afternoon, and it was usually after my sugar levels had dropped. 

These days I am very aware that any time I have a low blood glucose event I am going to become exhausted.
The last time I met with a CDE she knew right away and said it is because when the blood sugar goes low the adrenilin glands go into over time and that is what leaves me and other diabetics feeling that way. It is a trauma to your system. 

Good luck.

Eileen

From: Jamie Gurganus via Diabetes-Talk 
Sent: Sunday, November 4, 2018 12:09 PM
To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' 
Cc: jamielgurganus at gmail.com 
Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] Need some guidance

Hi friends!  I am having a problem with something that I'm wondering if it
has something to due to blindness or something more serious.  

 

I am a very active and busy person.  However, whenever I have to sit and
focus on something like a speaker, the minister's sermon, etc., I have been
finding myself nodding off.  I am not tired at all and seem to be totally
alert when I suddenly zone out or nod off.  My colleagues at work have
noticed this during several trainings that I recently attended.  It is
embarrassing, but concerning.  I am trying to pay attention to when it
happens, what my Blood sugar is,  changing positions or taking notes on my
laptop, etc., but it still seems to occur.  I am not doing this during
meetings where I am actively participating in it, leading the meeting, etc.
It is when I am sitting and listening.  Is it because I don't have anything
to focus on?  I've researched this and have come up with micro-sleep caused
by sleep deprivation or a form of narcolepsy.  I do have some sleep
disturbances due to my husband's CPAP hissing or my Dexcom alerting me
several times during the night.  The CPAP issue will be resolved soon, since
I  will be moving to my own place in December.  I am an early riser and am
not ready for bed until 10:30-11 p.m. and then have trouble falling asleep.


 

Does this happen to anyone else?  If so, have you found anything that could
help me stay totally awake.  People tell me that they doodle, but I can't
obviously do that.  Thanks for any suggestions.  I am going to talk with my
supervisor on Monday, since I am still in my probationary period at my new
job.  I want this job to work out and hate to think that this issue would
lead to my being let go.

 

                                                                Jamie

 

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