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        Does anyone know if their is a direct connection between high stress levels and controlling blood sugar levels in type II diabetes? Howard

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It can send my bg up a good 20-25%

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BIGTIME!  Any type of emotional or physical stress can send your BG pinging one way or the other.  I have had instances that had sent it way down, but mostly my BG rises dramatically when I am really stressed about something. I think anger and stress management classes should be mandatory diabetic training..but it doesnt always work. Good luck Debbie – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –        Does anyone know if their is a direct connection between high stress levels and controlling blood sugar levels in type II diabetes? Howard

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I concur.  My guess is for at least two reasons: — several days of stress, even if I don’t THINK I’ve changed any eating or med habits, raises the bg.   –BUT, I also have an opinion…..that really stressful situations ALSO mean that other parts of my "program" are suffering; which excaserbate the problem. i.e, if I’m really having a bad week (or month; or, in my case, year), I am almost certainly NOT getting all of my exercise in; AND, I’m putting things into my mouth either that I shouldn’t; or at the times I shouldn’t.  (Like late-night eating).  This second part is sneaky, but may be even bigger an effect than the first part.

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Not only that Jim, any stressor on your body..whether you have changed your "program" or not has the potential for BG rise. Debbie

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In a word, absolutely!!

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Of course ! I have my BG sky rocketing each time I am going to speak with my boss.         Does anyone know if their is a direct connection between high stress levels and controlling blood sugar levels in type II diabetes? Howard

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Oh yeah.  There is a direct correlation, however, it is complicated.  Stress causes your body to release what I will call stress hormones.  They can have duplicitous effects.  Sometimes your glucose levels will become elevated and sometimes your levels can become too low.  The only answer is to test, test, test.  Sorry for this info, but the sooner you accept the fact that you will have to test often when variables occur, the healthier and happier you will be.  Good luck!

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All,         Thanks to everyone who has responded to the newsgroup and via email. You have confirmed what I suspected.  The high stress levels have been ongoing for close to a year now with no end in sight.         I’ve brought my weight back down to the level at which I can normally (for the last ten years) control my blood sugar level by diet and exercise but now cannot do any better than about 160 after fasting for 12 hours.  I think the best bet would be to take an oral medication for control until the cause of the stress is relieved or until I learn how to deal with it.                                                                   Thanks again,                                                                   Howard

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