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[dolari]

Ever since I got on insulin treatment, I can't think straight, forget things constantly, cant focus and sometimes lose my train of thought mid sentence.

This is getting worrysome as I'm screwing up my job left and right because of this, and theyre starting to notice. Anyone else get that way after starting insulin?

I'm even thinking my brain LIKED those high sugar numbers and is starving now.

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[nightyv.livejournal.com]

What happens with me is that after a long period of having high blood sugar my body starts to see that as normal, so when my numbers first start to come down to around "normal" I get all of the symptoms of hypoglycemia (a lot of what your describing sounds like that) because my body and brain are like WTF!?! this is not the amount of glucose we are used to! I have a higher normal range that I can function at anyway. 90 is too low for me and I feel like hell, so if to be under good control for me I'm good at like 110-120. Either it will pass as your body gets used to it or maybe you need to be running a little higher than you are at the moment.

[elenderel.livejournal.com]

THIS. From watching my husband deal with diabetes I'd agree that the body becomes accustomed to high sugar levels. He had high blood sugar for years (his A1C was, not atypically, 9 or close to 10). Then he participated in a drug study ... and his A1C began to plummet. (It's now at 5.6) At first, he felt AWFUL: his brain got fuzzy, hypoglycemic-type sensations, etc. It took him a good six-eight months for his body (specifically his liver, I think he said) to get used to lower sugar levels. Once he adjusted, though, he began feeling like a normal human being again.

My personal theory is that the longer your numbers are high, the harder it is for your body to adjust to normal-range numbers, so it takes longer. As with all things diabetic, your mileage may vary, but I think you're gonna be okay given time. Hang in there.