Dazed and confused

[sylvar]

This afternoon I found myself unable to concentrate on anything for more than a few seconds. I tried to make sense of all of the things I need to do to get the network humming, and I went into a sort of infinite recursion. I wandered the office for about ten minutes, thinking about how I could get my brain sorted out, whether it was the constant whine of the open server behind me, or too many carbs for lunch (tomato soup in a bread bowl 90 minutes earlier), or whether I was just losing my mind. It was pretty scary.

I ended up finally articulating what I was thinking: I need to get out of here for a while. I went home at 3:30 (ironically when Jodi wanted me to leave anyway; I'd told her I didn't think I could). I had no problem driving, though that didn't require much thought, only presence.

When I got home, I cleaned out the catboxes thoroughly (they were beginning to really stink), filled them up, took out the very smelly trash, and now I'm working on laundry. I'm thinking that maybe some physical activity will help. I'm also thinking that I've been really thirsty for a while and I haven't done anything about it. But now that I can sustain that thought long enough to do something about it... okay, now I've got a water bottle.

Gotta wonder if this is a diabetes thing or what. I've got a sinus headache, too. (It's naht a tumah.) Or maybe I suffer from the dread disease hypochondria. I don't know. But I'm going to see if I can get this hyper-ADD turned off. And, yes, I did take the normal amount of Strattera today, and got a normal amount of sleep.

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[tealfroglette.livejournal.com]

i can tell you when i have high carbs, like a bread bowl, i get very much like you described you were feeling. are you testing as diabetic?

do you take any combination of 'sugar removing' vitamins/minerals/substances when u have tons of carbs too see if it does anything to help concentration.

the frog replies to every vaxmail are usually when i've had overload of sugar... .or in major pelvic arthritis pain. tis a similar ditzy and inability to really concentrate, hense 'frogging' named after my 'review and correction' or additions to what i just typed...

[sylvar.livejournal.com]

are you testing as diabetic?

Yup, that's what the doctor says.

do you take any combination of 'sugar removing' vitamins/minerals/substances when u have tons of carbs too see if it does anything to help concentration.

Protein seems to help. What else should I try?

[tealfroglette.livejournal.com]

Okay. here is what i take, just so you know.

Glucophage XR 500 mg two tablets of this, usually in the morning. It acts on the liver, so no heavy alcohol drinking is suggested, a glass of wine or beer per day is considered okay by most medical professionals. i have occassional margaritas and am fine. The doc checks the liver in tests my insurance covers. If i understand it correctly, it tells your liver, "hey liver, don't make sugar out of anything to put in the blood stream, i don't need it." The doc in atlanta put me on four tablets a day 'build up to it' because regular glucophage not 'eXtended Release' is hard to handle on the digestive system. both pandora and i didn't tolerate it well. also, some of the generic brands don't work as well for me.


The non prescription stuff is this:
Chromium piccolinate 1200- 1500 mg per day. It has to be one of the 'ate' endings. eating a chrome bumper won't help, can't absorb it. I don't take that as early if i've eaten a low carb breakfast because it tends to lower my blood sugar a bit tooo much. Better saved for lunchtime or dinnertime due to my 'having carbs later in the day' issue. leftover from cookies and milk after school? i dunno, i eat carbs i shouldn't usually in the afternoon.


Alpha lipoic acid. 600 mg a day. I usually get 200 mg capsules on sale somewhere. cheap works just as good as expensive for me. Drink with plenty of water, can cause heartburn for me if the gel. containers get stuck in the esophagus. again, i take those later usually because that's when i tend to have the carbs. I've also tried splitting them up.

for explanations on those two supplements mineral and acid you can read the low carb doctor's book Eades protein power or poke around websites.

Those are not the only sugar reducers from the blood, or aids to sugar reduction, but those are readily available, and work for toad and frog, frog's mom, and some friends too. :)


I'll have to get back with you on the 'other possibilities'.


Then there's the book "eat right for your blood type' which i know has been trashed on vax for the diet suggestions. However, the 'allergies i have to foods' which can't be faked in a blood test! are almost exactly word for word right, as are my mom's.

So, it can't hurt to eat the beneficial for your blood type and see what happens, now can it? Are u A? that's the mostly vegan diet suggestions anyway, so there you have it. If you care to know, i'll type it up for you and stick it on my LJ where u can cut and paste. let me know.

[tealfroglette.livejournal.com]

Are you testing your blood sugar? Did you do a three hour, or six hour glucose test? How did your doc say, "hey you are diabetic?"

I tried controlled by diet alone and that didn't work. And i think you were at the vax party where i ran out of pills cuz it was the end of the month and i didn't have any glucophage.

I only test once in a while, recommended three x a week, but i don't do that cuz i hate pain and the expense.