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What symptoms do you have when Hyperglycemia happens? Multiple choice.

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Fatigue
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Dry Mouth
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Increased Thirst
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Blurred Vision
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Headaches
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Confusion
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None of the Above/Other: Please say in Comments.
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Fruity Smelling Breath
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I also get the shake's, panicky.

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Are they like when a person may have stress and they get scared of something?

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MTDZ

Irritability and mild palpitations

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Activity2004Administrator in reply to MTDZ

How do you get the numbers to go back down when this happens?

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MTDZ in reply to Activity2004

I drink more water and try to exercise. I will test my glucose again later and if it hasn’t dropped much I take my gliclazide tablet.

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How many times a day do you take Gliclazide?

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MTDZ in reply to Activity2004

Based on my prescription, I take 30mg before breakfast and 60mg before dinner. Usually, I try to delay breakfast therefore I don’t take the glicazide first thing in the morning.

My morning numbers can easily be in the high 100s or even up to mid 200s and I try to bring them down by exercising and making sure I’m hydrated.

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Activity2004Administrator in reply to MTDZ

What time do you eat breakfast and what Is It? Same for each morning?

I'd say any/all of the above and shortness of breath, abdominal pain, and ultimately, coma.

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Thank you for letting me know this about the abdominal pain. Is It like cramps from hot temperatures/dehydration?

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Ilovebunnies

Tingling tongue, tingling fingers, then will get headache & go a bit dizzy (more like having an anaphylactic reaction) .

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Do the finger tips tingle, or the entire finger/hands?

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Ilovebunnies in reply to Activity2004

Just the fingertips then the lips & then the tongue - but this only happens when I get extremely low - less than 1.9 which usually happens if I've been out doing too much in the garden & won't stop because I won't work up the energy to go back out

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Sorry forgot to say that my fridge is well stocked with coke, orange juice, sandwich, chocolate & mini biscuits

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Activity2004Administrator in reply to Ilovebunnies

That's good to know for when (and if) you will be having lows.