WHEN MY BG’S ARE TOO HIGH I FEEL LIGHT-HEADED, SOMETIMES SLEEPY, VERY DISORIENTED…MOST OF THE TIME I GET A HORRIBLE HEADACHE AS WELL. USUALLY IT WILL TAKE ME THE ENTIRE DAY TO GET FEEL BACK TO NORMAL.
My husband says that I get really, really crabby when my sugars go high…When they get low I just get moody too…I guess I am just moody moody moody…
Being low feels like taking two benadryl tablets in the middle of the day! 
Yes, with high BG, I feel abnormally exhausted: like I’ve pulled two all-nighters in a row. The low feelings vary, from being totally disoriented to extremely irritable to shaky. Sometimes I get a numb tongue as the only symptom of being low.
Dawn- does your husband know my husband??? LOL
I’m moody moody moody TOO! but, this past year I’ve really taken extra time to test more and in the process I’ve not only lowered my A1c to 6.6, but I recently heard “You’re not as moody as you used to be!” Ha!
I lost most of my “senses” for highs and lows when I hit the 20 year mark of diabetes. Now, I just test often (7-10 xday) to know where I am.
When mine get too high (which, honestly doesn’t happen often, thank god) all I want to do is sleep. And sleep hard.
When they get low, I feel drunk. I feel drunk to the point of reeling around and losing my mind. And, a lot of times it takes me awhile to recognize that I am low.
I rarely have lows, it’s the highs that get me, one moment I am fine then I am asleep.
Anyone ever get a bad pain in the left side of their groin? I’ve noticed that happening to me lately. Three years ago I had SVT, and had to have a procedure to correct it. They did 7 ablaitions on my heart and went through the artery in the groin. I just wonder if the high BGs have anything to do with that? Pretty recent occurances though.
I’m the strange one. I don’t feel anything usually. When the meter reads over 300 or 400, I am just as surprised as if it read 200. I have went low a coulple times (not for a long time) It felt panicky, shakey. The doctor says meds I take to keep my heart rate down make it difficult to feel the swings. If it stays up for several days, I do have blurry vision.
Hi Unicornzzz! Oh my gosh, I become awful too when my sugar is super high/low… my boyfriend immediately goes, “Jess, let’s check your sugar…” and guess what?! 9 times outta 10, it’s either super high/low… SO weird that he can tell just because of the change in my attitude… but also nice because it can bring me back to reality and deal with the problem… Also that is so great that you have such an amazing dog who cares (literally) for you… Dogs are the best
Rainbowgoddess - my boyfriend does the EXACT same thing! It’s funny because before I was diagnosed, and when I used to live at home, my dad would always ask my mom (when she was PMS’ing) if she was about to get her period… that used to make her SO angry… then he’d start asking me and I HATED it… Now living with my boyfriend, he doesn’t do the “are you about to get your period thing” but he always is like “maybe you should check your sugar…” And he’s always right (either real high/real low)… funny how they just know 
Dave1, boy do I hear ya!! It’s hard to want to keep living when it’s up/down/up/down… takes such a toll… When I’m super low (20s) I never want to touch insulin again nor do I rarely want to drink/eat, go figure… When I’m super high, I never want to eat without taking the right amount of insulin again… ugh such a tug a war game.
I’d rather deal with the feelings of high sugar than low, to be honest. Lows feel like forever to get normal again… I’ve fallen down stairs because I couldn’t balance properly and all my muscles just gave out… I’ve almost crashed my car… I’ve wanted to pull my bike over on the side of the track and roll up into a ball and just go to sleep…I start sweating, have horrible hot/cold flashes, tingling of the hands, numbness of the mouth/tongue, loss of thoughts (can’t finish a thought or sentence), increased heart rate.
With highs, I feel sluggish, like I’m trying to run through thick molasses, and everything feels extra exhausting. It just makes normal activities/chores/errands difficult and a huge problem (especially if I’m low).
I agree…lows are scary. Highs are bad, bad for us and make us feel badly about having them, but lows are frightening.
When the BG is too high I can hear the heart pounding in my ear very loudly and it is difficult to fall asleep. If it is over 200 I will feel a bit drunk and fall asleep. When it is below 70 I start to see stars and flashed of light when I close my eyes. Time to react.
Anthony, you must have tight control to feel too “high” to stay awake at 200 and so low at 70 as to see stars. I think my body is so used to being all over the place numbers wise, that those are just starting #'s for me. Higher is when I feel high, and lower is when my eyes start talking. Sounds as though you are doing a good job, although I understand that 70 is a good goal…it scares me as I worry that I am heading south at that point.
For me personally, I become really lethargic when my BM’s are too high, and my world went out the window on the 2 occasions ive dropped low. Takes me a few days to get over a bad high as i am at the moment, i have a throat infection which has knockd me sideways
I have very understanding people around me when it does happen though !
Jim
My body goes limp after a high or low reading. Before I was diagnosed, I couldn’t understand why I was unable to comprehend at times. It was a scrambled message going into my brain. I was at work when I hit the ultimate confusion and just grabbed my head and said… “What is wrong with me? I didn’t comprehend anything you just told me!” So I made a doctors apt and Vwa Laa… Diabetes. I am a 46 year old walking pre menopausal mood swinging, internal combusting nightmare at times. I am engaged to be married which I have pushed him away because I AM NOT HAPPY. I just got the pump and am hoping this will bring some relief in my life. He does not understand my moods, (nor do I) and when I Try to explain them… I feel he just don’t get it. I need sleep… rest, food, sleep, rest, food. Can you say… Out of control? However, after I read some of the post here, I realized I am NOT alone.
High - nasty taste in mouth. go to bathroom alot. stomach hurts. tired.
Low - shakey. snappy. slow. spacey. sweaty. sometimes i see dots as well.
I know how you feel. I sometimes don’t can tell my family the way you feel on those days. sometimes I think since you can not see the illness that peoples don’t understand what you talk about. I have those day’s too it takes you forever to get thinks done around the house. glad to here I am not the only person that feel that way. head up and enjoy the good day’s