Well, I’m in hyper - drive now. I had to open my door and find Child Protective services waiting to be let in June 4th. Talk about stress. My son that is now 15 is going thru wonderful teenage hormones and anxiety-nos with psychotic behaviour and “they” want me to find a place for him to stay while they do a 90 day investigation of our family. There is no one to take him in. No family, no friends for that kind of long stay. We’re a family under a microscope:( I’m running out of test strips and trying to keep a grip on D and everything else.
Huggles
MeadowLark
Oh those wonderful Child Protective Services not to talk about teen horomones! Get ready your in for a bumpy ride! Have you thought about some of his friends he could stay with for awhile? I had that problem with my oldest at around the same age so I called a friend of her’s mom and ask if she could stay there til things calmed down. She said yes and that took a bunch of crap off me! Hang in there it will work out for the best it just seems like getting there takes forever!!!
Hi Meadowlark,
I am so sorry for all the terrible stress you are going through right now. My house is really full right now. My husband’s youngest sister is here with us and is dying from Lou Gehrigs disease, so there is a lot of family coming and going. If you live anywhere near St. Louis though I am sure I could find someone to take your son for awhile. Please let me know if I can help out. You are such a loving and caring person I hate to see you going through so much.
My sister -in-law is such a sweet and good person too and is only 59. Disease respects no one and we all really need to hold on to one another. My best sanity is coming on here and talking to everyone. My love and hugs and prayers are with you Meadowlark.
Doris
There is no one to take him. He has a diagnosis of Anxiety-NOS(not otherwise specified) with psychotic behaviour and adhd. We live within 45 minutes of Charleston,SC.
We have no family to help, no friends that want to deal with any part of what is going on. Too much fear of getting involved and bringing Child Protective Services down on them too.
MeadowLark
My oldest son is already in fostercare. I pay childsupport for him. Similar diagnoses. I had to use a public defender after the fact to get one. I dont know what will happen now. I just posted an answer to Doris. sigh… No one wants to help with this kind of diagnoses. AnxietyNOS(not otherwise specified) with psychotic behaviour. and adhd.
I have one daughter with anxietyhairpulling going on with it… plus adhd. they are both in continuos counseling.
My thought is one of them said something to a counselor.
The fact that I homeschool my kids and the counselor constantly tells them about public school…makes me think this is a possibility. I am legally homeschooling. I am a member of HSLDA I’m covered on the homeschooling front and they know it.
They only have me on stories my kids tell… as they are both great at fabricating stories that sound true.
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MeadowLark
Hiya,
Last year I started a very high energy job, I was riding out young race horses. I loved it but my blood sugars where like ziz zags.
If I was nervous or stressed on a young horse or on days we where doing fast work (the walk up to the different gallop was always hairy) my sugars would go very high for no reason. They could jump from 5.5 to 23 in 30 mins with no food.
But because of the exersise I would only need a tiny amount of insulin to bring myself back down or I would have a bad hypo.
My A1c rose to 11.8 and I could not get it down while I was working in that enviroment.
Your situation sounds like a nightmare, I am thinking of getting a pump so that if I am going high in stressfull situation, then at least I will be able to correct them asap and not let if carry on for a few hours.
Hope this helps
Eilis
I have found that in high stress situations my blood sugar does rise by at least 5 points (mmol in canada). I thought i was crazy but it seems to be true. I actually changed jobs/careers and have had better control with lower readings since then with a lower stress job. (left high level management)
The pump does help with that, but in my case it was just a constant with work and I couldn’t maintain a good level.
You know you really can’t blame them if that’s the case but maybe some of his friends parents or better if you can find a family member with a clue that would help you out. Maybe that would work. Even a far off realitive who’s seen him act like this…I don’t know but you will need someone to be on yourside when all this s*** hits the fan! I will speak for you about how your trying to get this together for yourself and maybe a little leave of absents will help you both! Please talk to me and maybe that will help you out too! Ya’ know just getting all your feelings out to someone with a good ear is all it takes sometimes! I’M ALWAYS HERE FOR YOU TO TALK TO! REMEMBER THAT IF THINGS GET TOO HARD FOR YOU AT ANYTIME!!!
Gwen, I was wondering how bad it was to have a heart cathether done? I have several different things wrong from fibromyalgia to obesity to diabetes and asthma. I’ve had so many tests ran I figure that can’t be far behind. I like to know in advance how bad they are. Thanks, Brenda
Meadowlark, I can tell you for sure, on the days I have to babysit, my blood sugars are alot higher. I am a grandma and live a pretty calm life, but throw in those kids and wham up it goes. Then it goes back down after they leave. I hope this helps!
Hello Chloe,
Theres a great book called “why zebras dont get ulcers” written by Sapolsky.
If you have some time check it out. It explains very well what stress really is and how it affects our organism.
I found it increadibly revealing and learnt a lot about diabetes with this book although its not focused on our condition.
Basically under stress we secrete a lot of glucocorticoids which has many affects on our body, among others finally increasing our blood sugar. Many intermediate steps are explained in this book and makes you understand some reactions in our body.
All the best
thank you so much for sharing your unique experience. I just learned something valuable. I will look at my emotions and my BG and make adjustments if I can. At least now you showed me an important connection.
Yeah, after a bad breakup I couldn't get my blood sugars out of the 200's for a few weeks, and when going gets rough at work my numbers spike too. Fastest fix is to hydrate like hell if you can't break away for physical activity. I keep a nalgene at my desk always. Your body will wash some of the sugar out that way.
Really? You can excersize your blood sugars down? When I work out and am already high mine go even higher, like from 200 to 300! I think its adrenaline. Just thought I'd mention that. It could just be me, for instance my friend who is also a type one is strongly effectedby coffee, she hast to take almost five units to cover a cup of black whereas I have no effect from plain coffee. (folks, a latte does have carbs and callories)
Hello Gwen:
Its been a couple years since this response. Any updates re: any newer bio-feedback or neuro-feedback tools? Emwave's or otherwise? Software? Hardware?
I find that stress in my day, has a huge affect on my sugar. I have been on the phone with Doctor's all morning trying to get somethings figured out, and have been passed from one person to another. Which is causing stress and now my sugar is in the 300's and I have not had anything to eat to co-inside with the sugar.
When this happens I take my insulin to cover it and if I get a second to breathe I take a BIG one and try not to let the number affect my day.
I know that was not what you may have been asking for.
Good Luck
Meg
Yeah, it does. Sometimes a lot! Even just having a nightmare can spike my BG. Stress causes your body to produce various hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol, which can either raise or lower your BG really quickly. Since you (and most people) are unable to avoid these stressful situations, you will need to learn to recognize when you are experiencing stress (shallow breaths, feeling distracted) and practice stress management techniques. One of my favorites and the easiest is deep breathing. You can do this anywhere, anytime, and without anyone even noticing. If you can close your eyes it's helpful, but not necessary. Breathe in deeply through your nose and feel your abdomen swell. Hold it a couple of seconds, then release it very slowly through your mouth. If you can do this even just 3-5 times, you will feel your stress response settle down. There are lots of books on stress management techniques, look on Amazon for the highly rated ones and pick one up.
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Stress makes my blood sugar a lot more volatile. I find that the highs are higher and the lows are lower. Finals week is always a rough one...