My boyfriend of two and a half years broke up with me, so I found a new place to live, packed, moved, and resumed my somewhat normal life.
What I'm trying to figure out if it's too coincidental that my blood sugars are...lower than normal because I moved out. I started getting low (which rarely happened) THE DAY I moved out of my house. Could I be honeymooning, or is it the major stress relief of being out of a bad relationship? I can't seem to figure out.
Basically I was high-ish the majority of the time - my last A1C was 7.7. But for the past four days, I've needed less Humalog and less Lantus with each meal. My usual breakfast of fat free yogurt and a fiber bar usually needed 5 units of Humalog, but now I seem to only need 3. My Lantus has always been at 5 units (I'm small, 5'2, 115 lbs) and I've dropped it back to 4. Still I'm getting low about 2 to 3 hours postmeal.
So what gives? Was my relationship really that bad/stressful that my blood sugars were cranked all the time? Or did I just happen to start honeymooning the day I got out of that?
Seems unlikely to be honeymooning this much later. Maybe you moved a lot of muscle during your finding new place, packing, moving, and resuming life? Exercise doesn't have to be done in a gym - packing and moving is great exercise. Could also be stress, but I've never seen much effect from stress myself. Or maybe a seasonal change thing?
I'de go with exercise, in which case you should be back to somewhat normal when your somewhat normal life becomes somewhat routine again.
For me, emotions can play a huge role in my BGs. Stress, anger, sadness, frustration, etc all make me go high. And if I'm particularly stressed or angry, I tend to stay high for a long period of time. So, yeah, I would think that your relationship, if it was particularly stressful, could have resulted in higher BGs. Now that you're out of that situation, it's not surprising they were coming down. I know when my spouse and I have a fight (which is rare, but it happens), my BG goes up. We always joke that I have to bolus for any marital discord (and usually this joke alone is enough to make us stop fighting and just start laughing our asses off).
Also, as Jag1 points out, you could also be seeing the result of all the moving around involved in moving. We moved earlier this year and all the activity meant I was actually able to eat a few meals without bolusing!
