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eeyore46 on May 25th, 2008
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Thanks, I will suggest these things to my endocrinologist. I should be hearing from them early this week about my appointment date. Should I have a pancreatic tumor, would this cause depression/anxiety? I am really weak, but I can handle pain, weakness, depression, etc., but the 24/7 anxiety is what is consuming my life right now.
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VictoriaGB replied on May 26th, 2008
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As I said, if an endocrinologist suspects anything, the first thing he'll do is a 72 hour fast to rule out the chance of an insulinoma (pancreatic tumour). The condition is extremely rare so don't be too concerned, especially as your blood sugar isn't below 70 frequently.

Your symptoms could be any number of conditions, they're common symptoms unfortunately. Unless you're recording blood sugars lower than 70 then it isn't likely to be hypoglycemia related.

Have you tried altering your diet? This is something you can do before a diagnosis is made, as long as the changes aren't too drastic, and it may actually help the doctors. If there are any foods you find cause symptoms, then avoid them. Typically you'd be looking at a low carbohydrate diet, getting your carbs from veggies - if you feel better then you can explain to your doctor what you avoided and what symptoms alleviated.
If your diet is currently high in carbohydrate (bread, rice, pasta, potatoes, pizza and junk food) then I would strongly recommend cutting down. Anxiety and depression in people who are sensitive to carbohydrates is quite common, and it can be life consuming.

I'm sure your doctors will help you out either way. Make sure you tell them as much as you can, even if you don't feel it's relevant. Good luck Smile
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ashwinjain replied on May 26th, 2008
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unable to control with insulin
i was on a actrapid and mixtard from past 5 years.Offlate my Hba1c came above 10 so my doctor shifted me to novomix.Since then i have been cheking it regularly with intense diet control but it seems that the insulin is not having any effect on me.Does novo mix takes some time to start reacting or body has became rigid on 1 type of insulin and is taking time to adjust on the new insulin therapy?
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