r/type2diabetes

I bought the Chocxo Dubai-Style Pistachio Cups from Costco today.

The label claims there are only 5g of sugar per cup, but my experience says otherwise.

I ate just 1/2 cup, and my blood sugar instantly spiked by 1.5 mmol/L.

There is 100% no way the sugar count on the package is accurate.
If you are diabetic, keto, or watching your sugar intake, please be extremely careful with this product!

i have been using the dexcom G7 for a few months and i absolutely hate it. not only do i think CGM’s are a waste of money (they don’t tell me anything i didn’t already know), it takes me over 20 minutes to get the stupid thing to stick to my arm. it simply won’t come out of the stupid thing. i used libre 3 last summer and couldn’t get the stupid thing to stay on my arm longer than a couple of minutes. i refuse to prick my fingers. i’m on a pump anyway and it’s connected to the dexcom. ugh im so over it

Not your biggest fear.

Not your worst symptom.

I mean the thing that makes you think:

"Okay... what am I actually supposed to do now?"

For me, it felt like information overload.

One person said cut carbs.

Another said walk after meals.

Someone else said take medication.

Then Google started talking about complications.

It felt impossible to know where to start.

If you were diagnosed within the last few weeks or months:

What's the one thing you're most confused about right now?

I was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, or well I only found out it was type 2 today when the results for my antibodies came back. Can’t say I’ve noticed any symptoms, I’m not thirsty, I’m not peeing excessively, the only symptom would be fatigue, like the kind where I need to take a nap after every meal. It was kind of inevitable since type 2 runs in my family, but I did not expect to get it this early, but I’m also not surprised because I can’t say I’ve been prioritising my health. My doctor let me try a cgm and said my blood sugar was that of a non diabetic which just confused me even more. It seems like it’s just my fasting blood sugar that is abnormal. My previous doctor suspected it was LADA because of my other autoimmune conditions but that’s been ruled out now. I’m set to start ozempic in August, I’m a bit nervous because I vomited from taking metformin so I’m not sure how I’ll react to ozempic. I’m honestly feeling a lot of shame, but I guess it’s mostly the stigma surrounding type 2 and how I could’ve prevented this. Is there anyone else that was diagnosed this early with type 2?

for me,it d be probably be never having to think about blood sugar 24\7 .

not the injections just the constant math before every meal,workout or even going to sleep

curious whats everyone elses answer will be

Not talking about being "concerned."

I mean genuinely panicked.

I remember going down a Google rabbit hole and convincing myself I was going to end up blind, lose a foot, need insulin forever, and die way younger than everyone else.

The weird thing is that the diagnosis itself wasn't even the hardest part.

The hardest part was not knowing what was actually going to happen next.

Did anyone else go through that?

F 60s 22 years diagnosed; Metformin 2000g; Low BMI (19); Hba1C 49.

I’ve just floated along being told my D is well
Controlled and eating / drinking more or less what I like and none the wiser.

I thought I’d pay for a CGM in the month leading up to my D review. Clear patterns are as follows:

- when I have modest portion carbs ( bread / rice / healthy grains) the blood glucose rises to 12 even 13 ( high glucose alarm) and does not reach back to 8 ( Diabetes UK target) until 4-5 hours later. I am seemingly not managing the glucose, even on metformin

- to stay in the ‘green zone’ it seems I have to avoid carbs altogether (not practical

- I also get some significant lows at night - triggering the Low alarm. About twice a week - readings as low as 2.9- 3.2. These are definitely NOT compression lows. 4 jelly babies sorts it.

- Fasting is always around 6.0

I had my routine review today and came armed with this data and graphs. D Nurse could not have been more disinterested . Said HBa1C was fine/ everyone has highs - I’d have to see the doctor if I wanted a medication change to help manage glucose better.

What does this pattern say? What are my options? Is there a medication that might manage this pattern better? I cannot cut out carbs as I’m already at bottom end of BMI. I don’t want to do Atkins type diet.

Was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at 29 years old after bloodwork showed my a1c at 8.3.

My doctor has me on a metformin/ozempic combination. So it’s been a little over a week on metformin and just took my first injection of ozempic a couple days ago. Doctor recommended I use a continuous glucose monitor so I have one of those on now, but also been doing finger sticks to just monitor things.

I honestly don’t even know how to cope. I feel so depressed and anxious and embarrassed that I allowed this to happen to myself. I’m working on improving my diet, cutting out carbs, incorporating more vegetables and lean proteins and fiber, it’s just all so disheartening. I feel like i can’t enjoy life because I’m always so worried and anxious about what my blood glucose levels are. It’s so bad that I’m terrified to eat, because I’m worried about how it’s going to affect my glucose levels.

Between the anxiety and nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea from the metformin and ozempic I’ve lost 10 pounds already, most of which is probably from water weight.

I ate two hours ago and my blood glucose is 114, and anytime I see it over 100 I panic, I just feel so lost and confused. I’m trying not to let it get to me too much because pretty much my entire family has diabetes (mom, dad, younger sister, grandparents on both sides, and my aunts so I’m a little used to seeing how it’s managed) it’s just depressing me so much. I have no interest in anything anymore. All I want to do is curl up in bed every day and cry, but I know that won’t accomplish anything. Any advice to a newly diagnosed?

Hi all! I was diagnosed a couple of weeks ago, so I’ve had a little time to process everything and start taking action. I’m currently on 500 mg of metformin and will be increasing to 1000 mg soon, plus .25 Ozempic. I’m 36, and diabetes has affected a lot of my family. My mom passed away from complications related to kidney failure from diabetes, and I also have siblings, aunts, and uncles living with it. At first, the diagnosis felt overwhelming and honestly scary because of my family history, but I’m ready to take control of my health and turn things around.
I’ve already started eating lower carb, cutting back heavily on sugar, and avoiding added sugars. I’d love to hear from those of you who have been managing this for years. What changes have truly made the biggest difference for you? Diets, supplements, workouts, habits, mindset shifts, anything that helped improve your numbers or overall health.
Thank you all in advance. I’m feeling motivated and determined to make long term changes and would really appreciate hearing your experiences and advice.

I started thinking about it recently and it feels like every single work day between 12pm and 2pm I hit the wall. I feel really tired like I'm gonna pass out, get overwhelmed by everything, angry, rageful and really sweaty and overheated. I asked Google's AI and they started pointing out to me that because I just get up in the mornings and have two cups of coffee and don't even eat anything until around 12pm or later it's probably low blood sugar. So I started having a small something by 11:30am and this pushed back this feeling closer to 2pm but it still happens. So I started eating a micromeal at 9:30am with coffee even though I'm not at all hungry then repeating the same thing at 11:30am but it's still happening to me right around 2pm. Obviously that's when I have my first real meal that's pretty large and now I'm just falling asleep at my desk.

This diabetes thing is frustrating beyond belief. If I don't eat I feel exhausted. If I do eat I feel exhausted. If I eat too much I pass out. If I don't eat enough? Also feel like I'm gonna pass out. Can someone give me an idea of when this gets easier?

What alcohol would be ok to drink on the 4th?

I just quit ozempic a few weeks ago and I started my first 2.5 dose of Mounjaro on Tuesday. Today I am waking up with a fasting glucose of 12 and now it's at 14... Why isn't Mounjaro working like ozempic did at lowering my glucose? Should I increase the dose?

Edit: pharmacist also told me I had to discontinue my sitaglipton metformin just in case it goes too low...

After I got diagnosed I spent days reading Reddit, Google, Facebook groups, YouTube comments...

Honestly I think I scared myself more than my doctor did.

Did anyone else do this?

What information actually helped you

A question for the diabetes community.

Ive been on my insulin journey for around 2 months now.

The issue:

Take insulin

eat 20- 30 minutes later

sugars drop in the first 30 minutes of taking insulin

30 minutes to 1 hour after this super spike,

back in range by 2 - 2.5 hours after taking insulin,

within the next hour ish, low.

Feels counter productive to add more insulin to get in range quicker but also how do I stop having a hypo lile 2.5 to 3 hours after eating?

How do I fix that? I eat quick healithy. Weigh my food and count my carbs.

Im definitely very insulin resistant.

Mornings i am a 1-1

By lunch im 1-1.7 / 1-2

Dinner im 1-5

I take long acting over night but only 7 unites. Ive recently been trialing a long acting in the morning, at 6 units so far.

I spoke to my diabetic team and they were basically like "we'll give you the tools to manage your diabetes (insulin, cgm etc) but you have to figure out how it all works for you as its a personalised journey.....

Im in the uk if that helps, also suspected MODY or type 2?

Question: I was wondering if it is harmful to take additional insulin to lower my average sugar levels to below 100?

For example, I'm running at about 133mg/dL on average with an A1C of 6.4, I want to get to the 5.6 range, my diets pretty good and I'm losing weight but I want that darn number 😂

If I take 10 units here and there to get it below, is that dangerous on the long term?

(I scheduled an appointment with an endocrinologist to ask but they moved my appointment to a much later date, so I'm crowdsourcing the information)

My aunt invited me to her house for 4th of July this weekend, and I'm not sure what dessert or appetizer to bring. Normally, I end up bringing something that isn't necessarily blood sugar friendly like some sort of premade Costco cake or pie, but we do have a few diabetics in our family, and I know it would probably be better of me to bring something we all can enjoy without a huge glycemic spike.

Does anyone have a go-to summer BBQ recipe, whether it's a side or a dessert? It's going to be about an hour drive to get up there, so nothing popsicle or made with ice cream.

Hi everyone,

One thing I've been thinking about lately is how people know whether their health is improving between doctor visits.

Blood work and A1c tests are obviously important, but they usually happen every few months.

What tells you that you're moving in the right direction between appointments?

I'd love to hear what people personally pay attention to. Thanks!

I, 41/F got diagnosed last yr as a type 2 diabetic and at first I was really good at checking my sugar twice a day and taking my meds but then I just stopped due to a few things happening in my life. So I hadn't taken it for probably 6m+ and I started to lose all my weight, now I don't eat regularly either. I was going like a whole month eating maybe a handful of chips or something and that was it which for the last month I have been trying to eat at least once a day like soup or a sandwich bc of my weight drop I can't eat much at one sitting but my appetite is definitely back. I was only maybe eating 2 meals a month if that. So between not taking my metformin and not properly eating, I went from 220lbs to 114lbs and my DR telling me that my BMI is only 18% and I'm now anorexic with a vitamin deficiency. My hair is falling out, my teeth are going bad. I started taking my metformin a week ago with a vitamin c supplement. So I guess my question is how long before I start to gain my weight back and my hair to stop falling out?? I understand that my teeth won't fix themselves but I'm jw if my weight and make will come back on it's own and possibly how long or do I have to have some kind of procedure? I also forgot to ask, since I'm only eating small portions once a day now should I add like a protein supplement or something to help me gain weight? I just don't want to be 220 again either...

EDIT - I'm not asking directly for medical life, I am simply wondering what people stops might be and what direction I should go and questions I should ask my doctor or if anyone who's been through the same thing as a diabetic.

Did you, or anyone you know, get Diabetes 2 after Covid diagnoses?

Have you heard that Covid 19 can cause Diabetes 2 onset by damaging insulin producing beta cells in the pancreas?