I've been a type II D. now for about two years, well, recognised that
is, maybe five years unrecognised. My sugar levels are usually fine,
rarely above 8 and usually between 4/6.

I take half a tablet of Glic. a day and have a wife who knows what a
good diet is.

So how come I always fall asleep all the time?

Sometimes I fall asleep in the middle of.......

Sorry, where was I? Oh, yes, I fell asleep three times after work
during a video of NYPD Blue a show I love. I fell asleep in the
waiting room of the Diabetic Unit LOL

I'm a young 55, male, wonderfully handsome, modest, 6' 5" and weigh
about 14 stone (I don't know what that is in Celsius).

I use an exercise bike about 5 times a week for twenty minutes and od
some stretching but I do have a desk driven job.

Does anyone -YAWN - have any - Zzzzz - advice to wake me up?

Pleeze ?

Otherwise I'm just going to .............

Hi,
Have you had your thyroid checked and your iron levels?
Could also be something as simple as not enough fresh air!
Hope you stay awake long enough to read this

Sue
Type1 39yrs bovine insulin user with no complications.

"Donnie" <donnie@NOSPAMdinonino.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:4muj40909q7fssklqdt98l1b23ae9h7289@4ax.com...
Get off the bike and get outside into the fresh air!

You may well still fall asleep, but it's more likely to be at the right
time...

Dave

On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 17:59:57 -0000, "s.miles5" <s.miles5@ntlworld.com>
wrote:

Thyroid and iron checked yes thanks.

Fresh air? Rings a bell!

On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 20:35:50 -0000, "Tfeeman"
<T1f2e3e4m5a6n7@ntlworld.com> wrote:

Diabetic :-(

(Thanks <g>)

On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 16:29:48 +0000, Donnie
<donnie@NOSPAMdinonino.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

Maybe it's related to the T2, but there are lots of other possibilities,
such as narcolepsy - see
http://www-med.stanford.edu/school/P...ry/narcolepsy/ as an example.

See your doctor.

Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
--
Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.

On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 21:06:07 +0000, Donnie
<donnie@NOSPAMdinonino.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:


Love it!
Thx.

Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
--
Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.

Donnie wrote:

Do you snore? Do you stop breathing when you're asleep? If so, how
often and for how long? [hint: ask your wife.] If your wife can say
yes to these, then talk to your doctor about obstructive sleep apnea
[sp?]. It is most commonly associated with middle-aged, overweight men
with a large collar size, is more common with moderate to heavy
consumers of alcohol, and there is a connection, not understood, between
it and diabetes. Testing for it is painless and simple: they give you
this teensy computer thingy that you strap on your wrist with a soft
rubber "alligator" type clip that you put ona a finger when you go to
bed. Next morning, you return the contraption and they run it through a
computer, and it tells them how much oxygen you're going through whilst
asleep. If you do have OSA, treatment is equally painless and simple:
you get a CPAP machine with a mask that you wear at night, it keeps air
moving down your airways to keep them open, you get a good night's
sleep, and you don't wrap your car around a tree [and any incidental
pedestrians] because you're too tired to function. Be warned: the CPAP
machine is *not* the sexiest nightwear I've ever come across, but it
does save lives. Maybe they should put some lace or leather or
something [depending on your and your wife's tastes] on the straps.

HTH,

Maggie

--
"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and
cats." -- Albert Schweitzer

On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 10:53:35 +1100, Alan <allorstarch@ozconnect.net>
wrote:

Oh boy I'm glad I came here ! :-( Now I gotta have sex with dead
people! *




* <g>

On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 01:24:01 GMT, Maggie Davey
<bassett_green@hotmail.com> wrote:

CUT FOR BREVITY
I misread that the first time!

machine with a mask that you wear at night, it keeps air
Thanks Maggie, kind of you. Unfortunately I should have said (I'd
forgotten actually) that I've had that test and it turned in negative.

I also hold the record for sleeping at work. (As a Civil Servant few
notice) Two of my colleagues were chatting behind me when I dozed off
and actually lowered their voices so they wouldn't wake me (LOL). When
eventually one got up she inadvertently knocked my elbow and woke me
up.

She apologised !!!

Thanks again anyway.

Donnie

woke up with a snort (snore) that caused everyone to look at me :-(. Very
embarrassing. Sometimes you just know you're going to go but can't stop it.

I really need to go and take the test I think, I have all the symptoms! I do
get a reasonable amount of fresh air though because my bike has real wheels
on it :-)

My boss (a fit non-diabetic) also struggles to stay awake in afternoon
meetings. I managed to get an audience with him and our IT team arranged for
a supplier who was livid after his demo. "Your boss slept through the whole
bloody thing" he said. Funny thing is, when he does sleep or nap for short
periods he always seems to wake up and ask an awkward question - perhaps he
thinks better with his eyes closed?

Later

Fred

On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 09:53:37 +0000, Donnie
<donnie@NOSPAMdinonino.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

Well, I dunno. It should certainly keep you awake. I know we say YMMV,
but that one would be unique I suspect.

Um, you didn't by any chance think I neant necrophilia?

Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
--
Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.

LOL!

At least the membership fee is pretty low!

One thing I've noticed since I 'joined' is that just about everyone still
has a healthy sense of humour :-)

Dave

On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 16:29:48 +0000, Donnie
<donnie@NOSPAMdinonino.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
how often do you establish this? High numbers will make you tired. It
might be an idea to ask your wife to test you the next time she sees you
nodding off. It might be that though your numbers are historically good,
that you arte spiking periodically.

If you've established that your tiredness isn't down to high numbers,
then speak to your diabetic doctor about it.

--
John38 - T2 : D&E : glimepiride 6mg : metaformin 1000mg : bp 110/70
Hb1Ac down from 11.9% to 7.4% in 3 months!

16:29:48 Sat, 6 Mar 2004alt.support.diabetes.uk
Donnie at Donnie <donnie@NOSPAMdinonino.fsnet.co.uk> writes:
Nobody seems to have asked you this yet, so here goes: how many hours'
actual sleep do you get each night?

What time do you go to sleep (not to bed) and what time do you wake up?
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On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 22:11:30 +1100, Alan <allorstarch@ozconnect.net>
wrote:


Now you bloody tell me !

Donnie,

On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 12:17:01 -0000, "Tfeeman"
<T1f2e3e4m5a6n7@ntlworld.com> wrote:

And I get to stick pins in all my friends..." Can you test me???"

On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 10:20:27 +0000, x(yz)enophil44@hotmail.com wrote:

No, but who'd notice?

On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 14:45:32 +0000, Martin Thompson
<bin@tucana.demon.co.uk> wrote:

Almost always 22.00 hours to both, and set the alram for 06.30 getting
up about 07.00.

Thanks for the interest.

On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 12:54:31 +0000, John38 <dev-null@itconsultuk.net>
wrote:

Well I don't do anything like as much testing as I ought to. I've gone
for months feeling okay, so haven't bothered. I usually feel sleepy
after lunch. At work I purposely take only 30 minutes or else I'd
settle back and snore. At night I sleep pretty well, but even this
morning reading alone, I felt relaxed and quiet so I dropped off for
ten mins or so.

I'va had two minor Hypos forgetting to eat at 12.30 (once when we
changed the clocks by an hour) both times after I'd forgotten also to
eat some biscuits at 11.00 and had been running around like a maniac.

Spiking never occurred to me, thanks.