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RE: The Science Behind 'Hangry': Why Are We Moody When We're Hungry?
I get hangry when I take too much insulin too. Sometimes it is the first sign that I'm going to have a hypoglycaemic episode.
I get hangry when I take too much insulin too. Sometimes it is the first sign that I'm going to have a hypoglycaemic episode.
Yeah, it is your brain saying...GIVE ME SUGAR haha. In actuality, the blood glucose when pricking your finger is time delayed. It takes awhile for the higher sugar count more centrally to reach the capillaries of the finger...so you are most likely already hypoglycemic in the brain. A finger test is about 20 minutes delayed...so you are really seeing a snap shot of what your sugar was 20 minutes before. Therefore, if your sugar is 40 on the meter it could be higher or more likely, lower depending on what you ate and how much insulin you took.
You may also notice that if you take insulin and check your finger in 20-30 minutes the glucose reading has not changed much. Now it takes about 2 hours for short acting insulin to take full effect; however, your sugar is probably lower than what the meter says.
The worrying thing is that over time I am finding that the signs of it are getting less obvious!
Yes, "hangry" is probably related to Insulin as well!
Yes that happens as well. The same reason when one has a fever, he or she can shiver in normal temperature because the body centrally resets its "normal zone". In cases where people have seizures due to not feeling lows a technique can be used to raise the blood sugars in the low 200s for a couple weeeks to reset the body again so you can feel the lows again.
I think I was maybe over-scrupulous with how tight my control was initially and that contributed. Obviously injecting insulin is never going to be as efficient as having a working pancreas.
That is for sure! Now we have two brains.
Didn't know that the difference was that big, interesting! Thanks for sharing!