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  • Blood sugar / stress at work – Migraine advice / diabetes tips?
  • stoofus
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    Reading the previous migraine thread, the experiences of most people, blood sugar levels, exercise, stress and dehydration seem to be a common trigger and mine are almost certainly linked to the above.

    Felt rough as shit this week, migraine on Sunday last week, top of llandegla black section, couldn’t see a **** thing. Never had a migraine whilst riding before, always at the end. Smaller migraine like headaches all week after.

    I’m putting this one down to blood sugar levels, mate gave me one of the sugariest flapjacks I’ve ever eaten in the car, fruit toast and coffee at the starbucks too.

    I reckon the smaller headaches at work are stress/lighting related. So…

    1. How do you keep blood sugar levels constant whilst riding? I realise gorging on sugar before isn’t working. How do you do this at work?

    2. How do you deal with stress at work. I’m a teacher so sources of stress are omnipresent.

    Would bloody love any advice.

    Blue light filter on the phone is really seeming to help.

    hora
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    I avoid all sugar but maybe this might help; hayfever tablets with loratadine in. This and Ibuprohen.

    cynic-al
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    Low GI carbs.

    It’s how you deal with stress that matters.

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    stoofus
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    Hora – when do you take them?

    hora
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    My main triggers are fatigue/stress or supermarket bacon. Sometimes they come out of the blue so bang back the tabs at the earliest. Although sometimes if I know I’m stressed I’ll take a anti histamine first thing anyway.

    Pawsy_Bear
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    Most obvious advice, talk to your doctor, not the forum experts we deal in snake oil and sympathy.

    aphex_2k
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    T1 diabetic. Insulin pump. Community mental health nurse on acute treatment team. Very stressed. Don’t get headaches but do get user hot as it’s summer here and our clients aren’t the rich ones with air con….

    Survive by drinking. Water in the day, cold stubbies at night. Stress. Well, I’ll deal with it later….

    stumpyjon
    Full Member

    SAD light at work? I think it reduced my tension headaches.

    hora
    Free Member

    What will the GP prescribe? Everyone has varying triggers and different things that help. They might have more experience in one field but essentially they have to have an overview of almost every ailment known to man.

    I’ve noticed I swell up/react when bitten in Summer and antihistamines helped. Similar principle with blood vessels? A previous STWer mentioned his partner found a migraine tablet that worked but was discontinued. It was basically antihistamines/Ibuprohen.

    jamj1974
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    Stoofus. Think my email is in my profile. If you want, drop me a mail and describe what your stress revolves around at work. Having been through this myself, I may be able to tell you what worked for me.

    Drac
    Full Member

    Eat regular with proper food, the stress at work you need to break down slowly. Don’t start taking meds without seeing a professional first.

    stoofus
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    I’m at the quacks on monday, so fear not. I’m not going to start self medicating. I do want to start trying to keep my blood sugar levels constant though and reducing stress.

    Might do that jamj.

    Drac
    Full Member

    Your blood sugars won’t be low as such but if you’re not eating you’ll start to feel fatigued. If you’re built like me then you’ll have no reserves to burn up.

    Pawsy_Bear
    Free Member

    I’m at the quacks on monday, so fear not. I’m not going to start self medicating. I do want to start trying to keep my blood sugar levels constant though and reducing stress.

    wise mate, get all the info and support. Your in control, you get to choose whats best. Doctors can refer you on to more specialised advice, support or drugs. Best to start with the professionals. Taking random medicines more likely a placebo affect. Could be psychological, sessions with councillors or psychologist might be more beneficial.

    vickypea
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    When I’m out on my bike, I get early warning signs – feeling a bit dizzy and spots in front of my eyes. If I stop and eat something straight away, I usually avoid the shaky legs and migraine that usually follow.
    As for stress at work, I had plenty of that last year. Trying to care more about myself and less about work is helping.

    stoofus
    Free Member

    Actually Vickypea I do get spots in my eyes sometimes during physical exertion, mostly cycling, kind of like an angled cross hairs. I never really thought about that as a sign. I think trying to reduce the amount I do, will help the stress, difficult as there’s a lot on my plate as an understaffed team leader. Consciously not thinking about work for me is a hard thing to do.

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