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Have Type 2 Diabetes. Taking Insulin And Metformin. Have Weight Gain And Sleepiness. How Do I Tackle This?
Iam a type 2 diabetic on insulin as well as metformin . I also take cardace and prolomet for blood pressure .Have been taking these for more than 3 years. My problem is I am gaining weight and inspite of having good sleep at night, I often fall asleep in my workplace causing great embarrassment. How do I tackle this doctor?
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
Hi Dev Raj
There are two issues here
1. Gaining weight
2. Difficulty in sleeping
Both the things are correlated. We will tackle both of them
1. Gaining weight
It is not unusual to gain weight with insulin. If your BMI is above 25 kg/m2 then you need to take loose weight. You can start with a little bit of exercise. You can talk to your dietitian to prescribe you a lower calorie diet.
2. Feeling sleeping during day time
This is possibly because of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Sometimes people who gain weight develop OSA which in which you get adequate sleep, however it is physiologically disturbed sleep and hence you feel sleepy during daytime. Lossing some weight can solve both your problems. However if it doesn't work you can consult a sleep specialist or a pulmonologist for further management.
Hope this helps.
Regards
Dr. Om Lakhani
Consultant Diabetologist
http://www.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-om-lakhani/60313 (online expert diabetes care consultantion)
There are two issues here
1. Gaining weight
2. Difficulty in sleeping
Both the things are correlated. We will tackle both of them
1. Gaining weight
It is not unusual to gain weight with insulin. If your BMI is above 25 kg/m2 then you need to take loose weight. You can start with a little bit of exercise. You can talk to your dietitian to prescribe you a lower calorie diet.
2. Feeling sleeping during day time
This is possibly because of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Sometimes people who gain weight develop OSA which in which you get adequate sleep, however it is physiologically disturbed sleep and hence you feel sleepy during daytime. Lossing some weight can solve both your problems. However if it doesn't work you can consult a sleep specialist or a pulmonologist for further management.
Hope this helps.
Regards
Dr. Om Lakhani
Consultant Diabetologist
http://www.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-om-lakhani/60313 (online expert diabetes care consultantion)
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Hi,
Welcome to HCM,
You are Hypertensive with Diabetes type II ,you can not continue to take same dose without proper checking blood sugar and renal function as you are gaining weight may be your blood sugar is going down and your diet is increasing and that may be the reason for weight gain. You are sleeping too much which means less physical activity.
You should check your Hemoglobin,FBS,PPBS and HBA1c and adjust the dose of insulin with increasing exercise to reduce weight.
Your other parameter like renal function and urine albumin needs to be checked.
If there is sleep problem with obesity there can be sleep apnea syndrome which must be considered .
Once you take care of diet and other parameter you should improve in health.
Take care
Good Luck.
Welcome to HCM,
You are Hypertensive with Diabetes type II ,you can not continue to take same dose without proper checking blood sugar and renal function as you are gaining weight may be your blood sugar is going down and your diet is increasing and that may be the reason for weight gain. You are sleeping too much which means less physical activity.
You should check your Hemoglobin,FBS,PPBS and HBA1c and adjust the dose of insulin with increasing exercise to reduce weight.
Your other parameter like renal function and urine albumin needs to be checked.
If there is sleep problem with obesity there can be sleep apnea syndrome which must be considered .
Once you take care of diet and other parameter you should improve in health.
Take care
Good Luck.
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Weight GAin in Diabetes may be life style induced or drug induced or sometimes related to swelling if that develops.If one is on Pioglitazone weight gain is very likely but you are not on Pio.
Falling asleep during day inspite of sleeping at night may a part of SAS(Sleep Apnoe Syndrome ) specially if the OBESITY is an issue so consult a chest physician if reducing weight does not help in day time sleep.Also is there a significant snoring ? If so SAS is more likely .Your spouse can confirm this . Insulin can increase weight so if oral medications can not control Diabetes take Insulin in the minimum needed dose to keep the A1c at target .Hope these changes get you better
Falling asleep during day inspite of sleeping at night may a part of SAS(Sleep Apnoe Syndrome ) specially if the OBESITY is an issue so consult a chest physician if reducing weight does not help in day time sleep.Also is there a significant snoring ? If so SAS is more likely .Your spouse can confirm this . Insulin can increase weight so if oral medications can not control Diabetes take Insulin in the minimum needed dose to keep the A1c at target .Hope these changes get you better
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