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I'd love to see what my insulin levels do throughout the day. I have a lot of issues which feel like they're blood sugar related(extreme fatigue after meals, "

I'd love to see what my insulin levels do throughout the day. I have a lot of issues which feel like they're blood sugar related(extreme fatigue after meals, "brain fog", low energy, sleepy all the time but my apnea and nighttime SpO2 is fine, bouts of feeling hypoglycemic), but every time I've checked my glucose levels they're normal. I suspect I am becoming insulin resistant but I'm not sure. Things seemed to really go downhill after I tried intermittent fasting(16/8).

WarOnPrivacy 6y ago
That sounds a lot like residual effects of Epstein-Barr/Mono and/or Lyme disease.
- 01100011 6y ago
  I feel like there is a weird viral component to this but I'm not sold on that theory. A lot of my problems(apnea, brain fog, worsening attention span) happened when I got divorced. I try to avoid jumping to an unsubstantiated and fringe interpretation, but I do wonder if this is all neuroinflammation from HPV or something. Up until my divorce I had 2 partners. Then again, the stress of the divorce didn't help.
  - WarOnPrivacy 6y ago
    After research indicated that stress can alter DNA on the fly, I became more inclined to consider physio/enviro factors together, instead of allowing one to exclude the other.
    - 01100011 6y ago
      Yeah, it's possible that the extreme stress I was under activated a HERV(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1187282/#:~:text=Human%20endogenous%20retroviruses%20(HERVs)%20represent,generations%20in%20a%20Mendelian%20manner https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1187282/#:~:tex....) and caused a lasting autoimmune issue.
dehrmann 6y ago
How much coffee do you drink?
- 01100011 6y ago
  Usually a half a cup of fairly weak, instant espresso. Lately I've been increasing it but it doesn't do anything. I'm generally sensitive to caffeine so I drink my usual half-cup over 4-5 hours and sometimes fail to finish it. My genetics indicate I'm a fast metabolizer of caffeine.
cochne 6y ago
Sounds exactly like me, got tested for Epstein Barr and sleep apnea with no results though. Let me know if you find anything.

WarOnPrivacy 6y ago

That sounds a lot like residual effects of Epstein-Barr/Mono and/or Lyme disease.

01100011 6y ago
I feel like there is a weird viral component to this but I'm not sold on that theory. A lot of my problems(apnea, brain fog, worsening attention span) happened when I got divorced. I try to avoid jumping to an unsubstantiated and fringe interpretation, but I do wonder if this is all neuroinflammation from HPV or something. Up until my divorce I had 2 partners. Then again, the stress of the divorce didn't help.
- WarOnPrivacy 6y ago
  After research indicated that stress can alter DNA on the fly, I became more inclined to consider physio/enviro factors together, instead of allowing one to exclude the other.
  - 01100011 6y ago
    Yeah, it's possible that the extreme stress I was under activated a HERV(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1187282/#:~:text=Human%20endogenous%20retroviruses%20(HERVs)%20represent,generations%20in%20a%20Mendelian%20manner https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1187282/#:~:tex....) and caused a lasting autoimmune issue.

dehrmann 6y ago

How much coffee do you drink?

01100011 6y ago
Usually a half a cup of fairly weak, instant espresso. Lately I've been increasing it but it doesn't do anything. I'm generally sensitive to caffeine so I drink my usual half-cup over 4-5 hours and sometimes fail to finish it. My genetics indicate I'm a fast metabolizer of caffeine.

cochne 6y ago

Sounds exactly like me, got tested for Epstein Barr and sleep apnea with no results though. Let me know if you find anything.