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Emergency supply of Glucagon/Sugar in Liver during Insulin Reaction?
Diabetes & Endocrine System | Last Active: Apr 24, 2020 | Replies (8)Comment receiving replies
Hi @bassman48 and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I am sorry to hear about your insulin reactions that cause violent dreams. There are a lot of members in this group that have experience with diabetes. I would like to bring @astaingegerdm @retiredteacher @lovette26 @contentandwell @mollyb1968 and @dtkbac687800 into the conversation and see if they know more about this issue. I’m also tagging Mentors @hopeful33250 and @johnbishop as they monitor the Diabetes/Endocrine System group.
Have you discussed this with your physician at all?
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Yes, but my physician didn't seem to know that the liver has a special supply of sugar for such emergencies. And there doesn't seem to be any data on it. So far, only two replies are from people who are neither Type 1, one used meds only temporarily and the other doesn't use meds at all nor has ever had an insulin reaction! Not even basic help or information... I need some experts as most of the GP's that I've met don't know anything about this either especially the liver's glucose emergency supply and the brain damage from insulin reactions.
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@bassman48 @amandaburnett I wish I could suggest something but my response would be pretty much identical to the response of @retiredteacher. The only time I used insulin was for a short time after my liver transplant and prednisone caused my numbers to spike.
I hope your endocrinologist can advise you on this. If not, maybe you need a second opinion from a different endocrinologist.
JK