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Posted 7/29/2014 12:20 PM (GMT 0)
He was diagnosed with diabetes 12 yrs. ago. He is not on insulin at this point.He does not eat much and depends of the medication to keep his sugar levels stable. He does not take his blood sugar count - ever - and he is now sleeping much of the day, and can still sleep at night. After breakfast, he will sit down and watch t.v. and fall asleep again . He will take an afternoon nap, and then fall asleep again around 8 pm while watching t.v. And sleep at night again. Im really concerned about this. He does not exercise at all and he is always annoyed , whenever I tell him to get checked up from doctor he gets annoyed and give me looks so I get stressed. Why does he sleeps that much?
Posted 7/29/2014 3:50 PM (GMT 0)
Welcome to HealingWell, Prabha_annie.  May I ask who "he" is?  Your husband, your father, your son? 

First of all, I don't know how anyone can say his medication is keeping his blood sugar level if he never tests.  How does he know what his blood sugar is?  Does he have regular visits to the doctor to check?

If he's not checking his blood sugar, it might be too high or too low - and this may be causing him to sleep all the time.  In general, this is not healthy, as you know.  I'm sure you're very concerned about this.  Can you speak to his doctor?

Food and exercise has a direct effect on blood sugar.  If he's eating a lot of carbohydrates like rice, potatoes, bread, anything made with flour or sugar and he's not getting any exercise, his blood sugar is probably not controlled at all even if he is taking medication.  This is why it's important to test.  And this is why he needs to have the doctor instruct him about diet and exercise if he will not listen to you.

Is there any chance he would like to read our posts here at HealingWell?

Please post again.  We would like to help you!

Posted 8/4/2014 6:21 AM (GMT 0)
I don't get enough quality sleep during the night and then end up tired and easily irritated. I have some back pain problems and I might have to seek physiotherapy again. It sounds like he's type 2 though. I've had type 1 since 1988 and so depend on insulin. Male.

I can understand your worries. Has he said anything about how he is actually feeling? Or speak to a doctor like LanieG suggested.
Posted 8/8/2014 9:09 PM (GMT 0)
There is a Professor who writes some interesting articles about diabetes. His name is Paul Trayhurn and he has a website.
Posted 8/8/2014 9:23 PM (GMT 0)
I agree Lanie if he doesn't test how does he know and for sleeping all the time he is either extremely high or low, I think high is more likely the answer, he should be testing, he doesn't realize the damage he could be doing to his body, ignore him and go to his doctor and explain yourself to the doctor you could help him more doing that
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