PCOS Messages for February, 2002: Re: Insulin levels-- To Virginia

Re: Insulin levels-- To Virginia

From: Kari (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 28 Feb 2002 12:05:37 -0600 (CST)

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My God...My insulin level was exactly the same......I was told that level is not considered to be high(even though everything that I have read and researched show that anything over 10 for a average healthy young woman is abnormal...)My Endo would not prescribe any drugs such as Metformin unless my insulin level was in the 40's...so here I am battling with my weight and all other things that come from being insulin resistant... Including the cravings for sweets so bad that it wakes me up at night...I can't have any sweets in the home or I indulge to the point where I make myself sick...I shake uncontrollably until I get some sort of sugar in my system....and my Dr was the same way....she just took a double take on me and said she did not feel it is abnormal.....so no you aren't in this alone...Please feel free to contact me at keakers@czn.com and take care.... xxxx-oooo, Kari*

At Wed, 27 Feb 2002, paula wrote: >
>for a woman in her mid twenties who is other wise healthy, a normal
>insulin level is <10. but your reading will generally be cosidered
>normal by most labs and doctors. however, it should be noted that since
>you were on such a low carb diet, your reading is not accurate to your
>natural state. you should not low carb for three days before a IGTT or
>a fasting insulin test to insure an accurate reading.
>
>hope this helps =)
>
>love, paula
>
>At Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Virginia wrote:
>>
>>I dug up some blood work I had done 6 months ago. My fasting insulin
>>level was 14.6 (this was on an EXTREMELY low carb diet) I believe this
>>is a normal reading, am I correct? Also, when I explained to my Doc.
>>about having extreme nightime cravings for sweets and that I was even
>>being awoken by them, he looked at me strangly. Has anyone else had
>>this problem? I am truly puzzled by it, not to mention bothered. Thanks
>>again.
>
>--
>please feel free to email me at paulam@communicomm.com
>

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