Re: Insulin levels-- To Virginia
From: Anne (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 1 Mar 2002 07:57:03 -0600 (CST)
You both need to find yourself new doctors pronto. My fasting insulin
was lower than yours and I was given glucophage which has made a
tremendous difference in my life. Before I started I worked out and
dieted very strictly, doing everything right and could not lose a pound.
I've now lost 15 pounds and feel much better.
Pick up PCOS the Hidden Epidemic, by Thatcher
and/or Women, Weight and Hormones by Vliet
Feel better!
Anne
At Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Kari wrote:
>
>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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