why am i so tired when my sugar is over 200?

Answer 1

Sugar provides energy but in order to do so it needs to be in a form your body can use inside the cells. Insulin moves the sugar to the cells so that this can happen. Think of it as being in a raft in the ocean and dying of thirst - water everywhere but none you can drink... Ok, my explanation may be somewhat simplistic.

Answer 2

Insulin takes the sugar you eat into your muscles. Your muscles need sugar to be strong. Think of insulin as the key that unlocks your muscles to let sugar into your muscles from the blood stream.

When sugar builds up in your system and doesn't go into your muscles coz there's not enough insulin, the sugar builds up in your blood stream as you continue eating.
High sugars in the blood over time, cause nausea, rapid heart rate, dehydration and weakness. It is then that the high sugars can cause damage to your eyes and kidneys.

When you are using insulin and you become resistant to insulin, the same things can happen, It is called "diabetic ketone acidosis". The insulin you take in doesn't work well enough and open the muscles to let the sugars in and you become tired and ill.

Try to keep your sugars below 200. If you can't then consider getting an insulin pump. They work great for those people who can't get their sugars down below 150.

Answer 3

I really don't know, but I am the same. I know normal is between 70-100 (American measurements). I do know that I can get the same symptoms of tiredness and other things if I am high or low (I was hypoglycemic prior to becoming diabetic). It may be because the brain knows that the body can sometimes balance blood sugars when you are asleep, and wants you there.

I know that I have self-diagnosed myself with a systemic yeast syndrome and that the treatment for that has lowered my overall blood sugars.

Answer 4

Insulin is responsible for the entry of glucose to 3 sites:
1)Muscles
2)Fat
3)The satiety center in the brain
The insulin binds to receptors on the surface of the cell and undergoes changes that leads to glucose transporters to attach to the cell membrane and allow the glucose to enter from the blood to the cells.Glucose is the main source of energy in all the body. So no insulin in the blood will mean that glucose remains in the blood and lost in urine(loss of energy source). Thus you feel fatigue(no energy in muscle), have weight lost(no energy stores in fat but fat is used), will constantly eat(feel you have no energy which is lost in urine), will drink a lot and will have lots of urine which will be sticky(because of the sugar). These symptoms are more clear in diabetes type one than two.
The normal blood glucose is 70-110mg/dl(%).
The renal threshold is 180%. This the maximum level of glucose in the blood above which the kidney starts to let the glucose pass to urine(overflow point). Your blood glucose level is higher which might mean you have a problem in your kidney if the blood glucose you measured was during fasting condition(10-12 hours). Please go to the doctor and say your full complaints. I hope I was of help.

Answer 5

Very simply the stuff you need for energy is not going to your cells so you are weak

Answer 6

not right