bigforyouben
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That might work on iOS, but not on Android
MESO-Rx
Anabolic Steroids
Frequent episodes of Hypoglycemia
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Thats super weird so u cant go under the app and turn off alarms or anything??
I just got a Glucose Finger prick kit. I recently tried it and according to the finger prick, my glucose was quite a bit higher than what the Libre was showing. I’m aware the Libre lags and I took that into account.
Any specific type of magnesium? I was taking theonate but had stopped. Will resume taking unless there is a better from of mag to address the issue.
I benefited greatly from adding a GLP. Tried Sema, Tirz and now Reta. Was able to lose very stubborn weight. Overall healthier and feel better. However, I’ve reached a target weight and will probably stop use.
Id rather not stop the GH just yet. I could lower dose to 2iu or split the 4ius between evening and morning.
Thank for the information!
bigforyouben
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If the finger prick is confirming that the Libre is reading to low, I wouldn't take any actions based on the Libre.
Photon
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I have no idea about iOS. For android long press the icon, press the question mark then press disable
Photon
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You can't turn it off but you can silence it which also works I believe.
bigforyouben
Member
You can silence the urgent low glucose alarm for up to 6 hours, if you remember. They pretty much disable the app if you turn off the permissions it needs to be as annoying as possible. That all might be fine if the urgent low blood glucose alarms were not false alarms.
How did the glp-1’s help ? By slowing the gastric emptying? What dosages have u done and how do u time those with ur gh?
Ill redig up the studies i found for magnesium and reactive hypo… there were actually a lot
Didn’t take Sema for very long as I didn’t feel good while on it. Don’t recall going above .5mg.
Tirz was excellent. Crushed appetite. Removed any food noise. Lost fat and preserved/gained muscle as I could train at a high intensity, even given the lowered caloric intake. Stopped the Tirz at 7.5mg.
Reintroduced Reta a few months ago to help remove some regained weight. However, metabolic and improving insulin sensitivity were primary factors in using.
GH and GLP and done hours apart, mostly. GH always before bed but GLP administration varied to different times of day.
Did u monitor glucose at all whilst on these? Thats my biggest concern.. especially since i go hypo during sleep according to my cgm…
cap’nboldenone
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Everyone I know who has tried a CGM has said that they were wildly inaccurate, even when taking the lag into account.
4iu of GH also shouldn’t be enough to cause insulin resistance unless you have a shit diet and even worse genetics.
Since you’re actually having hypo symptoms I’m gonna go ahead and say it’s probably the reta.
4iu of GH also shouldn’t be enough to cause insulin resistance unless you have a shit diet and even worse genetics.
Since you’re actually having hypo symptoms I’m gonna go ahead and say it’s probably the reta.
Yea I’m seeing quite a bit of disparity between the CGM and a finger prick. Diet and training are solid. No metabolic issues like diabetes in family. I’m backing off the Reta.
I only recently started to monitor.
Damn so the reta hasnt helped? I was told it should… but then again its a glp-3… messing with 3 items instead of tirz which messes with 2… sema-does 1 from my research… but i could be wrong @Ghoul could explain the mechanism of each better than i ever could… especially dealing with reactive hypoglycemia… which maybe the best to counteract this type of hypoglycemia
Maybe gh at night to keep the sugar levels up and reta in am… perhaps…
Ghoul
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You're using GH which dumps FFAs into the blood, preferentially being used as fuel by muscles. leaving glucose unabsorbed creating the standard GH "pseudo insulin resistance".
You're using Reta, also dumping glucose in the blood AND boosting insulin release like other GLPs.
Couple this with the fact approx 15% of adults have asymptomatic reactive hypoglycemia. It's actually more common in those who are athletic or just exercise.
So perhaps: all this glucose getting dumped into the blood is effectively like eating a high carb meal in the middle of the night, triggering a Reta turbocharged overreaction of insulin response and typical reactive hypoglycemia dip. When it happens during waking hours it's causing symptoms, where before Reta perhaps it was just above that symptomatic threshold.
Maybe you should consider going back to Tirz, eliminating the glucose dump Reta gives you, which may be just enough to make your reactive hypoglycemia asymptomatic again (which is as good as not having reactive hypoglycemia, it's otherwise harmless).
You're using Reta, also dumping glucose in the blood AND boosting insulin release like other GLPs.
Couple this with the fact approx 15% of adults have asymptomatic reactive hypoglycemia. It's actually more common in those who are athletic or just exercise.
So perhaps: all this glucose getting dumped into the blood is effectively like eating a high carb meal in the middle of the night, triggering a Reta turbocharged overreaction of insulin response and typical reactive hypoglycemia dip. When it happens during waking hours it's causing symptoms, where before Reta perhaps it was just above that symptomatic threshold.
Maybe you should consider going back to Tirz, eliminating the glucose dump Reta gives you, which may be just enough to make your reactive hypoglycemia asymptomatic again (which is as good as not having reactive hypoglycemia, it's otherwise harmless).
sionnach
Banned
People don't do their reta research and treat it like a GLP-1 carb party free-for-all, especially BB on the oldschool "I gotta have my carb load!!" brodiet.
