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Are Mood Swings And Low Blood Sugar Levels Side Effects Of Invokana?

my husband was prescribed invokana on December 22, along with metformin, januvia, glyburide, and levemir for control of diabetes, along with xarelto, atnenolol, pravastatin, and synthroid. He just never seemed right after that. He experienced many very low blood sugar episodes, had trouble sleeping and was very irritable. He did not seem depressed, indeed he had many short and long term plans. However, he took his life on March 11 and wrote a note saying we all would be better off without him (unthinkable). All his doctors and family were completely shocked. Have there been any links with suicide and invokana?
Tue, 1 Aug 2017
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Low blood sugar will cause mood swings in nearly everyone who has low lood sugar levels. It tends to go away very fast with the blood glucose is normalized.
The link between diabetes drugs and mood is indirectt it essentially always is due to a low sugar.
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Are Mood Swings And Low Blood Sugar Levels Side Effects Of Invokana?

Low blood sugar will cause mood swings in nearly everyone who has low lood sugar levels. It tends to go away very fast with the blood glucose is normalized. The link between diabetes drugs and mood is indirectt it essentially always is due to a low sugar.