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What Could Cause A Loss Of Short Term Memory For A Diabetic Person?

We've had a very busy week, lost a lot of sleep and changed eating habits. I'm a 62-year old female, have diabetes. This afternoon, when I got home, I was exhausted, and went SOUND to sleep. When the phone awoke me I couldn't figure what day it was for a minute or if I was supposed to be someplace and was late. In the past couple hours, while on the phone a couple of times, I felt like I couldn't put my thoughts together as quickly as usual, and I hear myself slur a little a couple of words. The person I was talking to didn't notice, but I just felt different....perhaps just very tired. I had just a very slight, sporadic headache, and a slight twinge on the left side of my face. I was a little concerned, and really don't want to start a whole big procedure if it's just being tired. I don't know you, doctor, but would like to hear what you think. As I said, everything is very slight....it just feels a little different. Perhaps a good 10 hours of rest will change everything. What do you think?

Wed, 30 Apr 2014
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Diabetologist 's  Response
Dear madam I understand your concern.With this excellent description of your problem i am able to understand what difficulty your are facing.This kind of things can happen in couple of scenarios
1.you might have gone through a phase of hypoglycemia during sleep which might be the reson for all this disturbance
2.Due to heavy stress you mind got little tired which might be other reson,If it is so it will recover with good sleep
i can suggest you better if i am able to get some more information from you.
whats your duration of diabetes
what kind of medications are you on?
are you doing any exersise?
whats the nature of your diet?
looking forward for your reply
regards
Dr vamsi krishna
Consultant Diabetologist
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What Could Cause A Loss Of Short Term Memory For A Diabetic Person?

Dear madam I understand your concern.With this excellent description of your problem i am able to understand what difficulty your are facing.This kind of things can happen in couple of scenarios 1.you might have gone through a phase of hypoglycemia during sleep which might be the reson for all this disturbance 2.Due to heavy stress you mind got little tired which might be other reson,If it is so it will recover with good sleep i can suggest you better if i am able to get some more information from you. whats your duration of diabetes what kind of medications are you on? are you doing any exersise? whats the nature of your diet? looking forward for your reply regards Dr vamsi krishna Consultant Diabetologist