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georgia
07-18-2006, 10:53 AM
HI
I have a question to see if any others with young ones have noticed strange moods or hyperness. MY daughter is just 3 and was diagnosed about 2 weeks ago. She is on lantus in the am and humalog for each meal. We eat dinner about 5:30 or 6 and then by 8 we check her bs (usually 80-120) so she gets a snack to take her through the night, bed around 8:30 or 9. Lately at night she is very hyper going to bed, sometimes not "good" hyper she will thrash about kicking and crying in her bed. And then eventually afer getting upset enough go to sleep.
I realize this could be just her being a toddler and also the fact that she has gone through so much lately. But I wonder if it is the insulin (although) the humalog should be leaving her by then. Perhaps we need to change her night snack, it is usually teddy grahams and milk. Are the teddy g's too sugary?? Often it is the only thing she wants to eat and she needs something.
She has a twin brother (bless his soul, this whole thing is very hard and confusing for him) with whom she shares a room.
Has anyone experienced this or does anyone have advice.
My endo nurse tells me she thinks she probably just feels good and has energy after her snack and that "technically" the insulin shouldn't affect her moods. But she has heard this complaint/concern from other moms. She said it seems to subside because she doesn't hear it continually.
Thanks for any help.

zimbie45
07-18-2006, 11:17 AM
Hi
Sorry not to much info to provide, althought the " insulin" shouldnt effect mood.. bs changs will.... The teddy grahams amy be something that is to much of a qs for her.. my suggestion would be to try to stay with some thing like yogurt, pudding... milk.. ect.. when we did lantus/ novalog what worked the best was milk and lunch meat, great mixture of carbs and protein...

AmyMcCracken
07-18-2006, 12:26 PM
Georgia -

my daughter thrashes around alot if she is high or low. The teddy grahams always seem to make my daughter go high. Have you tested your daughter when she's thrashing? You might try a different snack. My daughter usually has milk plus something else. Peanut Butter is usually good because of the protein and fat.

georgia
07-18-2006, 12:39 PM
I'll have to try something different at night. We tested her the other night, about 1 - 1.5 hours after snack she was 245. Which isn't crazy. IT is actually where I like it to be because at that number at night, she has been waking up arount 90 to 110.
They would give her teddy grahams in the hospital for a snack and she has liked them so much, will eat them even when she doesn't want to eat, that I've just stuck with them. I'll try something different tonight.

RobinKop
07-18-2006, 02:30 PM
My daughter gets pretty hyper when she is high too - once she hits the mid 200's she is rather hard to control.

I would say that maybe the Teddy Grahms are a little to high or their Glycemic index is a bit to quick for the insulin she is on. Maybe try something that releases a little slower.

We've actually been doing ice cream for a bed time snack since it is summer :) and it has a little fat, a little protein, seems to be a little slower carb release. If she is really high I've been giving her frozen cool-whip in a cone. Cool-whip only has 1 carb per TBS so you can fill up a cone for 8 or 9 carbs. That seems to be a really nice little treat for her.....

ann-lolly
07-18-2006, 03:11 PM
My daughter is 5 yrs. old, also a twin and dx'd in Dec. She had terrible mood swings in the beginning, I think just from the trauma of the whole change in her life. Our nightes were tough also but it did subside over time. try a different snack for awhile and se if that helps. Maybe she needs to stay awake a little longer. we let mu daughter take some toys in bed to play with until she fell asleep and even left the tv on for a little while. Give it some time, there are alot of changes going on in a short amount of time. Good luck.

georgia
07-18-2006, 03:18 PM
Thanks ann-lolly. It is so hard to think what she might be going through emotionally and mentally now. We all just need to try to get things back to as normal as possible. Her twin is acting out too, I am sure he doesn't understand why she gets all this attention. He actually wants his finger poked too and loves giving pretend shots. But I think he is pretty mad about this too. I hope it gets easier for them. I suppose that will just take time and us all settling down. We think she just started honeymooning so I had my first scarey lows this weekend, it freaked me out. I know my stress and anxiety directly effects them, but sometimes I just can't hide the tears. I hate this disease.

RobinKop
07-18-2006, 03:24 PM
I agree the mood swings do get better. Kim had been acting out for quite a while before we were diagnosed and started the insulin.

I have to say it is so nice to have my happy, healthy little girl back.

Those first few weeks are so hard on everyone - it will get better.

Debbie
07-18-2006, 07:15 PM
I, too, want to reassure that it does get better. I also have a daughter , diagnosed at 2, and she has a twin brother. I think it is hard for the siblings, especially twins, even when they are so young. My two are 10 now and the best of friends (usually). We are careful not to depend on our son to help with our daughter's care but he does help with great generosity.

Debbie
Mom to Adyson born 9/7/95 dx 4/24/98 and Evan born 9/7/95-non-d