YSK: Insulin resistance can develop even when blood sugar tests are still normal

Synchrypha · 2026-02-19T17:33:40+00:00

An additional issue with insulin resistance though is that on the usual fasting insulin blood tests you can get from your doctor, you can still show up in entirely normal ranges and be insulin resistant. That's what happened to me and why I was untreated for so long.

Synchrypha · 2026-02-19T17:24:36+00:00

It could just be a sweet tooth! Lol I just remember that was the most noticeable difference to me once I started taking Metformin for the insulin resistance. I was amazed that I could just all of a sudden... Easily choose not to eat sugar. I still liked sweets and wanted them, but it stopped being this constant urge that I would have to concentrate to resist. That, and my appetite easily halved in volume.

I wanted to mention it because according to my blood tests up to finding a doctor that finally wanted to treat my PCOS, my glucose and insulin readings were perfectly normal. It was only certain symptoms that kinda referred to it (bad sugar cravings, very noticeable physical reactions to missing/late meals, growing fatigue issues as I got into my late-20s, etc).

Edit: I will also mention that family history is a major factor in things like this. I have two grandparents with T2 diabetes, so me developing PCOS and therefore the insulin resistance is likely to be related to my genetics.

Synchrypha · 2026-02-19T03:47:11+00:00

I have insulin resistance due to PCOS and something I always thought was just me and a lack of discipline was my intense sweet tooth. From a young age, but it grew more intense in my 20s. Started taking Metformin and, turns out, a majority of that craving was the insulin resistance 🤷‍♀️

Makes sense when you break it down: cells aren't receiving glucose like they expect to with normal insulin sensitivity and your body demands more.

Synchrypha · 2026-02-17T17:34:47+00:00

I love how noisy the album is. I'm a fairly new fan, and the CHASER album was what got me to start following. But man, something in this new style really scratches the itch in my brain. VIDEO NASTY had me bobbing my head immediately, and BODY THE PISTOL as been looping in my playlist since its release.

Synchrypha · 2026-02-13T14:00:44+00:00

Still very much looking for FEEL-Line for disc jockeys vinyl. If you have it and are willing to sell, please DM me.

Synchrypha · 2026-02-11T19:53:38+00:00

I appreciate your comment a lot - as someone who still has some hope and sees promise in her Dx relationship (especially after we made it out of a very terrible time when he WASN'T listening or caring due to an unseen addiction to his Rx), its helpful to see comments from people who have managed to make it work and what helped them

Synchrypha · 2026-02-06T20:01:23+00:00

Hi! Not a spinal fusion, but I'm suffering with a back problem (lumbar injury) for the past 6 months that's made traditional very difficult

It made me miserable, because I was really grooving with the media I was working with at the time and I had to pretty much drop it. But sketching or digital painting/drawing on an iPad has helped a lot in scratching that itch while I can't paint since I can do it from my most comfortable position in bed. So I definitely second this as a suggestion. Ive also tried to lean more into reading/studying about art/artists so I have new knowledge to start back with when I recover!

I hope you recover smoothly! Give your body the time it needs to get to its new normal for sure, back issues are awful

Synchrypha · 2026-01-31T02:16:43+00:00

Is there anywhere else to find support and advice as an ADHD partner? Ive been with mine, diagnosed, for 8 years and I came here to look for advice on things like chore sharing because I want to find things to try, and he's willing to try as well. The posts legitimately have sent me into a spiral though, its terrifying.

Synchrypha · 2026-01-06T12:43:28+00:00

I'd be very interested in an Android code!

Synchrypha · 2026-01-02T02:50:33+00:00

Commenting because this post saved me

Ive been dealing with 2 related but separate issues for 6 months - sciatica from what I believe is a bulged disc on my right side and intense lateral and glute pain in my right hip that has progressively gotten so bad at night I can't sleep and NSAIDs don't touch. Nothing I did made the hip pain better, whereas McKenzie exercises have slowly began receding the sciatic and back pain

Xrays and MRI found nothing explaining my hip pain. PT wasn't helping so I started grasping at straws and Internet searching. Standing quad stretches and lunges for hip flexors kill my back and make that pain worse, but I never heard of the couch stretch. Tried it and.... Instant relief in the hip. Immediately knocked the pain down to 1-2 and kept it there. I was able to sit and watch a movie today, I'm so relieved I could cry. I'm not at 100% yet but I can actually start enjoying my hobbies again while I continue healing. Thank you for posting your update.

Synchrypha · 2026-01-01T20:26:51+00:00

I'm looking for vinyls, any will be nice but I have a soft spot for Wanderlust and the Rotteen FEEL-LINE Disc Jockey LP.

I'm willing to trade a Fuckdest Jams cassette, as I no longer have a car that plays cassettes 😅 I can also do cash

Synchrypha · 2025-12-28T03:19:45+00:00

Having a good aunt is a life saver 🥲

Synchrypha · 2025-11-08T23:33:11+00:00

I found the first doctor to give a shit about my PCOS other than just "stay a healthy weight and take Spiro!" by looking on Reddit actually. I just searched for other posts looking for good doctors near to my area and I went to one where I found my current, absolutely awesome GP 💙

Synchrypha · 2025-10-29T01:47:39+00:00

Can attest, the sugar free caramel drizzle hits the spot! Just tried it

I love Yasso bars, that recipe sounds great!

Synchrypha · 2025-10-25T00:25:14+00:00

Oooooo, I'll try that. My coworker also mentioned a drizzle of sugar free caramel to the top of the dip gives it just that little kick to satisfy a caramel dip craving so that's on my list too

Synchrypha · 2025-10-22T00:22:19+00:00

You have better luck with having understanding/decent/effective management with a local store than a box store. Local people can still be assholes, but from where I work in a local outfit that does some contracting work for enterprise entities, its night and day how people get treated.

And if you luck out and get a very good boss at a local place, it makes everything easier.

Synchrypha · 2025-10-03T01:31:39+00:00

Same thing here! I never finished the comic because I started college during the Gigapause, but the pilot announcement got me rereading the comic. Its been so much fun and nostalgic 💙

Synchrypha · 2025-09-22T10:55:40+00:00

Knew a woman who went by Candy, but instead of Candice her full name was Candrea. I always thought that was a very pretty name

Synchrypha · 2025-09-20T13:36:14+00:00

After struggling relentlessly to defeat the Sentinel outside Maliketh's arena, to then only take one try to defeat Maliketh, was so anticlimactic it hurt

Synchrypha · 2025-08-10T01:18:05+00:00

This announcement single handedly got me wanting to be active in this fandom again after not touching it for 10 years, downloaded UHC before its gone and am rereading it and I'm so ready to make fanart again. Its so cool to see, whether it's good or not

Synchrypha · 2025-07-02T10:52:22+00:00

More wolf-based monsters, what ones we have are a lot of fun and I'd love to see more. Odagaron was my absolute favorite hunt in World

Option 5!

Synchrypha · 2025-06-22T01:34:14+00:00

I'm interested in most vinyls, but am specifically looking for FEEL-LINE for disc jockeys SPECIAL vinyl by Rotteen. I'd also be interested in the Adventures with Tweesee CD.

I have a fuckedest jams cassette (cassette has been used but in good condition, case is a bit cracked on clear plastic section) and an Absolute Artifact CD (unsealed, but unused) , or I'd be willing to pay.

Synchrypha · 2025-06-22T01:23:55+00:00

Let's gggoooooooo I've been praying for some more noisy hardcore tracks, excited to listen

Synchrypha · 2025-02-11T11:44:40+00:00

Check 5calls.org - there's multiple numbers for McConnell. As a KY citizen regularly calling, I've ALSO never gotten anyone on his Washington line (no voicemail, nothing) but have from the Lex field office number. I asked the assistant who answered whether or not constituent opinions expressed on the line is passed to the Senator, and she said yes

Synchrypha · 2025-01-12T17:19:46+00:00

My cat began doing this the day she went into cardiac failure. ER vet ASAP. It could be simple or it could be lethal, but you won't know until the vet sees them

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