Stress and Glucose
 

I just ate what for me is a fairly normal dinner, and when I tested 2 hours later my bg came in at a whopping 176! My post prandial umbers have not been above 136 since a week after I found out I had an issue 2 months ago!

This is a pre-planned meal where I had worked out the carbs beforehand to well within my normal tolerances, I had just come back from a good walk. I went into dinner with regular numbers.

The only difference? Shortly after dinner I fell into a huge, hi stress/high frustration situation.

Can high emotional stress cause a rise of 40+ points in glucose? It now seems to be coming down slowly. An hour later (so 3 hours post prandial) I am at 160. I have been drinking a ton of water but as I am home alone with my sleeping daughter going out for another walk is not currently an option.

Yes, emotional stress can cause a rise of 40+ points, or more, in glucose. Stress can make you very sick, as well. You will also find that when you are coming down with a bug, that you have elevated blood sugars for no apparent reason.

So if it is coming down to what is normal for me now on it's own, and this was a once in 2 months anomaly I should not panic too much? I saw the number on the meter and went a little insane! I have been working really hard to monitor carbs, walk more, cut out all white pretty much everythings- the number was just such a shock!

Exactly.. :)

Pretty much anything can cause your bs levels to get out of whack and thats normal. Stress, an injury, being sick etc. all of these will make it go up