I must stress the importance of those cravings, as it really is a bizarre upside-down reaction. It can make me stuff myself literally sick, “I must not move around one bit or it’ll leak out” retarded full, waiting for a little more.
. . . Huh.
I’m not a diabetic [ that I know of ], but I have this too. [ And I’ve never actually read anyone else describe something similar. ] It happens under conditions of prolonged mental stress. [ Usually but not always ] first my circadian rhythm goes, and get some amount of insomnia; at worst I stop being able to sleep more than 3-4 hours at a time. Then I start eating ridiculous amounts of calories, like 3,500/day when my RMR is 2,000 [ I end up having to or my brain basically won’t let me sleep or move around and do stuff ]. During these periods, I experience some of the same mental effects you’re describing, but as far as I know it’s not directly blood sugar. I’d been hypothesizing it was something to do with the orexinergic system, since that has to do with both feeding and wakefulness, but I don’t know.
Also, it’s not exactly the same as yours, since at healthy baseline when I’m able to sleep more [ and thus my body is less “screaming for sleep” ], I also am less hungry. And when the sleepiness/insomnia/ridiculous-hunger-level thing is happening, I do gain weight.
I feel this explanation is wrong, as I get mostly the same cravings regardless of insulin present in the blood.
I’m a bit confused. You only get the bad cravings when your blood sugar should be spiking, right?
. . . Huh.
I’m not a diabetic [ that I know of ], but I have this too. [ And I’ve never actually read anyone else describe something similar. ] It happens under conditions of prolonged mental stress. [ Usually but not always ] first my circadian rhythm goes, and get some amount of insomnia; at worst I stop being able to sleep more than 3-4 hours at a time. Then I start eating ridiculous amounts of calories, like 3,500/day when my RMR is 2,000 [ I end up having to or my brain basically won’t let me sleep or move around and do stuff ]. During these periods, I experience some of the same mental effects you’re describing, but as far as I know it’s not directly blood sugar. I’d been hypothesizing it was something to do with the orexinergic system, since that has to do with both feeding and wakefulness, but I don’t know.
Also, it’s not exactly the same as yours, since at healthy baseline when I’m able to sleep more [ and thus my body is less “screaming for sleep” ], I also am less hungry. And when the sleepiness/insomnia/ridiculous-hunger-level thing is happening, I do gain weight.
I’m a bit confused. You only get the bad cravings when your blood sugar should be spiking, right?