hi. well, i think you are much better off smoking than drinking!!
i too am a type 1 diabetic and i smoke. i don't notice that it has any impact on my levels whatsoever. i spoke with someone in california who uses mediacal marijuana, he had type 2, he swore it helped with preventing glaucoma, and with blood flow in general.
my only gripe with THC is that i believe it slows down the metabolism. i have been smoking for 15 or so years and i cannot loose a pound to save my life! also, if you smoke everyday, it can kill your motivation.
if you don't smoke cigarettes, DON'T START!!!
just stay active--find a way to excersize, even if it means bringing glucose gel with you everywhere.
but overall, i'm all for it, i think its harmless and certainly safer than drinking
doesnt smoking slow your blood flow so maybe now you feel good later in life when a body part is to be cut off what will you feel then just when you have a family and the worst time it can happen don't plan for now plan for the future.
Your hypothalamus controls your hunger cravings and weed stimulates this part of your brain. While you do have the power to control your urges and over rule your brain when it comes to the "muchies", you are not doing yourself any favors. The THC is not doing anything beneficial to your sugars, so you can take that off the table. That is not an opinion, that is science.
I am not sure, the effect marijuana has on my blood sugars, but I have been smoking on and off (mostly on lol) for about a year and while many people say it is bad especially with diabetes, I would say both from scientific evidence and personal experience that if you want to get intoxicated, marijuana is a much smarter choice for diabetics(and honestly anyone for that matter). As long as you have the discipline to not eat while high (or just bolus for it and test blood sugar, I can still manage that even stoned), it isn't really dangerous in my opinion. So my advice to anyone else would basically be, think about what your doing and probably test first, but if you must, smoking pot is a much safer choice for diabetics than drinking (and honestly more fun in my opinion).
What I meant in the above post about not sure of the effect, I'm pretty sure it has very little effect, as my blood sugars don't typically do anything out of the ordinary when I smoke.
Hey guys, maybe I'm a little late on the post but I wanna try weed at least once in my life but im diabetic... what EXACTLY does it do? Does it increase your sugar thing like you were at 5.8 before and after smoking or after the effect when your back to normal its a 20 or does it go down like to 2.
Cuz I know for a fact you should always watch your glycemy if u wanna drink because u might go in hypo or under 4... w.e way you say it