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Hypo addict?

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I'm wondering if anyone out there actually quite likes the odd hypo now and again?
Probably a character weakness, but I like seeing a low number on the meter sometimes. I like the liberation of being able to eat something without having to have a bloody injection! I like the feeling that I can get my blood sugar down to those levels, it gives me a feeling that I'm in control of it. When the numbers are high, I feel diabetes is in control of me.
I think I quite like the light headedness too. It's like a cheap high that I can turn off just by eating something.

Does any of this make sense to other insulin users, or should I go to the naughty step?

ikeymo
 
ikeymo said:
I'm wondering if anyone out there actually quite likes the odd hypo now and again?
Probably a character weakness, but I like seeing a low number on the meter sometimes. I like the liberation of being able to eat something without having to have a bloody injection! I like the feeling that I can get my blood sugar down to those levels, it gives me a feeling that I'm in control of it. When the numbers are high, I feel diabetes is in control of me.
I think I quite like the light headedness too. It's like a cheap high that I can turn off just by eating something.

Does any of this make sense to other insulin users, or should I go to the naughty step?

ikeymo
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Ikeymo, if you're going to sit on the naughty step I'll probably be joining you! I have a tendency to overestimate slightly on my insulin bolus injections so that I can be pretty sure the numbers will be low rather than high. I'm often down below 4 before a meal - not often far below, but it does mean that I'm keeping my control really tight. The only time I'm really not happy with hypos is during the night. I think that's because the symptoms are confusing - am I just sleepy, or hypo? The same goes for drinking alcohol - this can confuse the symptoms and if I'm having a hypo, I need to know I'm having a hypo!😱
 
I've managed not to have too many in real terms. Funny enough, they aren't enjoyable for me at anytime, during the day things just speed up, I know for a time I need to eat, then I forget this and I'm usually prompted by someone in the office to eat.

Ok, knowing much better of course I did fire someone once for implying I wasn't 'right' fear not, I took them back on [against my better judgement!].

I'll leave it to the naughty step to gain their kicks by whatever means!
 
hello, em not a fan of hypo's, i don't like the feeling at all nor do i like the feeling of being too high, petty i couldn't get a good balance all the time🙂
 
gerryberry said:
hello, em not a fan of hypo's, i don't like the feeling at all nor do i like the feeling of being too high, petty i couldn't get a good balance all the time🙂
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Again, same. :D I really hate the feeling of going hypo and it causes me all sorts of problems. At the next meal I'll take less insulin to compensate for the hypo and then at the next blood test after that my blood sugars have rocketed. So I could be 3.6 at lunch say, take some extra food or less insulin to compensate and then be 8.8 at dinner! 😡

Haven't been "high" since the first few days of my new insulin life. 😎 Anything higher than 11 is quite high for me.

I just really need to work out what is the reason for my too frequently occuring hypos so I can do my best to stop them happening.
 
yeah anything above 10 i would regard as high,i do try to stay below but doesn't always happen, for a wile there i was either too low or way to high(in the teens,even twenties) but getting control again now:D
 
gerryberry said:
yeah anything above 10 i would regard as high,i do try to stay below but doesn't always happen, for a wile there i was either too low or way to high(in the teens,even twenties) but getting control again now:D
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Jolly good. 🙂 Just wish I could exercise the control I have over hypers with hypos. Then I'd be laughing. 🙂
 
I have a tendency to overestimate slightly on my insulin bolus injections so that I can be pretty sure the numbers will be low rather than high. I'm often down below 4 before a meal - not often far below, but it does mean that I'm keeping my control really tight
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snap, the nurse at the hospital told me that I had a psychological fear of high blood sugars, she's right!
I also correct hypos with the minimum amount possible... 1 dextrose tablet at a time. Being on the pump has helped because I can also suspend insulin for a while.
 
hey all,

Hypos is the worst thing that i hate about diabetes, its just a horrible feeling and i hate when u get them at the most akward times.

but sometimes if i feel like a biscuit or a packet of crisps i want my blood sugar to be low so i can have it.

and then sometimes when i go hypo i just want to eat and eat and eat lol
and it can be really hard not to eat and eat and eat.

you just cant win can you lol

ok thats my moan about hypos for the day lol
 
Personally, I'm happy as long I notice that my blood sugar is going low. I wouldn't want to read 4.0mmol/l for example and not have an inkling before that it was low.
 
Obviously i cant actually 'speak' for Alex - but from my point of view - he looks very shakey and he does cry (sometimes) so i wouldnt say he enjoys them!🙂Bev
 
not for a long time now but before when I had bad hypo's, the 1.x range ones I think there was something about the huge adrenaline release, and I would see how long I could hold out before treating. not a very clever thing to be doing as I if I held out too long I could have collapsed. For em though it was probably part of self destructive behaviour I was engaging in at the time.

Now I get frustrated at being low, I don't like being below 5 at any time.
 
I never know when I go hypo. My husband has to tell me to test as I am getting very ratty and short tempered. Maybe it has something to do with being T2. Mind you I do like the low numbers. my last was 1.5, which gave me quite a headache.

Heike
 
Wow, Nikki, I don't like being above 5 much of the time!

Like Heiki, I get no physical symptoms when my bg drops, just a vague sort of floatiness. It's a bit like a neurological comfort blanket - the outside world is kept at arm's length for a while and reality is altered. Without the shakes or the sweats, it's a completely neurological sensation. Words, music and images can appear quite different, even the passage of time seems to change.

ikeymo: This line has been roved due to offence caused to other users and to avoid children misinterpreting it. I am in full support of freedom of speech on these boards and do not in any away wish to discourage it - but I have had too much comment on you line here not to take action.

ikeymo
 
Ikeymo - are you a driver? If so, please check you are familiar with DVLA requirements of drivers who use insulin. 5mmol/l is not a safe level to set off driving - and causing an accident can kill / injure others and / or yourself, and as a by-product, potentially make restrictions on driving licences even more draconian on responsible drivers. If you don't drive - well, it's your choice.
 
Copepod said:
Ikeymo - are you a driver? If so, please check you are familiar with DVLA requirements of drivers who use insulin. 5mmol/l is not a safe level to set off driving - and causing an accident can kill / injure others and / or yourself, and as a by-product, potentially make restrictions on driving licences even more draconian on responsible drivers. If you don't drive - well, it's your choice.
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your response was much more polite than i would have put it.
 
Hekie i agree with you last twice in happened to me my b/f has said to me you need to test you are slurring your words and i hang my head for some reason like im going to doze off ,I will go straight to bed myself and when i wake he tells me everything i have said very amusing
 
Don't go!

No need to leave Angel Eyes (or anyone else concerned) - I'm sure the vast majority of those of us who need insulin do try to maintain sensible blood glucose levels, balancing the need to protect our own long term health with the need to avoid hypoglycaemia now, that could put ourselves and others at risk eg when driving, working, travelling, taking part in sport, looking after children etc, alll of which I'll be doing over the next few days, as usual.
 
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