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first ever hypo where i haven't felt it.

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Estellaa

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never had this experience before of not feeling my hypos and i'm completely freaked out now and testing consistently.
i was at 3.3, which isn't that low, but still i should've felt it, i always do!
i hope i don't have another one of them.
ahh.
 
I have found that myself more recently................the slower you drop the less your body needs to give you the more recognizable symptoms we all know and love/hate.........😉
 
Absolutely. It depends if you're engrossed in something too. 🙂

Your brain gets sidetracked until the symptoms are too strong to ignore. 🙄

Rob
 
ahh yes, side-tracked... might've been a reason.. 😛
 
Sitting at a computer can be riskier than hiking / running / cycling, for example, as I tend to get engrossed in typing and may only feel hypo when I stand up, whereas I'll notice as soon as more coordination gets worse. It's nowhere near the same as loosing hypo awareness.
 
I hope you are feeling better now. Many people often get so engrossed in things they don't notice the signals the body sends them.
 
Estellaa said:
never had this experience before of not feeling my hypos and i'm completely freaked out now and testing consistently.
i was at 3.3, which isn't that low, but still i should've felt it, i always do!
i hope i don't have another one of them.
ahh.
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Hi Estellaa I woke up to 2.1 this morning 😱, I had some higher readings yesterday, so I took more insulin, so that's why it was probably a bit low this morning, but I had no idea I was low until I tested! so yes it does happen, but please don't be freaked out by it, I think quite a few people have gone through that, so you are not alone. Try and have a good day, with best wishes Sheena
 
I have problems of not spotting hypos when engrossed, but also a lot will depend on how quickly my levels are falling. If I'm not far off my next meal and with virtually no bolus insulin left from my previous meal (i.e. only my lantus working), then I don't get much in the way of symptoms - if any. Also, bear in mind that meters have a degree of inaccuracy, so could be 10-20% off the mark. 🙂
 
Northerner said:
I have problems of not spotting hypos when engrossed, but also a lot will depend on how quickly my levels are falling. If I'm not far off my next meal and with virtually no bolus insulin left from my previous meal (i.e. only my lantus working), then I don't get much in the way of symptoms - if any. Also, bear in mind that meters have a degree of inaccuracy, so could be 10-20% off the mark. 🙂
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Carol very rarely notices she's hypo. And yes I think the biggest problem is that she's too engrossed in something to notice. At night she usually wakes up at around 2.7, rarely before.
The last hypo that she did notice was a 1.9, which made her feel unwell.
 
Occasionally it's best to treat, rather than delay by testing first - a few jelly babies can solve a potential problem, without raising blood sugar by much, but that's a difficult call, and depends on being able to identify own symptoms.
 
I've well and truly lost warning signs now but I wouldn't panic too much about the odd one where you miss out. As said above, the speed of a drop and activity at the time can and does play a huge part.

One thing I have noticed on here is people saying they've been woken by hypo symptoms. I don't think I've ever had that. I've either slept straight through it and woke high and dripping (sorry) or in extreme cases started fitting and had someone else sort me out. I'm just curious now as to what a wake you up hypo feels like. If of course any different at all.

30+ years and I don't know that... Shame on
E. Heheh!
 
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I've well and truly lost warning signs now but I wouldn't panic too much about the odd one where you miss out. As said above, the speed of a drop and activity at the time can and does play a huge part.

One thing I have noticed on here is people saying they've been woken by hypo symptoms. I don't think I've ever had that. I've either slept straight through it and woke high and dripping (sorry) or in extreme cases started fitting and had someone else sort me out. I'm just curious now as to what a wake you up hypo feels like. If of course any different at all.

30+ years and I don't know that... Shame on
E. Heheh!
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Haven't had a night hypo for a while (thankfully!), but I did wake up to them normally. For me, it's a bit strange, feeling very disorientated and not being sure if it's because you're sleepy or something else. I made it a rule to always test if I woke up feeling possibly hypo and this has been drummed into my subconscious. Usually, the clincher is being very hot and sweaty too, but this can take a little while to notice. After a night hypo it can be difficult for me to get back to sleep as I find it hard to differentiate the 'falling asleep' sensation from the 'having another hypo' sensation! As I live alone, I have to be especially careful.
 
By 'eck... I'm almost relieved!

Cheers Mr Northener.
 
ThunderBolt said:
One thing I have noticed on here is people saying they've been woken by hypo symptoms. I don't think I've ever had that. I've either slept straight through it and woke high and dripping (sorry) or in extreme cases started fitting and had someone else sort me out. I'm just curious now as to what a wake you up hypo feels like. If of course any different at all.
I'm afraid I can't tell you what makes Carol wake up, but one night, after shouting me, she told me that she woke up, laid there for a bit wondering why, as she didn't need the loo and she wasn't thirsty. Suddenly she remembered that it could be because she's hypo.
Carol is usually very alert and happy. We have lovely chats while waiting for the glucose to work. (we rarely have those kinds of chats during the day:()
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Monica said:
I'm afraid I can't tell you what makes Carol wake up, but one night, after shouting me, she told me that she woke up, laid there for a bit wondering why, as she didn't need the loo and she wasn't thirsty. Suddenly she remembered that it could be because she's hypo.
Carol is usually very alert and happy. We have lovely chats while waiting for the glucose to work. (we rarely have those kinds of chats during the day:()
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This is what I meant about having it drummed into your subconscious - you're not sure why you might have woken up, but you have to have it pop into your head as an option 🙂 Sometimes when I have woken up I have needed the loo, but on the journey there and back realised that I am woozy and need sugar!
 
if i have night time hypos, my dreams tend to go very strange then i will wake up and be shaking. then i have to make it downstairs should really have stuff upstairs haha!
 
I'm fortunate enough that I still have good hypo awareness despite having diabetes for 30 years, but as others have expressed there are occasions where a odd hypo can catch you out but there's nothing to worry about unless they become a regular occurrence.
 
Estellaa said:
if i have night time hypos, my dreams tend to go very strange then i will wake up and be shaking. then i have to make it downstairs should really have stuff upstairs haha!
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Get something by the bedside now! You really shouldn't try to negotiate stairs whilst hypo, very dangerous! Take notice of your Uncle Northerner! 😱 :D
 
Yes uncy northy ^^
 
So far, I have not had a night hypo to sleep through, but I have been woken up by a near hypo. Low BS affects me visually a lot. On this event, I woke to see two half-moons as mirror images. I think I was 2.5mmol/l or something. I always treat straight away with a small abount of Dextro, and then test and work out what to do next.
 
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