hypo

Hi everyone, I'm 19 and a student and have been diagnosed with type 1 for a year. My HbA1C was 79 mmol/mol when diagnosed July 2018 so I started insulin, it was 47 mmol/mol in December 2018, then 51 mmol/mol in April 2019 and finally was a shocking 89 mmol/mol in August this year. A result of...

Hi everyone! I have just joined the forum and I am still new. I am happy to finally be able to converse with people I could relate to. I have two questions that are bothering me. I wonder if anyone could assist me in this regard. My questions are as follows: Is it advisable to exercise without...

Hi, I've been diagnosed T2 for just under a week. I think I've been doing well. One portion of carbs a day e.g. a small jacket potato, no processed sugars, lots of veggies, fruit and protein and I've been feeling so much better until today. I woke up late today and found myself really shakey...

I bought a FreeStyle Libre this week and have been using it several times a day. I compared it with my blood glucose monitor readings and found it to be off by between 1-2.6 mmol/L each time which is a lot more than I expected. The sensor is on my arm as recommended. I was hoping to pair this...

Hypo`s all day, the heat certainly affects me. Walked into the town centre, Paignton, made my way to Iceland, never sat on a chicken in the freezer cabinet before, my head was resting on a joint of lamb, help arrived very quickly. With help tested 1.7:eek: they gave me a cup of tea and I...

Hi, I'm new here and feel absolutely awful. Since January I've been investigated for an under active thyroid. I've not been able to keep any food down at all. The last 8 weeks have been horrendous; literally fainting, vomiting up to 20 times a day, not being able to be near food due to nausea...

Hi, When I get hypos they are always in the night and wake me up, the first sign that I'm having one is that I get really strong stomach spasms (along with shaking and feeling weak etc). Does anyone know what causes the stomach spasms? My stomach muscles ache loads the next day - can't find...

Hello everyone! I just posted this but I thought nobody would click on it because it said "citalopram" and I would really like some advice. I have had type 1 diabetes for just over 2 years now and have recently started taking "20mg citalopram" I'm not sure if the two are connected however...

Hello everyone! I have had type 1 diabetes for just over 2 years now and have recently started taking "20mg citalopram" I'm not sure if the two are connected however, recently I CANT stop hypoing. It's becoming such a problem last week my bloods began at 3.6 and I drank my normal of orange juice...

Hi there I was diagnosed type 1 in March so just getting to grips with everything! I am going travelling soon to South East Asia and need to carry with me some emergency long-acting carb hypo treatments with me, roughly about 20g and I want them low fat and low sugar as I've put weight on since...

Hi all, I know this is not something I'm alone in experiencing, but I'm not sure how to fix it. Background, I have had T1 diabetes for four years in August. Recently I've been doing a lot more exercise so my carb counting ratios have changed, I'm currently trying to work out what my new ratios...

Hi, I'm 26 and I've been Type 1 for 17yrs now. I struggle with hypo unawareness. Have recently done the DAFNE course, and started Carb counting. I've had less hypo's since but sometimes still struggle. I'm going to the Harry Potter studios next week and I'm scared about getting my carbs wrong as...

so my brother who’s been diagnosed type 1 since age 19 (he’s 29 now) has never managed his diabetes well just about gets by on the Little he dose to manage it, anyway he’s had some really weird hypos in the past strange behaviour ect, but today was something else entirely, the scary part was he...

We've been working with young adults to produce videos about their stories of living with Type 1 diabetes. Today we're sharing Max's story, about a night that didn’t go to plan when he had a hypo, and his friends had no idea he had Type 1 diabetes. Max's Story on Facebook We want to...

Hi This is my first time on the forum and I'm new to all this but here goes.. My son, who is 12, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes 5 months ago. We have been managing pretty well so far but just recently he is spending a lot of time in the medical room and hence missing a lot of lessons at...

Hi Everyone, I'm new to the forum. I was diagnosed last year with Type 1 at 30 (my brother and mum also both have Type 1). I'm just starting to come out of the honeymoon phase and I'm on Levemir and Novorapid. Control is pretty good but I've really struggled with hypos, I get them the same...

Hello :) I,ve had type 1 nearly all my life (>40yrs). About 10 yrs ago, I also developed Addison's Disease- characterised when undiagnosed by extreme and habituated hypoglycaemia through insulin sensitisation, dizziness,nausea, extreme weariness and ultimately death- if not diagnosed. But it was...

Hello, I've not posted much lately and not one to seek advice normally however, I've had 2 big drops with single unit corrections in 24 hours that I really can't explain :( I'm 39 years old and been Type 1 for past 22 years and DAFNE course graduate. I've been taking Humalog and Lantus for a...

Just passing through to say hello, and wish everyone a good day! Having a little hypo as we speak, have treated with dextros tablets and will retest in 20 minutes. QUESTION: What's your go-to hypo treatment? Do you go for practicality, or use it to have a tasty treat? :) xxx

It's well known in diabetes circles that one's blood sugar tends to dip around 2-3 am. This prompts a few questions for me: 1 how can this possibly be: surely it must depend on a number of variables, e.g. When the last meal was, what time one went to sleep, how deeply one is asleep etc? So...