Question about Hypos...

[grainger]

Hi all,
Sorry for yet more questions but I've had a couple of hypo's the last two days (both at work which is v frustrating!) and I've found that I'm normally OK pretty quickly but I'm absolutely exhausted later in the evening... is that normal?
Thanks 🙂

 

[Northerner]

It's not uncommon to have what is known as a 'hypo hangover'. When you have a hypo the symptoms are largely caused by your brain sending out distress signals which cause the release of stress hormones - these can then have a rebound effect and make you feel very tired and perhaps a bit headachy later, after you have treated the hypo because your whole body is having to recover from being put on 'red alert'. How low were the hypos? Sometimes I have found that it is the fast-falling hypos that have the greatest after-effect, which is sort of logical.

 

[lauraw1983]

I find the exact same.

I had one today and I already have an awful cold, but I felt rubbish for hours after it (even though I initially seemed to feel 'ok' after some fruit pastilles)

 

[imtrying]

Ah, the dreaded 'hypovers'!

I get these sometimes. Sometimes, like you say, I can have a hypo and treat and recover quickly, still feeling pretty ok. Others about 1/2hrs later I can end up feeling like I've just run a marathon backwards, wearing flippers with a bag of weights attached to my legs...and all I want to do, is sleep

I'm sure there's lots of us here that can sympathise with you...you're definitely not alone.

 

[imtrying]

I find the exact same.

I had one today and I already have an awful cold, but I felt rubbish for hours after it (even though I initially seemed to feel 'ok' after some fruit pastilles)

Hope you're feeling better this morning Laura 🙂

 

[Tina63]

Just wondering if the cause could be overtreating the hypo then going too high? What do I know, I'm only a mum, but I know when my son is running too high he gets very sleepy. Just wondered if this could be the cause? Do you check your levels when you feel like that? Are they normal, or on the high side for you at that point? Just a thought.

 

[imtrying]

Just wondering if the cause could be overtreating the hypo then going too high? What do I know, I'm only a mum, but I know when my son is running too high he gets very sleepy. Just wondered if this could be the cause? Do you check your levels when you feel like that? Are they normal, or on the high side for you at that point? Just a thought.

Hi Tina,

it's also quite common to get 'sleepy' when hypo, as the brain starts shutting down...it is also fairly common as an after effect when coming out from a hypo as your body re-adjusts from the ordeal it's just been through.

For me personally, it's not because they are too high...but I do suppose this could happen for some! So don't feel you don't know, as it could well be the case, but as we all know with diabetes, one can never assume! 🙂

 

[grainger]

Hi all, thanks for answers 🙂 definitely feels nicer knowing i'm not alone in this!

notherner - my lows haven't been too low, just low 3's but I think I do drop v rapidly as I tend to run in the high 7's/8's normally. So that might make sense.

Thankfully no hypo today, so far! DSN suggested as still in honeymoon that I reduce my lunchtime rapid to 1/2 to 10g which seems to have done the trick and I wasn't too high after lunch today so fingers crossed this'll work for a bit.

On a slightly different subject, I'm due to fly in a few weeks for the first time since diagnosis - I rang the airline to find out what to do and so that's all sorted, but does anyone have any tried and tested holiday measures they take or any facts I should be aware of before I leave?

Thanks again 🙂

 

[Medusa]

is it long haul? your diabetes nurse should be able to help, i remember mine did tell me what to do with my injections (ie how to alter them) when changing time zones but it has been so long since that i cant remember what she said sorry