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Shaky but not hypo???

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Telemóveis

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Hi everyone 😎 apologies if this is a slightly stupid question but just a bit confused

Was doing my evening meal blood test and my hands were shaking quite a bit, making the experience awkward. Therefore I was worried I might be hypo, however I was 4.9 so just wondering if it’s normal to have hypo symptoms when not even hypo?

I hope this makes sense to you all 🙂
 
Telemóveis said:
Hi everyone 😎 apologies if this is a slightly stupid question but just a bit confused

Was doing my evening meal blood test and my hands were shaking quite a bit, making the experience awkward. Therefore I was worried I might be hypo, however I was 4.9 so just wondering if it’s normal to have hypo symptoms when not even hypo?

I hope this makes sense to you all 🙂
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Perfect sense. Since you’re recently diagnosed, your body will have got used to operating at high glucose levels, and now they're coming down to normal, your body perceives that they are a lot lower than they used to be, and starts fretting long before you’re actually hypo by the normal standard of definition. These can be called 'false hypos' and will disappear when your body gets used to the ‘new normal'
Alternatively, it’s been very hot, and your body could just be a bit dehydrated and stressed, causing a bit of shakiness.
 
Yes it makes perfect sense to me too for the reasons mentioned above. It could have also been your levels were dropping fast but you would only know that if you are using a Libre or a CGM .
 
My hands have been shaking with the effects of the heat recently - If I take a cool shower or eat/drink something cold then the shaking stops, so I put it down to heat rather than anything to do with my blood glucose levels.
 
Sorry to hear about the shakiness @Telemóveis

If it is a ‘false hypo’ caused by a drop towards the low end of the healthy range where your body is used to higher BGs, these should disappear as your average glucose begins to sit a little lower.

What sort of numbers are you generally seeing? Are they fairly stable, or erratic and full of surprises?
 
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