Very scary behaviour

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Kirsty5686

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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 never felt it coming, he went from being totally normal to psychotic he became very violent towards himself, attempted to chuck himself out of the bathroom window, repeatedly punching himself, got in an empty bath fully clothed and was flailing around like a fish, his partner was petrified as she and their 3 children were witnessing it all and she was helpless, it ended with my dad having to go round to physically restrain him (at this point he was naked in the shower doing summersaults) my dad eventually pored coke down his throat and in a few mins it was all over and he was totally unaware of any of it, he’s battered and bruised and actually frightened of what he was capable of, has anyone experienced such shocking behaviour like this before and can anyone please offer any advise on how to handle it for those around him? Any tips advice would be very welcome.
 
Sorry not experienced it first hand but know people that have. This is why some under trained ambulance staff automatically think people who behave like this are drunk. Not so. It isn’t Uncommon for people to react like this. Person I knew fought his wife in severe hypo she was trying to get him out of it. Only thing is he is hypo unaware. Could this be the case with your brother?
 
Yep definately hypo unaware, it’s so upsetting, I saw him not long after it happened and he already had a black eye and huge lump on his head, I just hope it’s scared him enough to make him concentrate on controlling it better, because I think the only way from stopping it is no more hypos! Diabetes is so complex and varied my brother, nan and mum all have it and have had it for years my mums actually a diabetic nurse and still learns new things about it all the time.
 
Sorry to here Kirsty. I was talking to Paramedic & trying to explain a Hypo. Hard work, Its like your head is in the clouds. I was telling the paramedics that the patient is NOT trying to heart them but is fighting for there lives ? Bless him 🙂
 
When our kids were little and I was having lots of hypos (and fast losing my awareness) I did scare my wife once or twice, though not quite in as extreme circumstances as you describe.

It sounds like your brother has lost a lot of hypo awareness, and really needs some specialist support.

There are special courses like BGAT and HARPDoc (an ongoing trial which is currently recruiting) which can help people who are experiencing problematic or recurrent severe hypoglycaemia where another person needs to help. Though of course your brother would need to accept that his situation was not a ‘normal’ consequence of T1 and that it can improve.

There are also bits of tech that can help, like CGM which alarms when BG is fall in or dangerously low even if the person is not aware they are in impending danger.

Hope he manages to find a way through. In many cases hypo awareness can be restored.

Having personally had a lot of severe hypoglycaemia over a number of years, I can now say that I have not had one severe hypo for over 5 years.
 
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