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VERY stubborn and repeated hypos

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SB2015

SB2015

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I am now on hypo number 7 today.

I know that basically I have too much insulin on board, but no idea why such a big change has occurred. I am already down to 80% temporary basal rate. This is 12 years after diagnosis so it seems a bit unlikely that it is beat cells mucking around. Food has been the same as usual so known carbs, or a biscuit from a labelled packet, but now just sticking to jelly babies to try to find how low I need to go with TBRS.

I know what to do to manage it, but have absolutely no idea why this could be happening.
Any ideas?
 
Do you usually need less insulin when the weather gets colder?
Are you doing a lot more than normal due to Christmas things like shopping so more exercise or is stress causing an issue?

May seem daft but as you are experiencing a lot of lows perhaps skip your bolus for your evening meal and then correct as needed for safety reasons.
 
Nothing to contribute from experience, but having an experimental way of thinking - if hypos are caused by too much insulin in the bloodstream, and insulin usually is effective for about an hour (I have read) would a series of hypos be due to there being continuously too much insulin.
Setting aside the strange and miraculous for a moment...
Could your pump be at fault and providing too much input?
Is it safe/sensible to turn off all input of insulin - even to the extent of removing the pump to see what happens in the following - say - two hours?
 
Nothing useful to add, but am feeling your pain. Hope tomorrow is better.
 
Have you not only recently got back home? How were they while you were away? Could it just be that your body is trying to get back to your "normal" as apposed to how it has been? I hope they ease off very soon and you get back to some normality xx
 
Sorry to read this, you must be exhausted :(
Any chance the pump is faulty?
 
Another thought have you been extra active in the last couple of days? I ask because this will sometimes make me low the next day.
 
Oooh yes Sue - 'exercise effects last at least 48 hours'.

I was simply thinking a puddle of retained insulin letting go for no reason whatever, just cos they can!

Whichever - just have to firefight till we're through it and that's that.
 
Now this shows just why I like being a member of this forum. Continued to go hypo, reduced Bolus for evening meal (too hungry to continue fasting and just using JBs).

As a result of your responses I have concluded, through my fuddled brain from tiredness now
- last cannula site skanky and lumpy. Could have chucked out extra
- back from long holiday and very busy. Effect of this a while after possible.
I have never had such a reaction but I think it is a cumulative effect.
Made my low carb cereal ready for a normal morning tomorrow
Will do a check in the night for safety and if still weird tomorrow perhaps phone pump people.

Thanks so much for all the responses and such sensible ideas to consider for now.
Also @Benny G I will talk to consultant about this when I see consultant early Jan.

You are all stars
 
@SB2015 I hope things settled for you and you managed to get a good nights sleep, hope today goes much better xx
 
Sorry that you’ve been struggling Sue. Hope the next few days are much easier for you.
 
I am sorry to hear you have been having awful hypo’s. Fingers crossed you have seen them off now.
 
So yesterday was a day off, and with my usual breakfast I thought things were sorted. Just the one hypo.
Today!!! Another mad day with a hypo about every hour, in spite of a ‘normal day’
Now running at 80% and just realised that if basal needs reducing I also need to reduce Bolus. Obviously it is ‘simply’ time for a change, and just need to find some time to do a fasting test. That will have to wait and I shall firefight until after Christmas, especially as everything else will be weird over the next few days with a wedding as well as Christmas.
Bother. Sometimes I hate D. Then I remember to just get on with this very irritating ‘friend’ who simply will not go away. (Cheers @trophywench).
 
...…. the friend who's a sodding nuisance sometimes whenever he/she/it feels like it.

I am grateful - whilst the D fairy has alighted on your Xmas tree at the moment, she isn't visiting my house.

Do you think the fact I haven't bothered with ours this year, has any bearing on this?
 
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