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Why do i feel like a hypo?

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Im newly on insulin on a morning i have a very small breakfast by lunch or just befor i feel weak when testing im 10 so carnt be hypo does anyone else get this?
 
What were your blood glucose levels like before you started insulin? If they were higher, it could be that your body is unaccustomed to nearer normal levels, so that you feel hypo, when it's actually a false hypo.
 
If you've been top high for a while your body thinks it's low when you start to come down. Once you get your levels better controlled you should go back to normal with the warnings.
 
Thanks all, im constantly on egg shells since being given insulin just waiting for a hypo its stressing me out
 
Ingressus said:
Im on 20 on a morning and 16 on a evening of Humlog × 25
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Hmm I guess it could be the same as me as I know we both started on insulin about a week apart, sometimes after I inject I feel quite weak and queezy so i think I would go with what the others have said have said on this one
 
Copepod said:
What were your blood glucose levels like before you started insulin? If they were higher, it could be that your body is unaccustomed to nearer normal levels, so that you feel hypo, when it's actually a false hypo.
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My blood Sugars where normally high in 15
 
Yup I agree sounds like a false hypo to me, just like a real hypo they are horrid, however they are not in anyway dangerous !!! It's just your brain has got used to much higher levels of glucose and now thinks it's being starved, so it's sending out panic signals.
The good news is your body will get used to lower levels and stop its panicking.
Unlike a real hypo you do not need glucose to treat it, a small high protein snack may well help. Some cheese , a few nuts, a hard boiled egg etc.

Please don't be afraid of insulin, once you have the ratios right and your body is used to normal BG levels, it gets easier, I know you probably don't think so right now, but it does honest.
 
@Ingressus as @Ljc says these feelings do wear off after your body is used to more normal levels, when I got home from the hospital I think it was 2 days after I started shaking like god knows what while trying to make a cup of coffee, tested and was normal levels it was awful but it does settle down 🙂, I was the same as you, being nervous about taking my insulin but that only started after having 4 hypos in a weekend, I spoke to my DSN on Tuesday who really put me at ease and it has really helped me a lot, could you maybe have a chat with your team about it and they can reassure you and put your mind at ease a little bit, hope you start to feel better soon 🙂 x
 
I used to get false hypos when my levels started to come down, you're body is used to running higher, it settles down after a while.
 
Urgh, I used to have em every day just after being diagnosed and given insulin.

Now, I just have real ones! They don't feel any better even though they are real. LOL
 
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