Re: Hypo reactions

[Guest guest]

metaylorokc@... wrote:

>I seem to bypass the shaky. I will feel odd and start to black out, manage to

>take my blood sugar even though I feel " weird " and it will be 50-60... I wish

>I had the shaky thing!

Yup, you have to learn to recognize what symptoms, if any, your body offers

as warnings. Some on insulin get no warning at all (or at least none that

they recognize) and simply pass out with a hypo. I have always considered

myself lucky that I always get " warning, " even in the middle of the night

when I'm asleep.

Sandy

T1 -1979

[Guest guest]

Rolf Utegaard wrote:

>I have discussed this very issue with my DE....According to her, as we

>progress through the disease (I think she said T2's) the biggest problem

>is that our bodies begin to grow accustomed to the Hypo's and the symptoms

>become less recognizable....

Hypo lack-of-awareness is always a possibility but, like anything else, not

necessarily inevitable. YMMV. I have been fortunate to always get " warning

signals, " even after 25 years, but some folks never get a warning and that

must be very difficult to deal with.

>I, particularly, will just be popping along and then suddenly notice a

>dullness, or light-headed feeling and before I know it wobbly knees and a

>lot of sweat and shakes...etc....and a test will show 57 if lucky or a 45

>and I need JUICE right now!!!!!

If you are concerned that you might not be able to find juice " right now, "

you could try carrying glucose tablets (flavored, chewable) which are very

fast acting. Depending upon the individual, 1 glucose tablet raises BG

10-20 pts very rapidly. Some folks carry those little tubes of frosting

(available at the grocery store) for the same purpose.

Sandy

T1 -1979

[Guest guest]

Sandy Burdsall sandyb@...> wrote:

>I, particularly, will just be popping along and then suddenly notice a

>dullness, or light-headed feeling and before I know it wobbly knees and a

>lot of sweat and shakes...etc....and a test will show 57 if lucky or a 45

>and I need JUICE right now!!!!!

That is exactly how I feel when I hit a low. I hate that feeling. I get to

where I feel like I can't concentrate, or register anything in my head. It is

awful.

Thankfully I don't get them too often.

gloria

[Guest guest]

Sandy Burdsall sandyb@...> wrote:

>I, particularly, will just be popping along and then suddenly notice a

>dullness, or light-headed feeling and before I know it wobbly knees and a

>lot of sweat and shakes...etc....and a test will show 57 if lucky or a 45

>and I need JUICE right now!!!!!

That is exactly how I feel when I hit a low. I hate that feeling. I get to

where I feel like I can't concentrate, or register anything in my head. It is

awful.

Thankfully I don't get them too often.

gloria

[Guest guest]

Walmart sells various small pint size fruit juices that are 28 gr or

so....Perfect for this and don't need refrigeration and no fear of over

dosing...ROLF

[alldiabeticinternational] Re: Hypo reactions

Rolf Utegaard wrote:

>I have discussed this very issue with my DE....According to her, as we

>progress through the disease (I think she said T2's) the biggest problem

>is that our bodies begin to grow accustomed to the Hypo's and the symptoms

>become less recognizable....

Hypo lack-of-awareness is always a possibility but, like anything else, not

necessarily inevitable. YMMV. I have been fortunate to always get " warning

signals, " even after 25 years, but some folks never get a warning and that

must be very difficult to deal with.

>I, particularly, will just be popping along and then suddenly notice a

>dullness, or light-headed feeling and before I know it wobbly knees and a

>lot of sweat and shakes...etc....and a test will show 57 if lucky or a 45

>and I need JUICE right now!!!!!

If you are concerned that you might not be able to find juice " right now, "

you could try carrying glucose tablets (flavored, chewable) which are very

fast acting. Depending upon the individual, 1 glucose tablet raises BG

10-20 pts very rapidly. Some folks carry those little tubes of frosting

(available at the grocery store) for the same purpose.

Sandy

T1 -1979

[Guest guest]

Kim, I carry a tube of frosting with me also. I find the tablets do

not raise my sugar enough at times. When I do a lot of walking mine

will drop very fast. I have a question about the pump. It releases a

scheduled amount of insulin programed buy you or the doctor right? If

it does this before you walk or exercise you are going to be dropping

even faster right? Can you stop this release if you know that you do

not need it? Is eating at the same time important in wearing a pump?

There are times that I can't eat because if I do it will cause my

pancreatitis to flair and send me to the ER. Also if you are in the

hospital do they let you wear it or do they control it with meds

either drip, shots or oral meds?

Debi~~*~~

> I am one of those people who can not feel lows coming on. Created

alot of bad situations that luckily had good endings. Besides always

have juice or tablets with me, I testing very frequently, on an

average every two hours. I do test before I drive and was told by my

Dr that I shouldn't drive if I am below 100. She did that for me

because I could be in the 90's and half hour or less later I would be

out. It makes for a lot of extra testing and sometimes I still had

problems, but I caught alot before they got out of control.

>

> I ended going back on the pump in April after one week and half of

three bad lows in the middle of the night, meaning I could not help

myself. So far, fingers being crossed, I have not had a low that I

could not treat myself. I am also starting to feel the lows coming

on, which is an added plus. I would talk to your Dr and see what

guide lines you should follow.

>

> Good Luck

>

> Kim

>

[Guest guest]

My responses to lows have changed radically over the

years. Sometimes I just feel confused. Sometimes my

heart starts pounding in my chest. Other times I feel

vaguely hungry.

When I drop rapidly, I get a funny sound in my ears

and become very shaky. Or I have also lost my vision

on a couple rare occasions when the drop was severe.

As for the pump--to the person who asked, you program

basal rates to meet your base needs. Then you 'bolus'

for food. If you don't eat, you simply don't take a

bolus and it is possible to skip meals on the pump as

you have very wide range of flexibility.

There is a whole science to pumping which you get

trained on before you start to use the pump. Basal

rates change depending on a variety of factors. But

if you don't have the situation where you are forced

into 'feeding the insulin' because you took your shot

and it will be peaking. I had that problem and got

really tired of it.

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[Guest guest]

> Yup, you have to learn to recognize what symptoms, if any, your body offers

> as warnings. Some on insulin get no warning at all (or at least none that

> they recognize) and simply pass out with a hypo. I have always considered

> myself lucky that I always get " warning, " even in the middle of the night

> when I'm asleep.

> Sandy

>

that is what scares me the most is that in the night I will zonk out. We got

one of those gluco shots, and I told my husband if some day he cant wake me up

(and since I was in a coma in may I think he knows the difference) to give me

a shot and then call 911. Went to the doctor today, he lowered my insulin a

bit and he said part of the problem is that for awhile the pancreas

occasionally attemps to put out a bit of insulin, thus the sudden drop. I hope

with

time it wil level out, and too after I have insurance again, i want to look into

the pump.

[Guest guest]

> is that our bodies begin to grow accustomed to the Hypo's and the symptoms

> >become less recognizable....

>

> Hypo lack-of-awareness is always a possibility but, like anything else, not

> necessarily inevitable. YMMV. I have been fortunate to always get " warning

> signals, " even after 25 years, but some folks never get a warning and that

> must be very difficult to deal with.

>

the only thing is im a very new diabetic (may 04) so I havent had a lot of

hypos to get accustomed too, but who knows maybe Ive been running around with

lower BS for years, now I do feel when it gets too high, like even 150. Hey I

know the answer Im just a freak of nature ;-) (jus kidding)

[Guest guest]

> hat is exactly how I feel when I hit a low.   I hate that feeling.  I get

> to where I feel like I can't concentrate, or register anything in my head.  It

> is awful.

>

And last night even after I got my sugars up, i just felt horrible all nigh,

headache and just terrible, does anyone else have trouble getting over a hypo>

?

[Guest guest]

> But

> if you don't have the situation where you are forced

> into 'feeding the insulin' because you took your shot

> and it will be peaking.  I had that problem and got

> really tired of it. 

>

thats what Im tired of. Especially being in college with a young child and a

husband to take care of, I try to eat at regularly schedualed intervals, but

that isnt sometimes possible. ive been using akins or glucerna bars, which help

cause they keep my sugar up but not too high (like around 90) until i can

get a chance to eat, but I feel like Im eating to keep up with my insulin. My

doc lowered my doses today and my sliding scale so Im hoping things get a

little less crazy.

[Guest guest]

My symptoms vary in intensity..from a strange feeling, to bottoming out

quickly with shakes, pounding heart, and feeling like I am fixing to pass

out.. I keep a package of crackers with either cheese or peanut butter in my

locker at work for the hypo's, as that is where I spend the greatest portion

of my time, if I am out and about in town, then I hit the nearest fast food

place for either soda, or some food..

Carmen

[alldiabeticinternational] Re: Hypo reactions

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> Rolf Utegaard wrote:

> >I have discussed this very issue with my DE....According to her, as we

> >progress through the disease (I think she said T2's) the biggest

problem

> >is that our bodies begin to grow accustomed to the Hypo's and the

symptoms

> >become less recognizable....

>

> Hypo lack-of-awareness is always a possibility but, like anything else,

not

> necessarily inevitable. YMMV. I have been fortunate to always get

" warning

> signals, " even after 25 years, but some folks never get a warning and

that

> must be very difficult to deal with.

>

> >I, particularly, will just be popping along and then suddenly notice a

> >dullness, or light-headed feeling and before I know it wobbly knees and

a

> >lot of sweat and shakes...etc....and a test will show 57 if lucky or a

45

> >and I need JUICE right now!!!!!

>

> If you are concerned that you might not be able to find juice " right

now, "

> you could try carrying glucose tablets (flavored, chewable) which are

very

> fast acting. Depending upon the individual, 1 glucose tablet raises BG

> 10-20 pts very rapidly. Some folks carry those little tubes of frosting

> (available at the grocery store) for the same purpose.

>

> Sandy

> T1 -1979

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[Guest guest]

> I didn't mean that we consciously get accustomed to hypos----I meant that

> diabetics physiologically lose the sense of recognition. I know that over the

> past couple years, the severity of my symptoms has lessoned....

>

What I was trying to say that unless someone can get accustomed to hypos in

the matter of 2 months, then that might not be the case with me .

Regarding hypos: I know why Im getting the hypos but I find it frustrating

that no one (doctors, CDE etc) can tell me WHY I have " hypoglycemia

unawareness " also I find it very frightening as I dont want to die, I have been

told a

person can die within an hour when going hypo. This is really frightening to

me, I go to college, have a ranch and do a lot of physical activity, walking at

school etc. Im so scared of going hypo I havent even ridden my horses since

last May. Also Im way out in the country, it takes an hour to get an ambulance,

so I find it very frustrating and upsetting that my body gives me no warning.

Im really having troulbe with blood sugars going low, and will probably be

put on the pump when I get insurance this fall. Im considering looking into

that GlucoWatch to get some warning.

[Guest guest]

I didn't mean that we consciously get accustomed to hypos----I meant that

diabetics physiologically lose the sense of recognition. I know that over the

past couple years, the severity of my symptoms has lessoned....

Re: [alldiabeticinternational] Re: Hypo reactions

> is that our bodies begin to grow accustomed to the Hypo's and the symptoms

> >become less recognizable....

>

> Hypo lack-of-awareness is always a possibility but, like anything else, not

> necessarily inevitable. YMMV. I have been fortunate to always get " warning

> signals, " even after 25 years, but some folks never get a warning and that

> must be very difficult to deal with.

>

the only thing is im a very new diabetic (may 04) so I havent had a lot of

hypos to get accustomed too, but who knows maybe Ive been running around with

lower BS for years, now I do feel when it gets too high, like even 150. Hey

I

know the answer Im just a freak of nature ;-) (jus kidding)

[Guest guest]

When I crash ( like 45 or 40) even though I go right to fruit juice or more....I

sometimes will feel groggy or just plain out of sorts for 1 hour or longer....It

is really hard on your body to go through that....ROLF

Re: [alldiabeticinternational] Re: Hypo reactions

> hat is exactly how I feel when I hit a low. I hate that feeling. I get

> to where I feel like I can't concentrate, or register anything in my head.

It

> is awful.

>

And last night even after I got my sugars up, i just felt horrible all nigh,

headache and just terrible, does anyone else have trouble getting over a hypo>

?

[Guest guest]

Your right Rolf, I have read about the symptoms becoming harder to identify

as time goes by, don't know what causes that, I use to go straight into

sweats and shakes when bottoming out, now I just feel kinda fuzzy...and will

go check and see what is up with the sugars, as much as I hate having to

carry a purse, I now buy them based on a pocket size to contain my meter

which goes with me where ever I go...

Carmen

Re: [alldiabeticinternational] Re: Hypo reactions

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> > is that our bodies begin to grow accustomed to the Hypo's and the

symptoms

> > >become less recognizable....

> >

> > Hypo lack-of-awareness is always a possibility but, like anything

else, not

> > necessarily inevitable. YMMV. I have been fortunate to always get

" warning

> > signals, " even after 25 years, but some folks never get a warning and

that

> > must be very difficult to deal with.

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> the only thing is im a very new diabetic (may 04) so I havent had a lot

of

> hypos to get accustomed too, but who knows maybe Ive been running around

with

> lower BS for years, now I do feel when it gets too high, like even

150. Hey I

> know the answer Im just a freak of nature ;-) (jus kidding)

>

>

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[Guest guest]

When I become hypo I get very sleepy. Does this happen to anyone else?

Vicki

From: kimberly lyons

It depends on how low I was and for how long. If it was a bad low or it

seemed like an all day low, where it seems like I can't keep it up. I feel

horrible, headaches, tired. If I have a bad one where I was completely out, it

seems to take up to 24hrs to feel better.

[Guest guest]

> When I become hypo I get very sleepy. Does this happen to anyone else?

>

More fuzzy than sleepy, almost like being drunk without the happy. I get very

" dull " and confused feeling and then sleepy right before I almost pass out.

Scary!

[Guest guest]

> When I crash ( like 45 or 40) even though I go right to fruit juice or

> more....I sometimes will feel groggy or just plain out of sorts for 1 hour or

> longer....It is really hard on your body to go through that....ROLF

>

UGH glad to know that isnt just me. I felt like crud the rest of the night

and a bit the next day

[Guest guest]

Vicki wrote:

>When I become hypo I get very sleepy. Does this happen to anyone else? Vicki

I get overwhelmingly sleepy with a BG spike (hyperglycemic).

But I feel tired, worn out after a hypo that has been fast and particularly

low; my body takes an hour or two to recuperate.

Sandy

T1 - 1979

[Guest guest]

> get the shakes and sweats with hypo's, and when the sugar is high, 200+

> all I want to do is lay down somewhere and sleep.. after a hypo spell, it

> takes me a hour or so before I start feeling better, and then I get tired

>

My crazy body does let me know when Im hyper. If I get much over 150, I feel

flushed, sweety, nauseous, sluggish, exhausted and in general horrible!

[Guest guest]

I get the shakes and sweats with hypo's, and when the sugar is high, 200+

all I want to do is lay down somewhere and sleep.. after a hypo spell, it

takes me a hour or so before I start feeling better, and then I get tired...

Carmen