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- Type of diabetes
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Hi All, Ive been a Type one for around 14 years, since i was 11, however in the last year i have really cracked down on my control and have resorted to a low carb Diet and manged to get great control of my diabetes.
However about 3 months ago i have a really bad Hypo in the middle of the night, i woke up with a BS of 1.9, drank about a liter of coke and 40 mins later i was still 2.1 it took a lot more sugar to get me up from that and i was on the edge of loosing consciousness, i have no idea what caused this as the only insulin that should have been in my system was Levmir. my Doc suggested maybe i hit a muscle and this is what caused the Hypo.
Before this i had never really been scared of Hypos and always just delt with them, ever since this incident now anytime i feel my BS dropping or even going remotely low i start to feel very anxious and cant sit still fidget and start to get a tight chest and generally panic. often testing every few minutes or eatting sugar when im not low yet or just generally overdoing the amount of sugar i eat.
on top of this i feel recently the action of my Novarapid has changed, previously it would peak at around the 2 hour mark and that would be it, now however im noting significant drops in blood sugar around the 3 hour mark and slow drops all the way to 5 hours.
ive also split my dose of Lemir from 48 units in the evening to 14 units in the morning and 21 units in the evening.
my NovoRapid requirements have dropped off a lot i was taking 14/16 units per 30G carbs i now seem to be taking 6/7 units for 30 grams of carbs but due to the delayed action of the novorapid my BS stays above 10 untill the middle of hour 3.
i have lost around 4/5 stone since starting to low carb an i imagine this is reducing any insulin resistance ive built up.
i recently was on holiday to spain that caused me so much stress i nearly broke down, the first day there i suffered a awful hypo in the evening that required me to use Glucogel and several other forms of sugar. the rest of this holiday i spent bouncing low and high because i just couldnt manged my sugar levels outside of my routine, i had no idea how many carbs were in my food and no idea what my insulin ratio was, and was purposely doing low. this has caused my anxiety to get worse, since coming home form holiday and into my routine ive stabilized my blood sugar levels again, but have been having trouble sleeping and have found my self staying up every night till 1 or 2 am to check my blood sugar isnt going to plumet again.
the worst part is the anxiety i feel seems to manufator a feeling of a hypo in me, which then increased the worry i feel about going low.
the last Hypo i had i over tested duing it and couldnt stop eatting. a question i have though is how long is sugar supposed to take to act. i was 5.3 and dropping and i drank make 2 mouthfulls of lucosade and 10 mins later i was 4.6, i only had 8 units of insulin in me at the time and had ate a full 30 Carb meal, so i had some more sugar, and it wasnt until 40/50 mins later i seen my BS spike high and fast, seeing this has only increased my worrying about going low, surely this means if i caught myself hitting around 3.1 i could drop to under 2 before i see the sugar start to work?
im supposed to go on a honeymoon in april and this is causing me a lot of stress as im not sure i can handle 2 weeks out of routine. if anyone has any advice id really appreciate it.
Thanks
However about 3 months ago i have a really bad Hypo in the middle of the night, i woke up with a BS of 1.9, drank about a liter of coke and 40 mins later i was still 2.1 it took a lot more sugar to get me up from that and i was on the edge of loosing consciousness, i have no idea what caused this as the only insulin that should have been in my system was Levmir. my Doc suggested maybe i hit a muscle and this is what caused the Hypo.
Before this i had never really been scared of Hypos and always just delt with them, ever since this incident now anytime i feel my BS dropping or even going remotely low i start to feel very anxious and cant sit still fidget and start to get a tight chest and generally panic. often testing every few minutes or eatting sugar when im not low yet or just generally overdoing the amount of sugar i eat.
on top of this i feel recently the action of my Novarapid has changed, previously it would peak at around the 2 hour mark and that would be it, now however im noting significant drops in blood sugar around the 3 hour mark and slow drops all the way to 5 hours.
ive also split my dose of Lemir from 48 units in the evening to 14 units in the morning and 21 units in the evening.
my NovoRapid requirements have dropped off a lot i was taking 14/16 units per 30G carbs i now seem to be taking 6/7 units for 30 grams of carbs but due to the delayed action of the novorapid my BS stays above 10 untill the middle of hour 3.
i have lost around 4/5 stone since starting to low carb an i imagine this is reducing any insulin resistance ive built up.
i recently was on holiday to spain that caused me so much stress i nearly broke down, the first day there i suffered a awful hypo in the evening that required me to use Glucogel and several other forms of sugar. the rest of this holiday i spent bouncing low and high because i just couldnt manged my sugar levels outside of my routine, i had no idea how many carbs were in my food and no idea what my insulin ratio was, and was purposely doing low. this has caused my anxiety to get worse, since coming home form holiday and into my routine ive stabilized my blood sugar levels again, but have been having trouble sleeping and have found my self staying up every night till 1 or 2 am to check my blood sugar isnt going to plumet again.
the worst part is the anxiety i feel seems to manufator a feeling of a hypo in me, which then increased the worry i feel about going low.
the last Hypo i had i over tested duing it and couldnt stop eatting. a question i have though is how long is sugar supposed to take to act. i was 5.3 and dropping and i drank make 2 mouthfulls of lucosade and 10 mins later i was 4.6, i only had 8 units of insulin in me at the time and had ate a full 30 Carb meal, so i had some more sugar, and it wasnt until 40/50 mins later i seen my BS spike high and fast, seeing this has only increased my worrying about going low, surely this means if i caught myself hitting around 3.1 i could drop to under 2 before i see the sugar start to work?
im supposed to go on a honeymoon in april and this is causing me a lot of stress as im not sure i can handle 2 weeks out of routine. if anyone has any advice id really appreciate it.
Thanks