Spiker
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- Type of diabetes
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Hi AliHey, this is all new to me (not diabetes - have been T1 for 29 years) but I have not heard of being in ketosis - I thought this was a bad thing having ketones in your urine? Are you all speaking about having a low carb diet - mainly fats and protein and is this the ketogenic diet? Is there some risk to this diet, do you consider the nutrients you are consuming and are you getting enough? My hypos vary widely, sometimes I lose motor function, sometimes brain function as in it causes confusion and affects vision and there have been times when I measure my blood and am low with no symptoms - I cannot explain why it varies, I have not seen a pattern. I think when I am extremely busy I am less likely to be aware of what is going on inside and may not recognise symptoms. My insulin needs vary -sometimes it seems for no reason, it is affected by the temperature / weather but I cannot predict when it will change and sometimes it seems to change for no reason. Ali
It is quite common to not notice hypo symptoms as easily when busy. Also quite common that many different factors can affect insulin needs. So really you are quite normal.
Losing hypo awareness however is quite dangerous and you should probably bring this up with your diabetes care team. They may be able to help, for example slightly raising your average BG tends to restore losses in hypo warning ability.