Hi
@fishpalace . Sorry to hear you're struggling.
1st . Trying to keep your BS in that perfect zone is always going to make hypos more likely. Don't lose confidence in what you've achieving.
2nd. Like everything diabetes, you and your body will evolve, hypos, how they feel, how they affect you and how you deal with them will change over time.
3rd. There's nearly always going to be a rational reason for a hypo. To much insulin, to little sugar, exercise,stress.
You say weekends are troublesome, so you already have part of the reason, now you need to gather more information and solve the problem. Have you done basal testing ( DAFNE guidelines ) for weekdays and weekends? Personally my basal rates are different on work days as opposed to weekends. Your bolus ratios may change throughout the day and the week, but only the information you gather and record can determine these ratios daily/weekly.
It's very easy to assume you know what you're doing with your control but sometimes it helps to go right back to basics and start afresh. You may be quite surprised at what you find out.
4th. If you get your insulin requirements sorted for the carbs/ food you're consuming, then the next call is exercise, work, stress and chilling out, as you know they will all affect your sugars. If you're struggling, log down all the things that could affect you with as much detail as possible. Exercise for me, I could log down 1 hr training BUT it wouldn't help me. 1 hr intense weight training will be totally different to 1hr cardio training for my sugar levels. I know this from experience gathered from collecting information.
5th. As for when you have a hypo. Tell family and friends what you go through and how you feel during a hypo, the more they know the more they'll understand. Tell them how best to assist you. I personally went through a phase of extreme aggression when hypo and had to tell people close to me not to interfere and ask if I was ok but keep there distance and only help if I went unconscious, frightening to say the least, but it lasted maybe 18 mths and then passed. ( was a change of insulin that caused problems ) If you have hypo awareness that's good , but you need to find what works quickest for you, OJ, jelly babies, Glucotabs etc and try to keep them as accessible as possible.
If you've lost your hypo awareness as
@noblehead asked then a chat with a DSN is a good idea.
Ultimately don't let hypos dictate how you live they are avoidable and controllable 90+ % of the time.
Good luck to you and your family.
