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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 1469916" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>I don't know. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I really don't. We each find different coping mechanisms.</p><p></p><p>You can say that yes, allowing your body to cope by itself is a good thing. And it is certainly better than falling into a habit of popping jellybabies a few hours after every meal. But allowing the body to 'cope' with a hypo is a pretty stressful thing. Stressful for the body, I mean. It has to go on High Alert, swamp the blood stream with stress hormones to trigger a release of glucose from the liver, and the consequences are the wobbliness and shakes, and feeling rough. RHers can cope with this for a while. But after weeks or months, there are longer term consequences, like weight gain (over treating hypos), hair trigger stress hormone release (my liver used to do its 'panic dump' far too early, and boy did it over-react after years of this), and nobody feels well when they regularly have stress hormones floating about. Tiredness, depression, etc. etc.</p><p></p><p>I would strongly urge you to try and work out what is causing these lows, and prevent them from happening in the first place. Or, failing that, work out when one is due, and have that oatcake, or 9Bar, or a couple of squares of 70% <strong><em>before </em></strong>you get the hypo symptoms. Much easier on your body <strong><em>and </em></strong>your mind, that way. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 1469916, member: 41816"] I don't know. :) I really don't. We each find different coping mechanisms. You can say that yes, allowing your body to cope by itself is a good thing. And it is certainly better than falling into a habit of popping jellybabies a few hours after every meal. But allowing the body to 'cope' with a hypo is a pretty stressful thing. Stressful for the body, I mean. It has to go on High Alert, swamp the blood stream with stress hormones to trigger a release of glucose from the liver, and the consequences are the wobbliness and shakes, and feeling rough. RHers can cope with this for a while. But after weeks or months, there are longer term consequences, like weight gain (over treating hypos), hair trigger stress hormone release (my liver used to do its 'panic dump' far too early, and boy did it over-react after years of this), and nobody feels well when they regularly have stress hormones floating about. Tiredness, depression, etc. etc. I would strongly urge you to try and work out what is causing these lows, and prevent them from happening in the first place. Or, failing that, work out when one is due, and have that oatcake, or 9Bar, or a couple of squares of 70% [B][I]before [/I][/B]you get the hypo symptoms. Much easier on your body [B][I]and [/I][/B]your mind, that way. :) [/QUOTE]
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