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<blockquote data-quote="donnellysdogs" data-source="post: 708678" data-attributes="member: 17713"><p>Also further details on diabetics knowing when they are in the 2's.</p><p></p><p>Another ongoing scenario at the moment.</p><p></p><p>I have an anorexic young female friend in a eating disorder unit currently.</p><p></p><p>When she was first admitted her levels were all under 3 for 3 weeks.</p><p></p><p>She did not have a clue that her texts were like she was drunk, her talking was like she was brain dead. She didn't have a clue that this was not normal.</p><p></p><p>She is a very academically qualified clever young lady. Nobody prior to her being admitted to the unit realised that her blood glucose levels were so low that it was affecting her brain functioning. She did not realuse at all.</p><p></p><p>Ot took three weeks of horrendously high eating of carbs (80% of her food was carbs) and fruit juices to get her bg levels raised consistently.</p><p></p><p>Her brain was acting exactly like mine does when I drop low. No different at all.. And she any nobody else realised that this was the cause of her brain functioning badly academically or on txts or speaking. </p><p></p><p>When I go like this, I know and, my friends and family know instantly. </p><p></p><p>So.. No. Non diabetics do not realise.</p><p>I realised because I have the knowledge of hypo's and testing my bloods etc.</p><p></p><p>Another person (her dad) also has low blood level incidences and after I tested him after complaining of being dizzy up a ladder then He actually gave up going on to roofs and up ladders as part of his job and also carries choc bars with him. He knew he was getting dizzy and feeling like he was drunk but actually didn't have a clue why. He had also been to a GP who did not consider that it was because he was having low blood glucose levels.</p><p></p><p>Non diabetics who may well be having symptoms of hypo's do not know the causes and GP's would not know unless they were there and tested at that specific time of the low levels occuring.</p><p></p><p>These people are just as unsafe doing things with liw levels as diabetics are, its just that they do not get it considered that their levels are low OR have to report them to the dvla.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donnellysdogs, post: 708678, member: 17713"] Also further details on diabetics knowing when they are in the 2's. Another ongoing scenario at the moment. I have an anorexic young female friend in a eating disorder unit currently. When she was first admitted her levels were all under 3 for 3 weeks. She did not have a clue that her texts were like she was drunk, her talking was like she was brain dead. She didn't have a clue that this was not normal. She is a very academically qualified clever young lady. Nobody prior to her being admitted to the unit realised that her blood glucose levels were so low that it was affecting her brain functioning. She did not realuse at all. Ot took three weeks of horrendously high eating of carbs (80% of her food was carbs) and fruit juices to get her bg levels raised consistently. Her brain was acting exactly like mine does when I drop low. No different at all.. And she any nobody else realised that this was the cause of her brain functioning badly academically or on txts or speaking. When I go like this, I know and, my friends and family know instantly. So.. No. Non diabetics do not realise. I realised because I have the knowledge of hypo's and testing my bloods etc. Another person (her dad) also has low blood level incidences and after I tested him after complaining of being dizzy up a ladder then He actually gave up going on to roofs and up ladders as part of his job and also carries choc bars with him. He knew he was getting dizzy and feeling like he was drunk but actually didn't have a clue why. He had also been to a GP who did not consider that it was because he was having low blood glucose levels. Non diabetics who may well be having symptoms of hypo's do not know the causes and GP's would not know unless they were there and tested at that specific time of the low levels occuring. These people are just as unsafe doing things with liw levels as diabetics are, its just that they do not get it considered that their levels are low OR have to report them to the dvla. [/QUOTE]
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