After thinking my Diabetes was under control,I was so so stupid and treated myself to about 6 segments of Terrys chocolate orange tonight.I did my b/s and they had shot upto 13,but after my tea and evening medication,they seemed to settle at 9.I had just gone upto bed when I suddenly needed to be sick,I was hot and shaky,and generally felt unwell,being sick a further 2 times.I thoughtmy b/s were up so did them and I am at 5,I have NEVER been at 5 since diagnosis in October.i thought 5 was a good reading,so why the helldo i feel so poorly?Im so worried,im in tears.Everyones sleeping and Im sat here alone so worried. :cry:
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Hi Tracey - fairly new to this myself so no expert but you sound so worried 
not sure if you are T1 or 2 - I am T2 so my advice comes from that angle
If 5 is the lowest yoy have ever been it sounds to me like you are experiencing a false hypo -because you have never been as low as this your body thinks you are having a hypo so you get all the symptoms - I remeber my first one was at 4.9 - I felt really awful shaking sweaty and sickly - I was due my lunch so I just ate and after about 20 minutes felt better.
try a carby snack - not loads just maybe a couple of crackers or something you should start to feel better soon- hope this helps and maybe someone else with a lot more knowledge than me will come along with more help :0)
Try not to worry - at least you know you have hypo awareness and how one feels - oh and 5 is a great reading! - wish I could get that after choc :lol:
not sure if you are T1 or 2 - I am T2 so my advice comes from that angle
If 5 is the lowest yoy have ever been it sounds to me like you are experiencing a false hypo -because you have never been as low as this your body thinks you are having a hypo so you get all the symptoms - I remeber my first one was at 4.9 - I felt really awful shaking sweaty and sickly - I was due my lunch so I just ate and after about 20 minutes felt better.
try a carby snack - not loads just maybe a couple of crackers or something you should start to feel better soon- hope this helps and maybe someone else with a lot more knowledge than me will come along with more help :0)
Try not to worry - at least you know you have hypo awareness and how one feels - oh and 5 is a great reading!
- wish I could get that after choc :lol:
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sorry just saw status T2 and your meds at bottom of your sig - duh :roll:
As you are only on met don't worry it itsn't a hypo inducing drug - so you aren't going to keel over - hope you are feeling better by now
As you are only on met don't worry it itsn't a hypo inducing drug - so you aren't going to keel over - hope you are feeling better by now
Thank you so much,I am just the worlds worse panicker.I have just eaten a satsuma /clementine and I do feel abit better now,just extremely hot.Thank you so much for the quick response. Im T/2.
Im T/2.Phew lol,Thats what I waa thinking OMG low,coma die etc.Ive always been high on my b/s,so stupidly ive not read up on lows.Until now!!
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check out his thread - Cugila as always has posted an excellent description about false hypos - scroll down to the bottom - glad I could help :0)
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Sounds like what I ha Horrible horrible feeling,thank you for posting that link.B/S are now 6.9,and feeling almost normal lol.Thanks again.
