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Average number of hypo's per week

Personally, I wouldn't either, but in this case, it ultimately depends on how that study defines a hypoglycemic event.

For me:
Below 4mmol/l- 10/week isn't off base
Below 3.8- I might see 2-3 instances in a week
Below 3.5- I've only had a couple in the past 2 months
 

Yeah I figured my rather unstable life at the moment would probably not be helping too much! They've pretty much just said to run higher for a while but I can't deal with feeling even remotely high, it's awful! And because I can't pinpoint my lows to a particular time of day or anything it's difficult to try and adjust without having to expect at least some highs...there just don't seem to be any alternatives, but it's hard to explain to my team who've never actually had to experience being high why I can't put myself through that. I think I have the same fear of being high as most other people do of being low!
 
I've had 3 hypos since Jan when I was diagnosed. I'm sure I'm having the easiest time of all diabetics. Currently I'm taking a week off insulin and bgl is averaging around 12-14 but I don't feel any adverse effects. I know about the honeymoon period but I seriously doubt I am at all diabetic when I read posts like yours.
 
i have felt exactly like that for years @rachel162 - i absolutely hate being above 9.
i would rather be low / hypo feeling for hours than all afternoon above 9 - it is difficult to explain ( impossible to non D medical peeps ) .
a busy lifestyle makes it hard to hit that ideal too.
all you can do is your best and hopefully we are here to lend a shoulder or a hand if needed.
there are some posts on topics around the forum from women and concerning things female that may be worth a look at -- some of the ladies seem to have devised strategies to assist on that front.

all the best !
 
Dude, if your bg levels are 12-14, you need to get back on that insulin pronto. That's high and very bad for your body. You are certainly diabetic if you are seeing that!
 
Years ago i went to a diabetes uk day, there was a workshop on stress, the researcher said it affected each person differently, some had not much effect, others had highs, some had lows. Some of us said both, it depended on the type of stress. Regarding highs that might come with some forms of stress - your stress hormones - eg adrenaline - may partly block insulin action, but when the adrenaline dissipates some earlier insulin might be still active... if you don't feel well with highs, is it possible you might correct a bit too soon in this type of situation without taking this into account? I had this problem some years ago.
 
Stress releases the hormone cortisol which counteracts insulin, in turn encouraging higher blood sugars stimulating gluconeogenesis which facilitates glucose production.

You can go in to detail about enzymes and hormone response to stress but that medical terminology won't help anyone stabalise their blood sugars if stress is making it yo yo.
 

Your current 'unstable life, shifts, unhealthily high-carb diet, emergency cereal bars, fear of being high' suggest to me that you are enduring a roller coaster of highs and lows. Is that correct?
If so, I recognise it and have been there. Changing your diet may be the ideal way to get off the roller coaster and achieve more and more middle-of-the-road bs numbers, which could then be tweaked downwards gradually over several months.
I hate highs too. I do hate that oppressive, itchy, exhausted, hot-eyed, headache-y feeling that highs can give me.
I prefer veering to low: maybe it's the sense of preparing for flight or fight because I feel energised and virtuous that my bs is not high.
However, beyond this, in the low 3 or 2 or even 1, is a different matter. Many of us know that this low can leave you on the floor unable to act at all, or worse.
Perhaps this is why the article cited hypos as being the worst fear for a person with diabetes. In reality, it's probably the worst fear of people without diabetes who witness or are called upon to treat the hypo.
 
Neither of those numbers you bolded is even a clinical hypo, let alone a biological one. They are both perfectly desirable readings.
 
I don't think you should run higher. I think you should run flatter! I find it useful to think about reducing the deviation in my blood sugars rather than hypos/hypers. They tend to feed off each other. Have you looked at your insulin:carb ratios and your timing of injections relative to eating recently? If you eat too soon after injecting that tend to give a relatively high post-meal reading, followed by a hypo. The high reading makes you think you need to increase your insulin for meals, when in fact you only need to alter the timing. And you may then find you can cut your insulin.
I had a stressful couple of weeks lately where I didn't pay attention to timing. I got lots of spikes followed by lows. This week the stress has passed, I am paying attention to timing, and everything's spot on again.
 

tim2000s said:
Dude, if your bg levels are 12-14, you need to get back on that insulin pronto. That's high and very bad for your body. You are certainly diabetic if you are seeing that!
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Absolutely - and just because you feel fine at 12-14 doesn't mean it's not doing any damage.
 
himtoo - glad you seem to get how I feel, and thanks...will have a browse round some of those topics!

ann34+ - you could be right; I always edge towards over correcting when I'm even remotely high cause I hate it so much, and I have had one or two occasions recently where I've struggled to actually bring my levels down, so I think the fear of that happening again just pushes me to correct further, even if sometimes I still have active insulin on board. Think maybe I need to try and de-stress a bit and watch my diet a bit more to minimise the fluctuations and necessary corrections!

PseudoBob77 - aha it might not be helping me stabilise my blood sugars but it's interesting! I wish I knew more about why the things that affect my levels do so; it might help me anticipate some of my problems a bit better than I have been doing recently.

lizdeluz - mmm not quite a rollercoaster; I definitely have a lot more lows than highs. I don't know why but I have almost an obsession with staying below 7, and even at times when I'm busy and likely to drop I do tend to correct when I'm anything above that, despite feeling fine so long as I'm below about 10. But I would agree that regardless I need to sort my diet out, and am now taking a week out which I'm spending back home with my family to see if I can start to remedy both my diet and my sleeping pattern! And ah yes definitely agree about lows being a fear for people without diabetes; everyone always tells me it would be so much better to run high and I'm just like 'really? Have you tried it?'

Thank you guys for all your responses and support; much needed, and I definitely take advice better when I can't actually come back with 'but you don't get it'! Hopefully over the next month or so I'll start to get things back on track a bit!
 
I average 16 readings per week less than 3.0, mostly during the night or morning. They don't really bother me as I have little hypo awareness. Only recognise when less than 2. I recognise highs more - feel dizzy and unwell.
 
joha1971 said:
I average 16 readings per week less than 3.0, mostly during the night or morning. They don't really bother me as I have little hypo awareness. Only recognise when less than 2. I recognise highs more - feel dizzy and unwell.
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Is that down to exercise burning off more carbs though the night causing you to be continually low?
 
Gosh thought 1 a week was high! Since on pump have found warnings changed, anyone else found this. I was 1.8 last week, but soon corrected.
 
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