Bad low sugar

[inhil1982]

Low sugar after a night out. Tell me your low sugar level story's.

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[Jaylee]

Dude, where do you want me to start...?

 

[shedges]

Low sugar after exercise. The end.

 

[noblehead]

When I was a beer drinker I would hypo the next morning around 10am even after adjusting insulin doses, I quickly learnt so would pre-empt it with a snack.

I find gardening the worst, on Sunday I took 2 units of QA for 80g of carbs at lunch and still managed to go low with a reading of 3.5mmol

 

[Jaylee]

OK I'll bite... Low sugar after a night out you ask..?

A long time ago I met this girl & got "lucky".. During the "throws of passion" I got hit by a hypo..
End of story you might think..? It certainly was for me..!
But, this this girl bugged me for weeks to come back & finish the job....

Talk about "cowboy builders"....

 

[Spiker]

After a night out I am usually high BG rather than low. The exception is if I stay up all night. I tend to lose my hypo awareness in that state, as it all gets a bit surreal, all the feelings are dulled and blend together. If I have the presence of mind I tend to have a carby breakfast before I go to bed and that sorts me out.

Actually I tend to eat a lot and go easy on the insulin when I am drinking which is why I am typically high and not low after. I had some close shaves with binge nights when I was first diagnosed so I tend to be very hypo averse when drinking and go for very lax control. I had a situation where I was hypo alone in my hotel room after a brutal night of drinking with my boss and I worried I was going to choke to death on my own vomit. I got through that but it put me off heavy drinking (mostly) and definitely is why I never combine drinking with attempting tight BG control.

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[Beth_Robinson]

Hungover & low is a horrible combo