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<blockquote data-quote="Snapsy" data-source="post: 1472220" data-attributes="member: 265172"><p>Hi [USER=401781]@gavin86[/USER] , I find I have hypos which differ due to speed of drop, amount of insulin on board, post-exercise scenarios to name but three.</p><p></p><p>My most alarming type of hypo is without fail on the occasions where I have misjudged my carb intake, resulting in quite simply having too much bolus insulin in one go. I can be on my way to gaga in the 5s, and can then drop very very quickly into the 2s.</p><p></p><p>Other times I can feel 'fine' sub-2! My husband was horrified on a hill walk when I was 1.6, completely lucid and still walking.</p><p></p><p>So as others have said, it varies.</p><p></p><p>As far as BG range is concerned, I'm pretty happy with mine at the moment, but every so often (not for a while recently) I swing the other way and get very very cross about things and have in the past let things slide. Now I've got my pump and my Libre, and being so so much better educated about diabetes in the last 10 years than I had been before, I am very well controlled, and I find eating lower carb suits me in this respect.</p><p></p><p>I don't know specifically in terms on numbers, what levels cause complications. I have background retinopathy (with absolutely no symptoms - just two tiny out-of-the-way dots) but otherwise no complications.</p><p></p><p>I have a tendency towards anxiety and hyper micromanagement of my diabetes, and a desperate psychological 'need' to be between two certain numbers on my meter. But I would not necessarily recommend this approach as a lifestyle choice, as I fully accept I am far, far too hard on myself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snapsy, post: 1472220, member: 265172"] Hi [USER=401781]@gavin86[/USER] , I find I have hypos which differ due to speed of drop, amount of insulin on board, post-exercise scenarios to name but three. My most alarming type of hypo is without fail on the occasions where I have misjudged my carb intake, resulting in quite simply having too much bolus insulin in one go. I can be on my way to gaga in the 5s, and can then drop very very quickly into the 2s. Other times I can feel 'fine' sub-2! My husband was horrified on a hill walk when I was 1.6, completely lucid and still walking. So as others have said, it varies. As far as BG range is concerned, I'm pretty happy with mine at the moment, but every so often (not for a while recently) I swing the other way and get very very cross about things and have in the past let things slide. Now I've got my pump and my Libre, and being so so much better educated about diabetes in the last 10 years than I had been before, I am very well controlled, and I find eating lower carb suits me in this respect. I don't know specifically in terms on numbers, what levels cause complications. I have background retinopathy (with absolutely no symptoms - just two tiny out-of-the-way dots) but otherwise no complications. I have a tendency towards anxiety and hyper micromanagement of my diabetes, and a desperate psychological 'need' to be between two certain numbers on my meter. But I would not necessarily recommend this approach as a lifestyle choice, as I fully accept I am far, far too hard on myself. [/QUOTE]
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