Apologies for all the questions recently - but this is new to me. Is it possible to sleep through a hypo and recover without intervention? This is what happened according to my libre - but I would never have known as slept through any possible symptoms! Bit worrying.
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Can you sleep through a hypo and recover?
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Rokaab
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Yes you can, I'm pretty sure its happened to me multiples of times, theoretically your liver should kick in and pump glucose into your system to help, but its not really something that should be relied upon as one of those times it may just not do the job.
Its luckily always rescued me in the past - but now I have sensor alarms to help.
Also note that the sensors can suffer from compression lows if you sleep on them so it may not be entirely accurate as to how low it is
Its luckily always rescued me in the past - but now I have sensor alarms to help.
Also note that the sensors can suffer from compression lows if you sleep on them so it may not be entirely accurate as to how low it is
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Hi @HOLLIE4
Yes, you can sometimes.
This is because when your blood sugar goes low your pancreas produces glucagon to tell your liver to pump out glycogen (sugar) and raise your blood sugar. This is one reason why drinking alcohol should be treated with caution by insulin dependent diabetics, because if you hypo while drunk your liver may be too busy processing alcohol to help you out.
But also bear in mind that libres re renowned for compression lows where they give you false lows if you sleep on them.
Yes, you can sometimes.
This is because when your blood sugar goes low your pancreas produces glucagon to tell your liver to pump out glycogen (sugar) and raise your blood sugar. This is one reason why drinking alcohol should be treated with caution by insulin dependent diabetics, because if you hypo while drunk your liver may be too busy processing alcohol to help you out.
But also bear in mind that libres re renowned for compression lows where they give you false lows if you sleep on them.
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For me, it depends on your definition of "recover".
In the olden days before anyone had learned how to spell "CGM", I would occasionally wake in the morning with the worst type of hangover: I felt nauseous, I had a terrible headache and, it was the worst hangover because I hadn't had the fun of any substances the day before. It was a hypo hangover. Sure, I woke up at the usual time and eventually recovered (took most of the day) but probably not what you are suggesting and not pleasant.
If my CGM reported a low but had not alarmed (or I slept through it) and felt fine in the morning, I doubt it would be a "real" hypo.
Thankfully, this is rare now I have a CGM to tell me if I am going low and wake me.
In the olden days before anyone had learned how to spell "CGM", I would occasionally wake in the morning with the worst type of hangover: I felt nauseous, I had a terrible headache and, it was the worst hangover because I hadn't had the fun of any substances the day before. It was a hypo hangover. Sure, I woke up at the usual time and eventually recovered (took most of the day) but probably not what you are suggesting and not pleasant.
If my CGM reported a low but had not alarmed (or I slept through it) and felt fine in the morning, I doubt it would be a "real" hypo.
Thankfully, this is rare now I have a CGM to tell me if I am going low and wake me.
@In Response interesting you said this as I did actually wake up feeling sick last night but didn't have any of my usual hypo symptoms so perhaps it could have been then. Definitely something to look out for!
