I've tried letting it ride and watched the meter go lower and lower (106 at its lowest point before I bailed), but, the false hypos are too much to handle right now.
I suspect that you are over reacting and using too much carbohydrate to treat them which is why your levels are going up and down like they are.But what about the false hypo symptoms that I can't tolerate at this time?
What about nudging it up just a little with, say, a slice of apple or a single bite of a piece of bread or such so the symptoms go away without spiking high?
If you feel rubbish at 106 bringing it up to 115 might be enough to feel better.
That way you still let your body get used to lower levels.
I suspect that you are over reacting and using too much carbohydrate to treat them which is why your levels are going up and down like they are.
For the few false hypos when reducing my glucose levels after diagnosis I took a warm drink and a few grapes - just two or three, and waited calmly for the sensation to pass, and it did.
Have you tried tricking your body by eating apiece of cheese or something else zero or low carb? In theory false hypos should disappear as you get used to the new lower levels (106mg/dL or 5.9mmol/L is mid range for non diabetics).....
Just a thought but on the odd occation the OP has had blood sugars 70 and below this may not be a false hypo or anything to to do with diabetes as one of the many symptoms of Dysautonomia listed is occational low blood sugar.obviously when false hypos are experienced carbs are not the answer but on the rare occations when these hypos are actuall hypoglycemic episodes they should not be ignored.
@docphi
I've been talking on this forum recently about low BG and concerns.
In my case it is a Freestyle Libre 2 giving the readings and the sensor was reading a bit low.
I was getting warnings of 3.5 (or lower) and dropping.
I don't get hypo symptoms, though.
Real value was probably around 4.0/72.
My feeling was that although T2s "don't get hypos" and the CGM is really aimed at T1s who may not get the same "stop making insulin start making glucose" effect that T2s get, I would have a little something "just in case".
So I understand the anxiety.
However a value of 4.0/72 is low normal.
Some people have a fasting BG of 3.5/63 (including a diabetes specialist I know).
So I don't think the numbers you are seeing in themselves are low.
As you have noted, the real problem is the false hypos.
I would suggest trying to treat your diet as if you had Reactive Hypoglycemia because you are in effect forcing yourself onto the roller coaster.
If you are having 5-10 grams of carbs at regular intervals then you must be taking in a lot of carbs over the whole day. You might look at reducing this significantly.
If one strawberry spikes you, then that should perhaps be taken as a baseline and try half a strawberry, or a quarter. If you take small amounts of fruit then there isn't enough carbohydrates to have a major long term effect.
If you slam in a banana and a bunch of grapes you are going to spike big time.
Grapes are rocket fuel so probably wisest to steer clear.
Alternatively you could try the famous jelly baby.
Try one jelly baby.
If that is too much, try a half.
Just bite the head off.
Also, give it a little time to work.
It might take a few minutes to kick in, and it is easy to take more because you think that it isn't working.
Tough to work through this given your other complications, but I think you might be better setting your "panic button" BG level a bit lower in the hope that the false hypos will moderate.
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