Crazy hypos

Hi roosh1
I'm "mere" T2, BUT have lived with T1 husband for 38 years, so feel I can ask this. Why did you worry about coming back up to 3.2 after 10 minutes? A few more would probably have brought you up over 4. What are your usual levels?

i don't know why this happens but its happened to my daughter she was 3.6 one day 15 mins later 2.7,her b/s was back up after a further 15 mins.my daughter can have a hypo at 3.8 and its been known she's had to take 6 tablets to bring her back up.
last night she had a hypo at 2.9 checked them 15 mins later 21.9.thinking how on earth did that happen never happened before.told her to re-do them 9.1 someone didn't wash there hands i think she said she did.don't think so

I find the hypos that are hard to treat come from a combination of exercise, maybe slightly too much insulin at the last meal and the peak in the profile of the basal insulin. If the hypo comes from only one of these things it tends to be easily corrected. If Khaleb has had several hypos I've been encouraged to get him to exercise and give some fast acting carb so the tissues in his body can replenish lost stores. Apparently this only happens effectively during and after exercise. Khaleb may have higher blood sugars for a few hours that day but the hypos stop. Giving some fast acting carb after exercise, even if his blood sugars are slightly above normal, stops the 2am hypo also.

This is newer thinking that has come about from research here is Australia. You must be on quite a low carb diet by the amount of insulin you use so you may find this type of information not to be useful.

Kids are a bit different anyway.

Jen

Rkeane

Keep a diary, try and establish a pattern and then see if you need to adjust insulin/food.

If you are having hypos in the morning is it after exercise?
Have you changed the type/intensity of the exercise you do, or even the time you exercise?
To test if your levemir is too much, skip your breakfast and then test at lunch time and see if its stayed stable? Maybe the novorapid is a bit too strong, and if so you can get half unit pens (Novo Junior) given you are only taking 1u per day.

You sound quite insulin sensitive, though at 18 months I wouldnt have expected a honeymoon period to be ongoing, or re-starting.

Might give you a better idea once you write it down and establish a pattern, about what times of day you need to 'watch' and you can then take preventative action