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<blockquote data-quote="Tim_B" data-source="post: 873169" data-attributes="member: 188153"><p>Hi </p><p>This is the first time that I have been on the forums. I've been a Type 1 diabetic for 25 years I'm pretty well controlled. I feel very strongly about the dead in bed syndrome and how awful it is. It frightens me how in your every day routine of life you could just die when you are asleep. At least if you are crossing the road you can take avoiding action to miss a bus that could hit you. I've only had one serious hypo which resulted with me having a seizure during the night about 10 years ago where I woke up with an ambulance chap next to me, I was obviously very confused why he was there. Lucky my wife was there to call an ambulance. Following this episode I researched into different types of insulin's that gave you better warning signs and luckily my doctor was okay to switch me to a animal Porcine type. This was so much better and felt less aggressive that the quick acting Actrapid that I was on. Since then I have always been wary about making sure my sugar levels are okay before going to bed and that I have eaten enough as a snack. </p><p>About a year ago I had a very horrible low sugar waking up experience which really frightened me. I felt like I was trapped in a computer screen with no way of getting out, I think my mind was a wake but my body was still asleep. Luckily I managed to awake but my heart felt like it was beating slowly but very harshly like it doesn't normally beat. I had forgotten about how my heart felt until the link with the heart was mentioned in the forum. </p><p>I just wondered if anyone else had had a similar experience of having a bad hypo in the night with their heart pounding? </p><p> More research definetly needs to be done on the dead in bed syndrome! I I don't know if there is a device that can be easily worn and that can pick up if your heart is working at a different rhythm and then wake you up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tim_B, post: 873169, member: 188153"] Hi This is the first time that I have been on the forums. I've been a Type 1 diabetic for 25 years I'm pretty well controlled. I feel very strongly about the dead in bed syndrome and how awful it is. It frightens me how in your every day routine of life you could just die when you are asleep. At least if you are crossing the road you can take avoiding action to miss a bus that could hit you. I've only had one serious hypo which resulted with me having a seizure during the night about 10 years ago where I woke up with an ambulance chap next to me, I was obviously very confused why he was there. Lucky my wife was there to call an ambulance. Following this episode I researched into different types of insulin's that gave you better warning signs and luckily my doctor was okay to switch me to a animal Porcine type. This was so much better and felt less aggressive that the quick acting Actrapid that I was on. Since then I have always been wary about making sure my sugar levels are okay before going to bed and that I have eaten enough as a snack. About a year ago I had a very horrible low sugar waking up experience which really frightened me. I felt like I was trapped in a computer screen with no way of getting out, I think my mind was a wake but my body was still asleep. Luckily I managed to awake but my heart felt like it was beating slowly but very harshly like it doesn't normally beat. I had forgotten about how my heart felt until the link with the heart was mentioned in the forum. I just wondered if anyone else had had a similar experience of having a bad hypo in the night with their heart pounding? More research definetly needs to be done on the dead in bed syndrome! I I don't know if there is a device that can be easily worn and that can pick up if your heart is working at a different rhythm and then wake you up. [/QUOTE]
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