EEK! Lack of education can be deadly! I see some dangerous but common mistakes made here. Actually the same ones I made when I was first diagnosed! :roll:
1. Chocolate or other high fat products don't make good choices for hypos. Fat takes longer to digest and it will not bring your bg up as fast as something like glucose tabs, ****** bears, orange juice or glucozade. (+ makes ya gain weight, never a good thing, at least for me!)
2. Following a fast acting carb (glucose tab, orange juice, ****** bears etc...) with a slow acting carb will keep your blood glucose at a safe level. Eating/drinking 15 g to 30 g of a fast acting and following with 15 g of a slow acting (2-3 crackers, child size apple, small banana, 1 slice whole wheat bread) will keep your bg from falling back down in the low levels, but this does take time. Sometimes it can take up to an hour for your bg and your body to fully recover from a hypo.
3. Taking your bg every 2-3 hours during the day, if at all possible, will help you keep track of your personal bg levels throughout the day/week/month and establish a pattern. If this can't be done long term then see if you can do this for a period of 4-6 weeks. This at least gives you some information on when you tend to hypo. Hypo's tend happen with excercise, stress or the common not eating enough so things like shopping (excercise), doctor appts (stress), having a bad scare (stress), all can cause hypo's-
Hope this helps.
Type 1.5 since 2007