Anonymous Question Doctor doesn't believe us...

Can you please give us some more information?

What medication is your wife on? If any?

When do these hypos happen?

Are you testing her blood glucose to know how low the hypos are? This would give you evidence to show your doctor.

What kind of does your wife eat, daily?

Hi. You need to buy a glucose meter and try to test her blood (or ask her to) when she is not feeling right. If the figure is below 4 then you must note this and tell the GP.

That is a classic symptom of fluctuating blood glucose levels. Especially hypers then big drops to whatever levels she goes down to.

I think that there are two possible approaches to this which might work.

The first approach is to do it yourself - keep a detailed record of your wife's episodes which you can then show to her GP. Record her behaviour each time, and if you can take blood sugar measurements or any other measurements record those.

The other approach is to seek professional help at the time your wife has an episode - call an ambulance or ring 111. I guess that you don't think an ambulance is needed, or you would have called one previously.

If you call 111, they will ask a lot of questions about what has happened. What happens next will depend on how serious they assess your wife's condition to be, but they send a detailed report of each call to the patient's GP - it would be difficult for your GP to ignore that.

Personally, I would go the 111 route. If your GP doesn't accept what you have told him already, it might be some time before DIY records will convince him. The 111 system offers a number of advantages - at the very least, they will record everything you tell them, and that will be sent to her GP. Her GP might find that more convincing than your own verbal report.