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Faint and feeling hypo but blood sugar is 8i

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isjoberg

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I'm at work, and am just eating my lunch. Feeling really faint and weak, had a croissant for breakfast and slept a decent amount last night, it feels as if my bg is just about to plummet massively but my libre is showing 8.0 and flat and my finger prick test is showing 7.9 so not a hypo...

Any suggestions for what it might be?
 
do you normally drink a lot of water ?? -- is so possibly over hydrated ( get to GP )

do you drink hardly any water ? if so could be under hydrated which can also cause light headedness
( get to a GP )
 
If your blood sugars are regularly high then your body will be used to high blood sugars as being normal and so thinks that more normal results are hypos when obviously they're not
 
I'm type2 and I've had what @amyhowes has described too. Its common.
Once you bring your levels down your hypo sensitivity will be more accurate. Not too low thou as some lose their sensitivity in dangerous low bgs.
 
Hi all! My hypo sensitivity is pretty good, and normally drink a lot of water! Thanks for the suggestions, it passed after an hour or so. All very odd but hopefully won't happen again, thanks for all your advice
 
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