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Fear Of Hypoglycemia

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Hi yes i do more at night . Last night it was low so I had three jelly babies . Before taking my 40 insolin. I also have freestyle and it’s amazing . Good luck .
 
I agree with @Scott-C I used to have a problem with fear of hypos but since I started using a Dexcom CGM it's been much better. I would never go to bed at less than 10mmol but now I will happily sleep at 5.5mmol as I am confident the Dexcom alarms will wake me if I start to drop too low. I started off with my alarm set at 6 I think but as my confidence has grown I have dropped it down to 4. A quick look at the trend line will then tell me if I just need a glucose tab to nudge it back up, or if I need more.

If you're on facebook search for the 'CGM in the Cloud' group which has lots of info/help for users of xDrip and Spike
 

Hi Charlie - I completely sympathise with you. Fear of hypos was the reason I joined this forum - I posted my story briefly here:

https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/new-to-this-my-first-post.121586/

I'd be interested to know if you managed to identify a cause for the fear of hypos - sounds like it's something that happened when you returned from Thailand - but did you have a serious hypo while you were out there? Get in touch anytime, I've been through it.
 
Absolutely agree!
 
Hi yes I’m the same at work ,as a carer if in a stressful situation I’m convinced my sugars are dropping I have the libre self funded, but when you’re working so close to people it’s not possible to check without drawing attention to myself,when I get back to my car I’m totally in range .
 
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