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FGB & Dawn Phenomenon

NoCrbs4Me said:
Under the right circumstances anyone can get a hypo.
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Last time I was in hospital I was getting constant hypos, down to 2, I'm type 2 and on metformin. Nurses used to walk me during the night to to make me drink milk as I could hardly eat anything. Can't understand why I never got liver dumps then.
 
NoCrbs4Me said:
You are missing something.
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I assumed as much - what am I missing?

Everything I can find qualifies hypos for T2 as only happening to people on meds, or due to an illness.

I'm eating 800 calories a day right now, and so far as I know, have not been hypoglycemic yet. But I have only been testing in the morning lately. Now I'm a little freaked out. Or maybe more than a little. . .
 
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  • rowan said:
    Last time I was in hospital I was getting constant hypos, down to 2, I'm type 2 and on metformin. Nurses used to walk me during the night to to make me drink milk as I could hardly eat anything. Can't understand why I never got liver dumps then.
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Did they explain what caused it? That is terrifying.
 
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It was probably because I'd been too ill with Crohn's Disease to eat for a few weeks. After a while they put me on a 5 day course of steroids and my BG went up to 30+, still not eating, so they stopped them after 4 days, which triggered my psoriasis and my whole body shed its skin, just like a snake, and my BG went very low again!
I get DP every morning now, but it never happened when my BG was dangerously low and it really would have helped! :rolleyes:
 
rowan said:
It was probably because I'd been too ill with Crohn's Disease to eat for a few weeks. After a while they put me on a 5 day course of steroids and my BG went up to 30+, still not eating, so they stopped them after 4 days, which triggered my psoriasis and my whole body shed its skin, just like a snake, and my BG went very low again!
I get DP every morning now, but it never happened when my BG was dangerously low and it really would have helped! :rolleyes:
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Well, if this makes sense, I feel bad/sympathetic for you, but better about myself; it sounds like your hypos were related to an illness, and not just being T2? Out of all the many things I worry about, hypos have not been one of them, and I'd like to avoid adding another thing to the list if I can help it :(
 
Now that is facinating. It amazes me how such a well studied and prevalent disease has gone so long without carefully dissecting and theorizing about the causes. Still reading the thread and associated links, just wanted to pop back and thank you for sharing.
 
Basically, all the symptoms of RH masquerade as other things (anxiety and depression, panic attacks, low blood pressure... the list is endless).

Most docs have as much chance of spotting it as they have of learning to fly.

And then there are so many different types of RH that it confuses things even further.
 
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