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Sarah69 said:
I don’t eat meals so I don’t test, only before I drive I test.
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But you do eat something - even if it’s not a proper meal. So it’s really worth knowing what effect the little you do eat is having.

Also, do you test when you feel hypo? Or just go by the feeling? I’ve done that before, and found that my feeling hypo happened at at higher and higher levels, so I was treating hypos at quite high levels, because I could be in double figures and getting the symptoms. I also found that being really high had several of the same symptoms, and I was just making it worse, because I was taking sugar on to treatbthe hypo I thought I was having.
 
Mel dCP said:
But you do eat something - even if it’s not a proper meal. So it’s really worth knowing what effect the little you do eat is having.

Also, do you test when you feel hypo? Or just go by the feeling? I’ve done that before, and found that my feeling hypo happened at at higher and higher levels, so I was treating hypos at quite high levels, because I could be in double figures and getting the symptoms. I also found that being really high had several of the same symptoms, and I was just making it worse, because I was taking sugar on to treatbthe hypo I thought I was having.
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I never had a. Hypo in my life the lowest is 5.4 even at my highest.14 I feel no side effect.
 
Pura Vida said:
I never had a. Hypo in my life the lowest is 5.4 even at my highest.14 I feel no side effect.
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It would be unlikely for you to have a hypo if you’re not on insulin lowering meds like insulin or (if I remember right) sulphonylureas. Personally, I feel horrible above 9, and really very unwell above 12. Having said that, your body gets used to being in a certain range, and if you’re lower than you normally run, you’ll get the symptoms of a hypo, even if you’re not medically having one - the medical definition being 3.5-4mmol, depending on who you ask. Many people think they’re having a hypo in the 6s and 7s, because they’re used to running in double figures the whole time.
 
Sarah69 said:
I don’t eat meals so I don’t test, only before I drive I test.
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You say though that you do have hypos. Unless I have some routine with my diabetes it becomes more and more unstable.
Balance is key to prevent my BSL fluctuations. And whilst I do get an idea from how I feel whether I am a bit high or low in BSL I can never guess my BSL correctly without testing.
And even though I might do my BSL before driving the unstableness /lack of routine would make me a liability on the road.
Have you told you GP about your hypos and their unpredictability?
And as @Mel dCP says one can become less aware of the onset of a hypo.
In Australia there is an advertising slogan for tourism to one of your Territories "If you never never go, you will never, never know". With diabetes if you hardly ever ever test (BSL). you will hardly ever ever know.
 
Have you had everything physical checked out - like a problem with your sense of smell or taste, sensitivity inside your mouth, stomach problems causing nausea? Its not always psychological.
 
IBS can give me similiar symptoms. Also your enzymes are actiivated often on look and anticipation. They could be oversensitive, at the moment.
 
Sarah69 said:
I had a follow up to my annual review and my hba1c is now down 66. All my other checks were fine. The dr referred me to see a psychologist again. Yes I have symptoms of being low I think 2.9 I had a few weeks back. I don’t have symptoms of high sugars. He also asked if I could test a bit more often which I shall try to do. /QUOTE]
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