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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oldvatr" data-source="post: 2332688" data-attributes="member: 196898"><p>I got my first hypo while I was on the max dose of Gliclazide (320 mg)/  I had just that morning completed the DCUK online training course they offer and had just come out of the chemist having just bought a pack of glucose tabs in case of emergency, just like my mum used to do.  It was quite mild, and I was not driving and did not need assistance.  I had just started low carbing, and it was obvious from my reading progression that I needed to reduce my glic dose, which did over the course of the next month or so.  I quite often got low sugars and learned how to recognize the early stages.  I rarely get them now as I have reduced down to a maintenance dose (40mg).  I never had an event that meant I lost control, although I would not drive at those levels, my diet will drop me into keto fat burning as protection.  The beauty of low dose Glic is that I take it at night, and even if I get low, the drug wears off quite quickly so I am not in danger.  I think insulin users suffer longer and deeper hypos if they dose wrongly.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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