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hi kirsty welcome to the forum im sorry i cant help you with the hypos as i have never had one im sure there will be more people on to help you ,maybe if you gave a bit more information as regards diet and readings you might get more answers. sorry i cant be much help but a big hello anyway dermot

It is possible that you are losing your hypo awareness. This happens after a variable length of time with diabetes. Obviously this will affect your ability to drive safely.

What you can do is be very regular in your habits and try to have someone nearby when possible eg sing the bath and keep the door unlocked.

There are some "tricks" you can employ to even out lows and highs such as:

very careful meal to insulin matching.
limiting the number of units in any single injection to 7 or less to ensure the insulin acts at a predictable time.
scrupulous carb counting and carb ratio for time of day estimation.
checking 3am blood sugars to use for your basal insulin sums in preference to eg 8am.

How to do all this can be found at the course at www.dsolve.com

Welcome to the forum.

Katharine.

kirsty1702 said:

hello im new to all this forum stuff but i just thought id introduce myself as ive been watching for a while and find this site fantastic and great help.
im 23 years old and type 1,been on novorapid/lantus for 7/8years now.
ive had some pretty bad hypos over last few months,where ive been completely out of control,and not known whats gone and had no memory at all!! on when ive come round from having a bad hypo. and with no help or proper answers from my doctor,im hoping someone might be able to help.i eat regular and excise too.so i dont know what eles to do? any sugestions ? ???

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Hello Kirsty

Try not to worry. Loads of us with diabetes also at times, have hypos with little awareness especially if we've given ourselves too much insulin or not eaten enough carb.

Your control can be made a bit better though by testing your bg mid morning and mid afternoon in addition to your other bg tests and depending on how low or how high you are, you can then decide whether you should eat a snack. It will help stop those pesky hypos and also you should be able to keep within your target bg zone simply by bolusing insulin and eating a bit more wisely.

Hi, what others have said about carb counting is useful.
There is a NHS course called DAFNE which could be useful It would be good because you can then meeet other people with type 1. Ask your team about it (sometimes it has a different name)
Meanwhile there is a version of it online (produced by the diabetes centre in Bournemouth)
http://www.bdec-e-learning.com/