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Hypo

Whenever I feel low! I get a weird feeling of weakness in my legs to begin with and then a stiffening sensation going through my upper body resulting in disorientated with trouble in being able to concentrate. I never bg test when I get this feeling because I know that I am low and don't need a bg meter to confirm it.
 
Actually... I take that back... according to the NHS website- and you could use this in debate with your nhs consultant:

"Early signs of a low blood sugar include:
feeling hungry
sweating
tingling lips
feeling shaky or trembling
dizziness
feeling tired
a fast or pounding heartbeat (palpitations)
becoming easily irritated, tearful, stroppy or moody
turning pale
If not treated, you may then get other symptoms, such as:
weakness
blurred vision
difficulty concentrating
confusion
unusual behaviour, slurred speech or clumsiness (like being drunk)
feeling sleepy
seizures (fits)
collapsing or passing out"


So according to NHS guidelines trembling is an early sign and it is possible that actually iHs mention of leg "weakness" could be seen as a sugn of no early sign......

It is all individual.. my thoughts of hunger only, need to eat, need to test arent mentioned at all.

However, this listed in NHS guidelines is a positive for saying that you are aware!!!

However, do consider other feelings before these and try to analyse -did you feel hungry? Did you have a headache etc etc...

Personally after almost losing my licence due to a driving incident in 2010 it is best to try and find earlier symotoms rather than shaking/trembling... for me when I do that I'm heading for serious trouble....
 
@Fish37... you are welcome.

You need to debate this with your NHS consultant. His viewpoint is different to NHS guidelines. @iHs mentioning weakness of legs would actually fail to come under early symptoms.

My wanting to eat (abnormsl for me), needing to test, arent mentioned at all. Nor are my severe signs of running around hime naked, and weeing in garden before collapsing mentioned!!..

We all have individual early signa but I would seriosly try to see if you have earlier ones...

I went through hell
almost losing my licence and wouldnt want anybody else to go through that.

We must all be aware of NHS guidelines for us, and also what standards the NHS Consuktants should be adhering to.
 
The hypo awareness symptoms that the NHS lists were used years ago when diabetics used the older insulins like twice daily and animal. Analogue insulins can give varying symptoms but as long as the awareness is felt and acted upon before it gets to the point of needing help, then all is well.
 
The NHS statement though is still there.... it is still written for guidance to patients and doctors. It doesnt mention types of insulin making hypo's different.. so it is still there in black and white.

Everybody is individual, but in this scenario it helps the OP.

There is the Clark and Gold score card that NICE recommend for consultants to use. However that is just a list of questions, and NICE do not appear to list the symptoms. NICE do state levels under 3.0 are losing awareness and further loss should be warned about etc.

Consultants tend to revert at some point back to written detail for patients to refer to for awareness and patients too should be aware to try to "catch" before dipping under that 3.0 level to stop consultants being concerned etc.

I've been through **** ref hypo awareness and licence etc and my goodness I never want another person to be tipping towards what I went through.
 
Yes I had a look at the Nova Rapid info for users and it lists all the same symptoms as mentioned previously. I think like you say you might have a unique feeling to you however if it's not on the list it's not counted (that's what I've found with this consultant so far).

When I went to see the consultant yesterday to argue my case he wasn't interested and kept going on about how many years he's been a consultant and how much he knows - but I bet he's never experienced a hypo !!

I know I get early symptoms so I know I'm safe, I test regularly throughout the day and especially when driving, always have glucose tabs with me etc .

He also said that his colleague had given a second opinion and agreed with him. My consultant went into his colleagues office for a few minutes, came back in they looked at my meter (which out of 300 readings had 14 below 3.9 including 1 at 1.5 ) the colleague didn't even speak to me or ask me any questions about how I feel when having a hypo . To be honest it felt like a police interview .

What I'm learning is that having diabetes is a huge learning curve and by saying the wrong thing can change your life unless you put up a fight
 
I think you still need to get rid of the 1.5 readings though and any under 3.0.

My unique feelings of needing food etc ARE recognised by my consultants as being ok... as due to otger health conditions I never normally want to eat.

I know of persons that have 2 meters and test when low on that 2nd meter to "hide" their lows. I havent ever done this and dont want you to get in to a position where you have to wither.

I have a cgm live to my hospital where they can read my records live any time of day and I have abaolutely no problem with this as I have nothing to hide..

I just dont want you getting in an awkward position, but with you, you can say that trrembking/shaking is actually an early sign according to manufacturers and NHS guidelines and your consultants are not recognising that. However, if I were you I would concentrate on getting rid of those levels under 3.0...
 
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