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torheedamy

torheedamy

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
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Hi all,
I guess im quite lucky at the moment, as i have not yet had a hypo, however i am scared for the first one as i do not know what to expect or if ill be able to detect it coming on, has anyone got any advice on hypo's.
Thanks
 
Hello! well i've been recently diagnsosed and i think i've experienced them a couple of times, there not as bad as you think! At first i though i would be having a fit or whatever but its not like that. I notice the symptoms when my blood is around 5. I feelt shaky and a little dizzy so i had a chocolate buscuit and soon felt better. You'll begin to feel when your blood becomes too low and can act upon it.

Im not an expect, only had it a couple of weeks but try not to worry! you'll neging to learn and deal with it!

Hope this helps! :)
 
Thanks,
yeh this does help, thinking about it now ive probably had some symptoms like that been feeling shaky and had a headache, when i done my bloods they were 5.1 i then had my lunch as it was that time and i felt fine afterwards, i just thought i was because i had been rushing around that ay why i wa feeling how i was, but maybe it was the start of a hypo. i thought hypo were when you blood levels were 4 and under but maybe not.
 
I felt my first hypo at 6.7 five years ago. After a bit of time you will be able to get this lower. Everyone is different but I don't think it is unusual to hypo at a higher level when first diagnosed.
 
Yes i was told that they occur below 4. However, before i was diagnosed my blood sugar had been high for a long time so i suppose bringing them down is a bit of a shock to the body. After time your body will get used to it and blow 4 will probably be where hypos begin.
 
Thanks for your replies, i guess so it will take time for them to come to the norm level for a hypo, so maybe that was an hypo i had the other day but didnt realise with my levels being higher than the norm, guess in time ill work out when im having them. So maybe i should change my first statement not had a hypo yet to maybe had a hypo by not sure.

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When were you diagnosed?? Im just starting to get used to it and begining to understand how i my body feels. Just try not to worry, i know it seems hard and that there is to much information to take in but you'll begin to understand yourself! :)
 
torheedamy said:
Hi all,
I guess im quite lucky at the moment, as i have not yet had a hypo, however i am scared for the first one as i do not know what to expect or if ill be able to detect it coming on, has anyone got any advice on hypo's.
Thanks
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These from the NHS are the most common symptoms of a hypo:

The early warning signs of mild hypoglycemia may include:

•feeling hungry
•sweating
•dizziness
•tiredness (fatigue)
•blurred vision
•trembling or shakiness
•anxiety or irritability
•going pale
•fast pulse or palpitations
•tingling of the lips

Signs of more severe hypoglycaemia include:

•difficulty concentrating
•confusion
•disorderly or irrational behaviour, which may be mistaken for drunkenness



The best advice is to treat the hypo as soon as you feel it coming on, as your newly diagnosed your hypo awareness symptoms should be extremely good and you'll know when you don't feel right, always carry fast-acting glucose with you at all time and test 15 mins after a hypo to make sure your bg levels are back up, depending on when you last injected a small carby snack may also be required once your levels have stabilised to stop your bg dropping again.
 
jfyie123 said:
When were you diagnosed?? Im just starting to get used to it and begining to understand how i my body feels. Just try not to worry, i know it seems hard and that there is to much information to take in but you'll begin to understand yourself! :)
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I was diagnosed on the 22nd march this year, can I ask when were you diagnosed and how long did it take you to start to understand how your body feels?

I try not to worry but I think it not knowing whats going to happening is what worrying me I know what to do if I have a hypo and I think I understand all the information I have been given there are some stuff that I still need to read over to get my head round it I must admit
 
I was diagnosed on the 22nd march this year said:
i was diagnosed on the 13th april this year so theres not much difference. :) i was confused too but then i started to feel some of the symptoms as mentioned above and i understood what it was.

I think we just have to get used to it and will soon be able to interpret how our body feels. But yeah sounds silly but just ry not to worry :D
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I start feeling a little like that when I am in 5s for too long but that is normal blood sugar. So far I've resisted trying to correct a false hypo for fear of perpetuating the cycle (body being used to high numbers)

At 3.1 I couldn't not stop puking all night, shaking and sweating. The difficult thing is getting fluids back in without dropping BG further... Sugar water? When I finally stopped puking 1 slice of toast and squash seemed to do it. Back to 6.7 in 40 minutes.

You really want to catch that before it gets bad. If you feel weird... Test. That's what I'd do. Hope you never have an experience like that xx
 
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