I Had A Hypo Last Night!

[AmandaAnne]

How are you feeling now, @AmandaAnne ?

Thank you for asking Brunneria.

To be honest though, it's knocked the stuffing out of me, it scared the hell out of me big time, and now I'm finding that I'm very over emotional, I keep getting spells where I just want to cry my eyes out. I do suffer from depression, which is controlled very well with medication, but it doesn't take a lot to knock me.

Physically I'm fine now, I think, although I haven't really felt well for the past year, so not really sure what's going on.

My GP is ringing me tomorrow morning so I shall discuss everything with him.

Although I've been diabetic for about 8 years now, I kind of feel that I'm newly diagnosed as I'm only just studying properly now and I think last week when I had the spike followed by the hypo on Saturday night, it's really brought it all to the forefront of my mind and I think the whole reality of the thing has hit me!! Maybe because I take Metformin, I was kind of living in Disney Land and just happily thinking that the medication would fix it all.

I had a thought last night when I was laying in bed, maybe with diabetes 2, if your condition isn't really serious that you need immediate medication, as I know that some people do, maybe the doctors should consider educating people about diet and exercise and how to control blood glucose levels and then see how you get on. That way it gives us back some control and we can really get to grips with it. It's very easy for us all to reach for medication, but I wonder how many diabetics out there are doing what I did and just thinking that everything will be fine because I'm on medication, I think it kind of gives some people a false sense of security.

Once again thank you for asking.

 

[Brunneria]

When I have 'a bad one' which is rare, and I never seem to remember to take my BG in time to know HOW low, I always find it takes a full 3 days to feel better.

I don't know if it is low, the strain on the body, the emotions, or the adrenalin overload...

Whatever the cause, I too feel weepy, hopeless, achy and fragile, steadily improving for 72 odd hours.
- and I don't have depression!

So just be gentle with yourself, ride it out, and accept that this, like everything else, will pass...

 

[AmandaAnne]

Thank you Brunneria.

It's helpful to know that it takes you 3 days to fully recover, makes me feel better knowing that.

I suppose when you think about it, our bodies have taken a nasty hit when that happens, so it stands to reason that it's going to take a few days for it to recover.

Hopefully I'm turning the corner now, so I shall carry on riding it out, at least it's nice and sunny here today, always makes me feel better.

Thank you so much for your support, understanding and kind words, I believe they help more than any medication will ever do.