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It is possible to get a hypo with type 2

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sineadk

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I suffer from ocd and panic disorder as well but a few times lately I have experienced what I thought was a weird panic attack but it may be a diabetes thing. I felt disorientated and was shaking all over. It was a real physical feeling. I thought a little sugar would help so I had a small amount of chocolate and I did feel better afterwards. It could also have been a panic attack but I have not had too many of them lately and they are more in my head then physical if that makes sense.
 
Hi. 80mml has no meaning? If you mean 80mg/dl in USA units then it's 4.4mmol which is very low for someone not on any diabetes meds. May be some of the other meds are having an effect? If you mean units in mmol you need to re-check the reading for us.
 
The "typical" hypos you get in diabetics are caused by medication, so since you are not on any diabetes medication the experience of forum members isn't necessary very applicable.

A quick google turned up "certain antidepressants (e.g., phenelzine, tranylcypromine)" as potentially causing hypoglycemia so I'd double-check the patient leaflet.
 
I have had 2 hypo's and I am type 2 not on medication both my own fault my blood sugar dropped to 3.3 my doctor said it was a hypo.
 
According to a table I just looked up that's about 4.4 and that is not low and is not normally considered to be hypo. It would need to be below 4 for that.
 
My nurse once told me that even non diabetics can go hypo what with drink making you blood sugar low or perhaps a lot of exercise. Of course they automatically recover so it's not considered a serious issue.
 
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