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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 526940" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>I used to get hypos all the time as a child, eating a fairly low sugar, low fat diet. Never diagnosed (doctors never believed it or just prescribed a boiled sweet, which just increased the highs and lows, instead of evening them out. Idiots). Therefore no medication. Believe me, hypos ARE possible without medication!</p><p></p><p>I am classing a hypo as white, shaking, wobbly, numb cheekbones, lost words, irrational anger, or apathy, or hopeless misery. No energy, all body aches and up to 3 days before feeling 100% again. I've never been so low that I've passed out, but have fallen incredibly deeply asleep and felt like death afterwards, but that was long before I got a glucose monitor, so no idea what the numbers were.</p><p></p><p>Hunger was always a frightening experience, because there was such a fine line between wanting food and NEEDING it.</p><p></p><p>Strangely, the closer I came to diabetes, the better I felt - glucose levels were higher, so fewer hypos. Such a relief. It was like being on holiday. For me, prediabetes and type 2 is wonderful compared with being hypoglycaemic.</p><p></p><p>I never hypo in ketosis, or on a LCHF diet, but I can hypo on low carb, low fat, or if I have to eat carbs for a few meals, and then can't eat when I need to. Fat is the key. It is like a buffer. However, combine fat with carbs, and you just get fatter...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 526940, member: 41816"] I used to get hypos all the time as a child, eating a fairly low sugar, low fat diet. Never diagnosed (doctors never believed it or just prescribed a boiled sweet, which just increased the highs and lows, instead of evening them out. Idiots). Therefore no medication. Believe me, hypos ARE possible without medication! I am classing a hypo as white, shaking, wobbly, numb cheekbones, lost words, irrational anger, or apathy, or hopeless misery. No energy, all body aches and up to 3 days before feeling 100% again. I've never been so low that I've passed out, but have fallen incredibly deeply asleep and felt like death afterwards, but that was long before I got a glucose monitor, so no idea what the numbers were. Hunger was always a frightening experience, because there was such a fine line between wanting food and NEEDING it. Strangely, the closer I came to diabetes, the better I felt - glucose levels were higher, so fewer hypos. Such a relief. It was like being on holiday. For me, prediabetes and type 2 is wonderful compared with being hypoglycaemic. I never hypo in ketosis, or on a LCHF diet, but I can hypo on low carb, low fat, or if I have to eat carbs for a few meals, and then can't eat when I need to. Fat is the key. It is like a buffer. However, combine fat with carbs, and you just get fatter... [/QUOTE]
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