LONG HYPO!!

[Neckarski_94]

Another hypo! These are happening far too often for my liking. One of these days I’m going to be in a diabetic coma and not wake up! Didn’t check with a finger prick! But I feel like this was a genuine one due to having a bit of headache upon waking up this morning! I’ve not had a hypo that long during sleep for a while so I don’t know what’s gone on there. Also started dropping not long after eating!

 

[Lakeslover]

The only way to know if this is a genuine hypo or not is to test with your meter when the alarm goes off.

 

[Olddogandgrump]

First, have you set your alarm to go off and if you did, why didn't you hear it? Check your notification settings before going to bed. And set the app to override do not disturb and silence modes.

In my experience, I will wake up if my BG falls in that window between low and too low to treat it myself. But everyone I different so don't take my say so that you will. But it looks like it was about 3.5 at the lowest. Which is low, but I don't think coma-inducing low.

My top tip is to set the alarm to go off at 4.3 or so. Then you can monitor it and take action if it continues to drop and you might be able to turn it around before the hypo hits you.

Oh, and another thing - could it have been a compression low? It looks like it was down for about two hours, till maybe you started waking up.

 

[bmtest]

Another hypo! These are happening far too often for my liking. One of these days I’m going to be in a diabetic coma and not wake up! Didn’t check with a finger prick! But I feel like this was a genuine one due to having a bit of headache upon waking up this morning! I’ve not had a hypo that long during sleep for a while so I don’t know what’s gone on there. Also started dropping not long after eating! 1View attachment 73106

The graph showing results should inform coupled with what you did or did not do before going to sleep & you should be able to stop going too low.

- Someone already mentioned to set alarms earlier
- Did you correct the highs with any insulin for example ?
- Did you eat long burning carbs that tailed off in early hours of morning
- Did you inject upon an injection still in its active profile for instance
- It can be difficult to achieve a flat profile especially if lifestyle varied i.e eating times and activity

In summary that's not a bad profile to come back from. I have had it where I have been so tired from work that ignored alarm only to woken sweating like a pig with a reading of 1.9 & a difficult walk downstairs to Kitchen for food as the wife never wakes up & insists i dont use the alarms at night as it annoys her especially if she's working also in morning.

 

[EllieM]

a difficult walk downstairs to Kitchen for food as the wife never wakes up & insists i dont use the alarms at night as it annoys her especially if she's working also in morning.

I have carbs on my bedside table to maximise ease of carbing up. (Unfortunately when I am low at night there is a great temptation to ignore the alarm and just sleep)

My partner hates the alarms too but having lived through some hospital inducing hypos pre cgm (one when he feared I was dead/dying) he is willing to be woken by night time alarms). I am lucky enough to now be on a pump which has greatly reduced the frequency and severity of my hypos.

I personally don't start worrying about comas till I go down into the 2s, but that is just me.

Do you still have frequent contact with your DSN @Neckarski_94 ? Is it time to talk about adjusting your doses again??? In my N=1 experience, they are usually very keen to reduce the incidence of hypos.