I don't consider myself hypo unaware because I feel uneasy when below 4.0. But there are always times when our BSs inconveniently fall, like TBN when playing golf. My question is do we gradually get used to lows below 2.0 and can you train yourself to endure them whilst still remaining conscious?
When I was first a diabetic I would conk out frequently. A&E became so fed up with me they once gave me a shot of i/v glucose and told the ambulance to take me home whilst I was still dead to the world. I can't remember the exact details because it's over fifty years ago but I'm certain I wasn't that ridiculously low. Happily hypo comas don't happen now and the last one was over ten years ago.
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@tom58 your question doesn't seem to be about impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia. If you are aware when you are under 4, you don't have impaired awareness.
Rather, your question is about ability to function when hypo. I think there probably is, to some extent, a tolerance to hypoglycaemia in that you can retain an ability to function at suprisingly low levels and part of what allows that to happen is exposure to those level. But, and this is a big but under 3 your brain isn't functioning properly, you will have impaired reaction times, impaired speed and accuracy, even if while you are down there you think you are functioning just fine you won't, in reality actually be able to function just fine, and while you are down there your brain won't really be able to form proper memories of what's going on. Don't be fooled by thinking you are fine under 2, that's your hypoglycaemic brain playing tricks on you.