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Message: <blockquote data-quote="diamondnostril" data-source="post: 362242" data-attributes="member: 63791"><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" />  OK, let me try to explain better.I was a low-carber with decent control. I had annoying, occasional high readings that I wanted to eliminate. So I tinkered. One way that I tinkered was by slightly increasing my Basal, and decreasing my Rapid, just to see the effect. No effect. I upped the Basal a bit more. No effect. And on and on. Significant increase in my Basal dose: no effect on my blood-sugars. Found this very confusing. Did some research that suggested maybe Magnesium would help. (Maybe a magnesium deficiency was inhibiting how much Insulin could be used). Started taking the magnesium; had a dramatic impact. Due to my aforementioned increased Basal dose, my blood-sugars went very low. I slowly adjusted my Basal dose, now it is a bit lower than where it started. Now my blood-sugars are within my target range 90% of the time. They are below my target range 10% of the time. They are above my target range 0% of the time. Annoying high readings eliminated <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> . I continue to tinker to try to hit my target a higher percentage of the time. But I don't want to lower my Insulin dose significantly, because I don't want to throw the baby (90%) out with the bathwater.Please, I am not a joskin with a death-wish. I am a guy that tries to keep his levels in the normal range. I don't try to keep my levels low, I try to keep them normal. Like thousands of other T1 diabetics, I follow the Dr. Bernstein approach to try to keep my levels as they should be, with the aim of preventing long-term complications.I have been very interested in the apparent effects of the magnesium supplement. Clearly it enabled my Insulin to work better. My levels went very low. While I was in the process of adjusting my Basal dose, they sometimes were low over a sustained period. Now that I have adjusted my Basal dose, I no longer get these sustained series of lows. I do still get lows. Tinkering continues.Immediately after I added the magnesium supplement, the nature of these 'lows' was different from any 'low' that I had ever experienced before. I always had warning signs for my Hypos, which were rare. Therefore I cannot believe that I lost my Hypo awareness due to running constantly low. Before I added the magnesium I was not constantly low . . . I was mostly normal with annoying, occasional highs. Immediately after I added the magnesium supplement, these "new-style" lows came without any warning signs, but also without any noticeable loss of function. I was able to go to work, have normal days; no confusion, no headaches, no problems reading/writing. I felt completely normal. Work colleagues, and my girlfriend, made no suggestion that anything was amiss. I am interested in this unusual effect. But I do not keep my levels low to study it. I try to keep my levels normal, and appeal for any info that I can get on the Diabetes forum.  I appreciate the responses and the advice, thank you, but it's not what I'm looking for. My levels are OK. What I'm really interested in, is whether there is something about my diet, perhaps the combination of extreme low-carb+magnesium+whatever, that offers some sort of natural buffer against the unpleasant, dangerous, short-term effects of low blood-sugar. I have read about results of magnesium studies that hint in the direction of magnesium improving brain function, improving brain cells' capacity to adapt new pathways and resist stress. If true, this would fit to my experiences. I would like to hear about anybody with similar experiences to mine, to try to understand better if this could be a genuine thing.Years ago, I had a Hypo where my level was 2.0 . . . this was a horrible experience and afterwards I felt lucky that I got myself through it. As described above, recently I have had levels of 2.0 and have gone to work and had a nice day. I repeat: I don't shoot for low levels, I shoot for normal levels. But if my blood-sugar does go low, I know which one of these two scenarios I prefer.IF there is something about a diet/magnesium/something-else combo that enables the brain to function better in the unwanted case of low blood-sugar, I would have thought this is nice information that Insulin users would find useful?Regards  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> diamondnostril(and before any more Posts, I don't have a car :wink<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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