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Message: <blockquote data-quote="banjo brunette" data-source="post: 117326" data-attributes="member: 16074">Since Bufferz has just mentioned this topic on another post here, I thought I would ask for people's experience of decreasing hypo awareness as blood sugar levels fall on a low carb diet.When my HBA1c was in the 8s and bg levels were anywhere between 7 and the high teens I was prescribed pioglitizone and glimepiride (sp?) and I got hypos at around mid 5s - my lovely diabetologist kindly suggested that these were "only hypos to me" - not real as they weren't at four but my body reacting to a relative low.  OK.  Now I'm low carbing (have been for about 4 months now but not due a HBA1c until before my next clinic visit in February) my daily range is 4.2 to around mid 5s and anything in a 6 is a high.  HOWEVER, I don't seem to feel hypo warnings anymore in the low 4s. My only properly sweaty, nervy "normal"-feeling hypo recently tested out at a very low 2.9.  A little voice in my head told me to test last night (no physical signs) and I found I was at 3.7 and did something about it. I can understand how this might happen but is it dangerous for type 2s??Cor!! What a long post - sorry.  And forgive me if I've got HBA1c wrong - I usually describe it as the HB-thingy as I can never remember the letters in the right order  :roll:  Cheers, BB <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" /></blockquote>

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