Low mood after hypo?

Hi @dex44lego9

D coma's from hypoglycaemia are pretty much the low point of our lives
we are totally in the hands of hopefully helpful peeps and trained medical staff

and yes -- it is a devastating feeling to know how close to the edge you are if not intended.

what can we do here to help you gain back your mojo and and your control ?
i can be a D mate for you if you want to
none of us should feel alone

hypos and coma's are the pits, Ive had more than 40 coma's in my 43 years of being diabetic, luckily none in the past 3 year but yes you feel the lowest of the lows to be frank, but I,ve always picked myself up, dusted myself down and got on with life. For me it is the only way to try get back to normal

dex44lego9 said:

Hi does anybody feel down after a hypo especially if other people have to help you and you end up in a coma.This has happened me a lot of times.

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I can feel depressed when my blood sugars drop low, happens every other time. The physical side affect of low blood sugars seem to be locked in tandem with cognitive function, same as hypers. They can wreck your head a bit in the same way as a hangover, so reducing the number of hypos/hypers will improve day to day quality of life.

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dex44lego9 said:

Hi does anybody feel down after a hypo especially if other people have to help you and you end up in a coma.This has happened me a lot of times.

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Yes, a bad hypo used to knock my mood for anything up to three weeks. I would be depressed, angry, hopeless, anxious, resentful. You name it, the whole range of bad feelings. I used to deliberately and consciously run my blood sugar high all the time so I wouldn't die quite so fast. I was a working single parent for many years and was terrified my son would wake in the morning with no mother.

I now know the reasons why I was having hypos and can adjust my insulin regime to suit my level of physical activity (which was at the root of my problem).

I learned by getting a pump and coming on this site, and educating myself by buying Think Like a Pancreas, Pumping Insulin, and Diabetic Athlete's Handbook.

I never received a single minute's education about these issues from the NHS. I've had diabetes for 49 years and was hospitalized many times as a child and teenager.

Thankfully, the NHS has improved in the last 5 or 6 years, and I no longer live in the UK.


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