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nik.shah

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How often do people go low? I seem to go low (<3.7mmol) on average about once in a 24 hour period. Is that similar?
 
nik.shah said:
How often do people go low? I seem to go low (<3.7mmol) on average about once in a 24 hour period. Is that similar?
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I think that that is one of those things, like insulin usage, that is very variable and personal.

I've had periods like that but at the moment my cgm alarms at 4.4 so I'm down at about once a week (though I've had them more frequently in the past).

Maybe you should be looking at your TIR (time in range) to see how much of your time you are spending under 4?

In the past I've lost hypo awareness when I've had too many hypos so I'm quite motivated to keep the number down. (Is the factor that I've been T1 for over 50 years a factor here? I don't know?)

Cgms are the best, though mine sometimes reads low for the first 24 hours... (just to add to the confusion).
 
nik.shah said:
How often do people go low? I seem to go low (<3.7mmol) on average about once in a 24 hour period. Is that similar?
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I'm very embarrassed to say this but most days. If I have periods of relative stability, i.e. not having a big spike after meals, it quite often results in that stability turning into a low. For me, there has always an incredibly fine line good control and going low a lot.
 
I don't feel lows. But other people notice that my behaviour changes (Edit: particularly the nurses at the hospital I'm in at the moment causing defcom 20 alarms because I sneak out at 4AM for a smoke)
 
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RobertJ said:
But don't you have a Libre? Can't you just rely on the alarms?
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I can sort of rely on the alarms. But if the alarm goes off at, say, 4.4 my contour, usually, says that I'm at 3.8 or lower. The other day my libre alarm went off and I was actually 2.4! So, yeah it's useful but I still rely on finger pricks
 
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I should add that before the Libre I didn't even know I was going hypo. It's a wonderful device
 
Hopeful34 said:
Maybe set your Libre alarm a bit higher, so if you're heading low you can take some carbs to prevent the hypo.
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I'm in hospital at the moment. Not sleeping an gonna sneak outside the ward in a few moments for a, umm, walk. But I think they'll set it higher

Edit: I go from 4s to 2s in minutes. Less than 10 minutes. So they have to adjust it... surely
 
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RobertJ said:
What do you mean? The Libre does tell you when you're going low.
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I just mean it doesn't tell me how low I actually am. It tells me when I'm going low and for that I am extremely grateful. I'd not give it up, it's a life saver
 
If my alarm goes off I'll assume I'm in the 2s or 3s. This isn;t a fault of the libre
 
Much better in my opinion to set your low alarm at maybe 5 or even a little bit higher to start with, then when it goes off, check with a finger prick test to see if you're heading low, and then have some carbs before you hypo.

Are you using a phone or a reader to scan the Libre?
 
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