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<blockquote data-quote="Oldvatr" data-source="post: 1652693" data-attributes="member: 196898"><p>Yes, Gliclazide and LCHF has increasing possibility of hypo. I was on a very similar regime (4*met. 4*Glic) and it happened to me several times as the diet reduced my bgl. I manually reduced my Glic then told doctor when I stabilized to get my scrip altered officially, The beauty of Glic as opposed to insulin, is that the oral med is time limited and I found the hypos were relatively benign and manageable without crashing out like my T1D buddy. I would advise you to do the hypo awarenes course offered by this site so you can take the necessary actions to recognize the symptoms and treat. I had my first hypo on the very day I completed the course, and had gone to the chemist to buy some glucose tabs in case. So I was well prepared when it happened.</p><p></p><p>I found that I could drop by 10 mmol/l in a bgl reading within an hour of eating LC diet when I was on 4 glic a day. I am now on 1 tab a day and reduced Met to 3 and I rarely go low. But I never gave myself a fright while adjusting to LCHF.</p><p></p><p>I used to get my 4hr post prandial reading to above 5 mmol/l before going to bed to make sure the Glic had finished doing its thing, and that there was no risk of a nightime hypo, just to be safe. I would eat carbs if I was lower at this point.</p><p></p><p>If you are prepared, then there is low risk from using LCHF, and it should allow you to come off some of your meds. It may take a month or so to stabilise but I have been using an LC diet for over 2 years now, and I am going to have an LC Xmas with my family, (who also use the same diet since I cook for them, and there is no option), However, we all benefit from it and my wife has lost 3 stones without being limited or banned from carbs since she is not diabetic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldvatr, post: 1652693, member: 196898"] Yes, Gliclazide and LCHF has increasing possibility of hypo. I was on a very similar regime (4*met. 4*Glic) and it happened to me several times as the diet reduced my bgl. I manually reduced my Glic then told doctor when I stabilized to get my scrip altered officially, The beauty of Glic as opposed to insulin, is that the oral med is time limited and I found the hypos were relatively benign and manageable without crashing out like my T1D buddy. I would advise you to do the hypo awarenes course offered by this site so you can take the necessary actions to recognize the symptoms and treat. I had my first hypo on the very day I completed the course, and had gone to the chemist to buy some glucose tabs in case. So I was well prepared when it happened. I found that I could drop by 10 mmol/l in a bgl reading within an hour of eating LC diet when I was on 4 glic a day. I am now on 1 tab a day and reduced Met to 3 and I rarely go low. But I never gave myself a fright while adjusting to LCHF. I used to get my 4hr post prandial reading to above 5 mmol/l before going to bed to make sure the Glic had finished doing its thing, and that there was no risk of a nightime hypo, just to be safe. I would eat carbs if I was lower at this point. If you are prepared, then there is low risk from using LCHF, and it should allow you to come off some of your meds. It may take a month or so to stabilise but I have been using an LC diet for over 2 years now, and I am going to have an LC Xmas with my family, (who also use the same diet since I cook for them, and there is no option), However, we all benefit from it and my wife has lost 3 stones without being limited or banned from carbs since she is not diabetic. [/QUOTE]
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