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Apologies @CherryAA
I have only just seen that you had responded to my earlier post.
My point for including the two references in my post was simple - you had referred to hypos in type 2 diabetics as being 'more in their minds than real'. Those links demonstrated that other people have hypos too. Having Type 2 diabetes is no protection from other hypo causes and people can simultaneously have Type 2 and Reactive Hypoglycaemia or other hypo causing medical conditions. I am sure that those of us who have experienced real hypos would not appreciate having their experiences dismissed as imaginary.
Perhaps in future you could distinguish between false hypos (to which I think you were referring), and actual hypos where blood glucose drops so low it affects them mentally and physically?
The only way to determine whether a hypo is real or false is to use a meter. My own hypo experiences went on for years with no medical professional taking me seriously and no method to prove they were hypos. Happily my meter and my Libre have provided me with this proof. As you can imagine, I find it disappointing to find people on this forum taking a similarly dismissive attitude.
I'm sorry @Brunneria - that was very badly worded I know what I want to say, but sometimes the actual saying of it goes bit awry. I never have any intention at all to undermine the very real and difficult battle anyone goes through.
I am well aware that hypos' are real and are dangerous and are difficult to manage.
To my mind (and maybe this is wrong too) " real "hypos seem to be rather more a phenomenon of things like reactive hypoglycaemia and T1 than I've seen them being reported much in people with non insulin dependent T2 diabetes. In these people T2, we seem to be more prone to false hypos's i.e hypos that come from quickly changing but still high glucose levels or hypos that meters have shown looking to be hypos , but in practice have no symptoms. Of course it is then difficult to tell if that is because one has become immune to recognising the symptoms, which in an insulin dependent person could be disastrous or simply that the meters themselves are subject to quite big errors and that error can easily be the difference between a normal and hypo reading.
Thus if you have T2 diabetes your meter shows hypo level, you take no medication that is insulin dependent, then the balance of probability might tip towards the " false " hypo hypthesis initially especially if the reading is coming from a libre where we have had many reports of them running a little low in numerous strands. Thus whilst a reading under 4 for an non-insulin dependent diabetic is something to take seriously and keep an eye on carefully, its not necessarily something to panic over immediately whereas for someone injecting insulin or similar medications there is a clear and present immediate danger.
I have a friend (T2) who was experiencing daily hypos whilst on insulin of serious magnitude. Via LCHF he no longer injects, occasional his blood sugars run a litle low - the two reactions to him are worlds apart. Hope that makes more sense in the context .