the lowest I've dropped to is 2.1 on my meter and I did feel awful. But for me I hypo anywhere below 5 really... and it is how fast I've dropped or I'm still dropping that makes it worse for me. Like i can be sitting on 7 and in half an hour be sitting on 3.5 with all the hypo symptoms. I've worked out I feel the worst when I drop about 3 mmol within half an hour.... but then depends as if I'm sitting on 5.5 and drop 1 then I feel it too. My endo told me I must stay above 5 at all times because I drop so fast once I get to 5. He said that is my 'safe' number and every diabetic should know what their safe number is. It does take time to figure that out though.
What might cause such a rapid drop?
Different people notice them differently, I (thankfully) can begin to feel them before I even become low (at around 4-5).The lowest I've ever been was 3.7 and I was only just starting to feel a bit shaky/hungry... What can I expect from a full on hypo with bloods around 2-3?
P.S. What is the lowest it can get to before you fall unconscious?
I generally feel like I'm heading low when I get <5.0
I hit 2.3 the other day as I was leaving the house with the dog... worst thing ever experienced. More so than being drunk I would say. I fell over myself, jumped back up, looked around for spectators and couldn't even focus on anything, so much so that I couldn't even see my car when it was only 50ft away parked up. As I went back to the house to treat it, I fell down my garden steps and ended **** over tit in my garden. My point is that was at 2.3 or so; I know other T1's that get like that at <8.0 so does differ per person quite dramatically I would say.
Needless to say I'm testing BS more than ever after having my first hypo in the 2 months I've been diagnosed. I don't intend to see that again...
I've been at 0.3 lowest I've ever been having diabetes and still able to treat it.Different people notice them differently, I (thankfully) can begin to feel them before I even become low (at around 4-5).
The lowest I've ever experienced was 1.4, I was actually at school with my friend Tony, I felt very dizzy and very tired. A small bottle of coke and a couple of minutes did the trick. Not sure at what point you will fall unconscious, but hopefully you'd detect the hypo before then.