Over treating hypos

LauraR88 said:

I have to agree it's the fast dropping ones that take me by surprise, my heart starts beating so fast I swear I can see it coming out my chest, and that tends to be when I eat everything in sight as fast as I can to make that horrible feeling go away.

I just get frustrated when im slow to so high, when I feel like I'm trying so hard to be so good, it can really deflate you an as hard as I try not to bury my head in the sand again, it looks rather appealing more times than not

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Perhaps it is re educating brain...

My brain worked in reverse (still does)... I hate over dosing with hypo's... agree there..

I used to have milk and sugar... when at home.. or 3 sugar cubes. Now I know that Aldi Cherry choc souffle I keep in the fridge at home and only actually need 2 obling pueces of it to get me from say a 3-4 to a 5-6 and because of the fat in it I don't need more and it is only 8g of carbs and it does not make me yearn more as it is quite bitter for a chocolate. Sugar.. well eating 3 cubes (think this is only 9g) and well actually who the heck really likes to eat raw sugar.. I don't, so will never over dose on this.

Also the dark cherry choc from aldi i nice enough to want to get hypo treatment but nit nice enough to eat more.

Milk and sugar I loved but hospital people all said about fat content.
They don't actually moan about the aldi choc bar 2 squares because they can see I never rebound high.

I would personally put hypo stopper in tub like I did with sugar cubes. I wrote inside and outside box.. "tell someone you are hypo" but you could write "no more than 2/3 etc... it does work, even when hypo to folliw the actions written on and inside tub with hypo stopper...

For me it depends on where I am and how much control I have of the situation. If I am out for a walk, I tend to walk in pretty remote areas, birdwatching, and have a level of anything below 5 I go into super panic mode. I will then drink a 380ml botttle of lucozade, a couple of biscuits may be even a chocolate bar.

If I have a low BS whilst in shopping centre or with lots of people around again I go into super panic mode and will do same as above.

Spoke to the diabetic nurse about this and was advised that this is probably my adrenalin kicking in which in turn can lower BS

If I get a early morning hypo eg 3 am or when I am in the house I am generally OK and a quick cup of coffee few spoonfuls of sugar and a biccie does the trick

I know it not ideal but I would always over compensate than eat too little. I know some folks simply eat a biccie and they are fine, does not work for me

LauraR88 said:

I'm hoping someone would be kind enough to give me some help on treating hypos? Although I've had T1 for 10 years now I've only really just started to knuckle down and get things in shape, meaning that I am experiencing some hypos. My problem is that I start to panic when I hypo and end up over treating it as I just want that horrible feeling to go away! Which in turn sends me through the roof!

It's really starting to get me down when I'm trying so hard to keep things in range. Any advice is greatly appreciated

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I am severe t2 and I go through the same process. Have you tried glucose tablets? They are easier to determine just how much glucose you need to stop a hypo. Dex4 or another form may help. Jellybeans and other items tend to push me too far in the opposite direction.