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Progressive hypoglycemia unawareness

Erin

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Hi,

I have read in diabetic books, and journals, that it is well known that the more frequent your hypo episodes have occurred, the more unaware you become of a hypo becoming acute without your awareness. . I wonder what the neurology or change in the brain perhaps is responsible for this. Does anyone know what erases the awareness? It is quite important as chances are you get more hypos as you cover more years with g-drugs and perhaps insulin too.
 
Hi,

As someone who has suffered a few years of hypo hell, you just are really unaware of what is happening and it just seems that everything that is happening is a part of growing old!

A very similar occurrence happens with some women and going thorough ' the change'!

So many different symptoms and a tolerance for feeling yuk!

You don't know how 'ill' you are until, you get well again!
 


Possibly that is the explanation Nosher, but there is the factor that it only took a year for the progressive hypo going into unawareness. My medical team took me off gluburide, and put me on gliclizide (sp?) when they noticed a 2x a week frequency with the gluburide, which they did not like at all. The gliclizide was much less hypo but in 5 yrs. the awareness was less. So, it was not a very long time; perhaps what they call the honeymoon- 1st year of diabetes.
 
There are one or two @Robinredbreast , is one of them that has low fasting bloods and it doesn't affect them.
The changes in meds shouldn't change your awareness. It is the 'how you are feeling'? question! You usually reply, fine, when you're not!
It could be the honeymoon period, but I've not had that not being T1!
My experience is that unless you test and see what is happening, then you do become use to feeling unwell!
The underlying problem is you are on meds that are giving you hypos. I would have another word with your medical people about the hypos!
Do you really need the meds? They are used to lower your blood glucose levels, not to give you hypos!
 


Got some good material from Pub Med on this issue:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16306382
 
Wish they would write it in plain English!

Yes that's a lot of good info, which encompasses various stages of hypoglycaemia, even though most of it was about diabetic Hypoglycaemia.

The sleeping and haaf was most intriguing for myself.

There is definitely a relationship between long term diabetes and hypo awareness.

But I still believe that it is human nature, that no matter how bad, you have to get use to certain discomfort in your life, unless, that which can be cured and makes you feel healthy again!
 
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