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<blockquote data-quote="Chook" data-source="post: 982768" data-attributes="member: 24561"><p>I find I am less likely to get hypo symptoms if I can keep my carbs down to under 20-25 spread out over the day. I worked this out when I was regularly fasting for 18 to 24 hours at a time, twice a week and never had a hypo whereas on the other days when I was eating I was regularly going very low but only after meals that had more than 8g of carbs in. But we are all different.</p><p> </p><p>I am on Metformin and I have definitely had hypos. Actually it was embarrassing. I have to tell my employer when my medication changes and when I was put on Metformin I proudly passed on what the DN nurse had told me that Metformin would prevent hypos. I was then moved to a job where I was working 12 hour nights alone in a residental house with five LD individuals. About three weeks in to the job I regularly started having mild hypo symptoms (at about 4.2 to 4.4) and one night it dipped lower and I hypoed at 3.7. That was when I just kind of gave up and started eating all kinds of unsuitable stuff to ensure my bg stayed high.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chook, post: 982768, member: 24561"] I find I am less likely to get hypo symptoms if I can keep my carbs down to under 20-25 spread out over the day. I worked this out when I was regularly fasting for 18 to 24 hours at a time, twice a week and never had a hypo whereas on the other days when I was eating I was regularly going very low but only after meals that had more than 8g of carbs in. But we are all different. I am on Metformin and I have definitely had hypos. Actually it was embarrassing. I have to tell my employer when my medication changes and when I was put on Metformin I proudly passed on what the DN nurse had told me that Metformin would prevent hypos. I was then moved to a job where I was working 12 hour nights alone in a residental house with five LD individuals. About three weeks in to the job I regularly started having mild hypo symptoms (at about 4.2 to 4.4) and one night it dipped lower and I hypoed at 3.7. That was when I just kind of gave up and started eating all kinds of unsuitable stuff to ensure my bg stayed high. [/QUOTE]
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