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<blockquote data-quote="Auckland Canary" data-source="post: 461189" data-attributes="member: 70613"><p>Hi</p><p>Don’t know if I can really be of reassurance or not but I have suffered horribly from these in the past and still do have them. I’ve been Type 1 for 31 years and during bad times in my life I was suffering these sometimes twice a week. I would become conscious with either my wife or paramedics attending to me.</p><p>They are terrifying, depressing and at one point actually started to cause problems in my marriage because of the frequency they were happening.</p><p>However they are manageable, but unfortunately with some diabetics, they are a fact of life. But there are some things to remember which may help.</p><p>1) Although there is the situation of “dead in bed”, which has been covered in these forums before, this is quite a rare phenomenon. More often than not your body will manage its own way out of severe hypos. They are horrible and frightening but if happening in isolation and not repeatedly they shouldn’t cause you harm. I believe that I used to suffer from them in the past and just sleep through them before I was in a relationship. There was no one there to help me and everything was OK. But you do need to discuss them with your HCP's</p><p>2) If you haven’t been on one see if you can attend a DAFNE course. I was sceptical at first but since attending one in July I have really got on top of these. I can’t recommend them highly enough.</p><p>3) If you haven’t already got one get glucagon injections from your GP and ensure that your boyfriend knows how to use it and is also prepared to use it. They are extremely efficient in bring people round from these situations if somewhat painful in the injection site afterwards. It doesn't help if you are alone but takes away the need for ambulances in most cases.</p><p>4) If you are sleeping alone and can manage your levels well get them up a bit before bed so this can’t happen. As we all know this is easier said than done sometimes and you run the risk of overnight highs but that may be a better solution if it helps take the fear away.</p><p>5) There is also Continuous Glucose Monitoring which will alert you when your levels fall below a prescribed level. I know nothing about these but I know there are plenty of others on this forum who do so I’m sure people will be more than happy to assist you with this.</p><p>Aside from that I hope that you find a working solution and you can find some way of dealing with these, which in my opinion, are one of the most destructive yet invisible aspects of Type 1.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Auckland Canary, post: 461189, member: 70613"] Hi Don’t know if I can really be of reassurance or not but I have suffered horribly from these in the past and still do have them. I’ve been Type 1 for 31 years and during bad times in my life I was suffering these sometimes twice a week. I would become conscious with either my wife or paramedics attending to me. They are terrifying, depressing and at one point actually started to cause problems in my marriage because of the frequency they were happening. However they are manageable, but unfortunately with some diabetics, they are a fact of life. But there are some things to remember which may help. 1) Although there is the situation of “dead in bed”, which has been covered in these forums before, this is quite a rare phenomenon. More often than not your body will manage its own way out of severe hypos. They are horrible and frightening but if happening in isolation and not repeatedly they shouldn’t cause you harm. I believe that I used to suffer from them in the past and just sleep through them before I was in a relationship. There was no one there to help me and everything was OK. But you do need to discuss them with your HCP's 2) If you haven’t been on one see if you can attend a DAFNE course. I was sceptical at first but since attending one in July I have really got on top of these. I can’t recommend them highly enough. 3) If you haven’t already got one get glucagon injections from your GP and ensure that your boyfriend knows how to use it and is also prepared to use it. They are extremely efficient in bring people round from these situations if somewhat painful in the injection site afterwards. It doesn't help if you are alone but takes away the need for ambulances in most cases. 4) If you are sleeping alone and can manage your levels well get them up a bit before bed so this can’t happen. As we all know this is easier said than done sometimes and you run the risk of overnight highs but that may be a better solution if it helps take the fear away. 5) There is also Continuous Glucose Monitoring which will alert you when your levels fall below a prescribed level. I know nothing about these but I know there are plenty of others on this forum who do so I’m sure people will be more than happy to assist you with this. Aside from that I hope that you find a working solution and you can find some way of dealing with these, which in my opinion, are one of the most destructive yet invisible aspects of Type 1. [/QUOTE]
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