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Message: <blockquote data-quote="phoenix" data-source="post: 260848" data-attributes="member: 12578">Yes, you're right in that one hypo puts you at risk of another one and that the risk accumulates. As you have more hypos you less likely to be aware of them until you are at quite low levels.  If this happens in your sleep the hypo symptoms may not be strong enough to wake you.  Eventually your liver may release some glucose  but if you have had T1 for a while this response from the liver may not work as well as it should.When you do start treating you feel so bad that  you may  end up over treating the hypo to get rid of it... . This often results in a high level to deal with and  can set up a vicious circle of highs and lows. what was your level after the 258g of carbs in 3 bottles of lucozade? Ithink that it would be a good idea to do a lot of testing, keeping a check on your levels.Set your alarm and check during the early hours of the morning. . Reduce your insulin a bit and run slightly higher levels for a time trying to avoid all hypos. This should help regain some of your hypo awareness. Another thing to be aware of is that exercise during the day can lead to hypos at night so take particularly care when you've done any strenuous exercise during the day. It is a good idea to have a glucagon kit (glucagen hypo kit) these are available on prescription and contain an injection that stimulates your liver to release glucose. It is used if you are unconscious so obviously you need to have someone willing to do that.</blockquote>

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