Hi guys,
First post here. My name's Luke, I'm a 28 year old, and I've been diabetic since I was 18 months old, so have never known life without it. Having been diabetic for so long, I admit I often think I know it all, but there is something that I wonder about, and wonder if other Type I's out there experience the same thing.
It's to do with waking with low blood sugar. Sometimes, I simply wake up, knowing I'm hypo, and in a perfectly sane frame of mind go and sort myself out. Sometimes however, I only half-wake, into some sort of hybrid dream-world that can be extremely confusing and upsetting. I'll lie in bed having bizarre hallucinations about things in the room, my body feels out of place or deformed, and I'll find myself having walked somewhere in the flat without any memory of the journey there. Thankfully, I ALWAYS eventually end-up in the kitchen doing something like pouring sugar into my mouth - as well as all over the floor! But these hypos take far longer to recover from, and leave me exhausted, and with a pounding head. There's also always a moment where I realise what's been going on, as though at that point I finally wake up, despite having had my eyes open all along.
I'd love to know why this only happens sometimes, whether it's to do with the point in your sleep cycle at which you "wake-up", or how low your blood sugar gets, and wonder if others have this same experience?
Thanks for reading!
Luke
First post here. My name's Luke, I'm a 28 year old, and I've been diabetic since I was 18 months old, so have never known life without it. Having been diabetic for so long, I admit I often think I know it all, but there is something that I wonder about, and wonder if other Type I's out there experience the same thing.
It's to do with waking with low blood sugar. Sometimes, I simply wake up, knowing I'm hypo, and in a perfectly sane frame of mind go and sort myself out. Sometimes however, I only half-wake, into some sort of hybrid dream-world that can be extremely confusing and upsetting. I'll lie in bed having bizarre hallucinations about things in the room, my body feels out of place or deformed, and I'll find myself having walked somewhere in the flat without any memory of the journey there. Thankfully, I ALWAYS eventually end-up in the kitchen doing something like pouring sugar into my mouth - as well as all over the floor! But these hypos take far longer to recover from, and leave me exhausted, and with a pounding head. There's also always a moment where I realise what's been going on, as though at that point I finally wake up, despite having had my eyes open all along.
I'd love to know why this only happens sometimes, whether it's to do with the point in your sleep cycle at which you "wake-up", or how low your blood sugar gets, and wonder if others have this same experience?
Thanks for reading!
Luke
are you waking low on a regular basis? If so, then perhaps you should do some night time BG checks to pin point where you are dropping and then re-visit your basal rate (if that's possible). 
