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<blockquote data-quote="TypeZero." data-source="post: 2299632" data-attributes="member: 525950"><p>Hypo awareness can change depending how fast your BG is dropping. The hypo feeling you get is caused by stress hormones released by the body, hormones take relatively long to produce an effect. I’ve had times where I was 11.8 and injected 2 units, slept 20-30 minutes and woke up feeling fine but checked and was 2.4. For some reason I also seem to get hypo symptoms once I actually check my BG and see I’m having a hypo so I get a sinking feeling in me.</p><p></p><p>When I was undiagnosed as a T1 I used to get regular cramps in my feet and leg like I would wake up in the middle of night and would literally be on the verge of screaming. Your situation may be similar. Muscle tissue may not function correctly when blood sugar is too high or too low. There’s actually a scientific explanation for this, muscle contraction relies on molecules of ATP which store energy derived from glucose. Too low glucose and your muscles can’t contract as efficiently but in my case I had no insulin in my body so the glucose couldn’t be used by my muscles</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TypeZero., post: 2299632, member: 525950"] Hypo awareness can change depending how fast your BG is dropping. The hypo feeling you get is caused by stress hormones released by the body, hormones take relatively long to produce an effect. I’ve had times where I was 11.8 and injected 2 units, slept 20-30 minutes and woke up feeling fine but checked and was 2.4. For some reason I also seem to get hypo symptoms once I actually check my BG and see I’m having a hypo so I get a sinking feeling in me. When I was undiagnosed as a T1 I used to get regular cramps in my feet and leg like I would wake up in the middle of night and would literally be on the verge of screaming. Your situation may be similar. Muscle tissue may not function correctly when blood sugar is too high or too low. There’s actually a scientific explanation for this, muscle contraction relies on molecules of ATP which store energy derived from glucose. Too low glucose and your muscles can’t contract as efficiently but in my case I had no insulin in my body so the glucose couldn’t be used by my muscles [/QUOTE]
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