What do you take when hypo on Low Carb Diet?

[sugarleveller]

I am type 2 but take both insulin and metformin. I am trying the 8 week blood sugar diet (only on 3rd day), I reduced my lantus in prepapration and last night, I reduced my humalog to 1/3 of what I would normally, then I went hypo 2 hours after. I had exercised beforehand.

I ate a banana and then woke up at 2am hypo again - so I settled for a tracker muesli bar (completely not in the diet). I have clearly failed the diet and gone above the calorie limit. Tonight, I will try no humalog when I eat and see. I guess I am still adjusting.

Before you ask, yes, I have seen the doctor who is delighted with me to start a proper diet. They advised me that I have enough experience in self-dosage and to be careful and document everything. I am seeing that clearly the diet is reduces sugar levels very very quickly.

I just wanted to know what other people do when their sugar levels drops on the low carb diet.

 

[noblehead]

Treat the hypo the same way as you would if you weren't following the diet.

 

[smag3]

Have the lucazade standing by. I find that if I am hypo, since low carbing I do not need as much correction as previously. Usually take 10/15g of carb and re test 15 mins later. Usually back to normal functioning level by then. If not repeat.

 

[Stefans]

I'm on a very low carb diet, i.e. I try to take about 30g of carb per day, not sure but I'm pretty sure I'm below 50 most of the time.
Before I used to try to do the 15g carb, wait 15 minutes routine, I often could not take it and had to eat more before 15 minutes was up. and I normally ended up very high.
Now I eat Dex4, which is sugar tables of 4g carb, I eat 1/2 or 1 and it is normally ok. I'm rarely low and most of the time its about time to eat anyway. The enormous craving for carbs when low is rarely present.

 

[Kristin251]

Me too. 1/2 or 1 Dex4. I go up about 7 per 1 carb. Very carb sensitive. Learned a radish would raise me back to the 80's if I was in the 70 s. I don't hypo as much with lower carb Lowe insulin so much easier to correct without over shooting

Just me though.