Erin
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I will try again in reply to the hypo issue. Flowerpot is experienced. I'm sorry it did not appear when I wrote it.
In my experience anything under 4 leads to trembling, heart/chest tightness, sweating,
panic, dizziness and confusion. In the upper 3s I can take sugar (sometimes too much carbs)
and fortunately I have not hit the lows. When I first started taking diabetic medication some
years ago i tolerated it much more than now and the dangerous thing is that sometimes I
don't feel going low. Everyone here should watch for night lows. Even the higher numbers
(say 8-11) do not cause such damage imo, if it is only sometimes.
In my experience anything under 4 leads to trembling, heart/chest tightness, sweating,
panic, dizziness and confusion. In the upper 3s I can take sugar (sometimes too much carbs)
and fortunately I have not hit the lows. When I first started taking diabetic medication some
years ago i tolerated it much more than now and the dangerous thing is that sometimes I
don't feel going low. Everyone here should watch for night lows. Even the higher numbers
(say 8-11) do not cause such damage imo, if it is only sometimes.
