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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 537562" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>Sorry Bluetit, just read your last posts and realised what you are asking.</p><p></p><p>If, at any point during the experience, I eat something carby, the symptoms ease then disappear, but I usually feel weird for a bit, even if I catch it at an early stage.</p><p></p><p>Ok, my particular brand of hypo usually follows this route (I will describe a bad one, but I very rarely get them like this, since I became diabetic. I used to get them a lot more often when I was hypoglycaemic, then pre-diabetic. it is one of the reasons I prefer being diabetic to then!):</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Subtle loss of concentration</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Slight zoning out/vagueness</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Mistakes in judgement</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Slow or clumsy reactions</li> </ul><p>As it gets worse, all the above get worse, plus</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A weird disconnect between hearing what people say and actually understanding it</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Numb cheekbones (this is the best clue I have that there is a problem, and I have learned to heed it!)<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Heaviness in the limbs</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lack of energy/lethargy</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Apathy, hopelessness</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Black misery</li> </ul><p>Physical exertion or stress (even walking up a few steps) can make all of them get worse, very, very quickly.</p><p></p><p>At some point, my body notices that there is a problem and goes through a complicated series of steps to cause glucose be dumped into the bloodstream as an emergency. One of these steps (I have a very rudimentary understanding of the process), uses adrenalin.</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I go white - Morticia white</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">my hands and knees shake</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I feel hollow</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I feel off balance and</li> </ul><p>and if there is anyone around me, breathing in my direction</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I experience the most terrifying RAGE. like PMT - irrational fury. Poor Mr B is rather nervous of this stage. with good reason. I have had to work really REALLY hard at not physically attacking him, and some of the things I have said. Vicious, venomous... they have been awful. he recognises the signs nowadays (it has only been really bad about 4 times in 6 years) and he know to leave - the room, the floor, the building, as necessary. We have actually discussed the best exit strategy, for the next time.</li> </ul><p>Even if there is no one else around, I probably realise at this point that there is a problem, and eat something. usually high carb. usually a feeding frenzy. </p><p></p><p>The aftermath is piteous misery, all over aches, weird, jangly blood glucose levels and excessive highs and lows for up to 3 days. Weepy depression, slowly easing as time passes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 537562, member: 41816"] Sorry Bluetit, just read your last posts and realised what you are asking. If, at any point during the experience, I eat something carby, the symptoms ease then disappear, but I usually feel weird for a bit, even if I catch it at an early stage. Ok, my particular brand of hypo usually follows this route (I will describe a bad one, but I very rarely get them like this, since I became diabetic. I used to get them a lot more often when I was hypoglycaemic, then pre-diabetic. it is one of the reasons I prefer being diabetic to then!): [LIST] [*]Subtle loss of concentration [*]Slight zoning out/vagueness [*]Mistakes in judgement [*]Slow or clumsy reactions [/LIST] As it gets worse, all the above get worse, plus [LIST] [*]A weird disconnect between hearing what people say and actually understanding it [*]Numb cheekbones (this is the best clue I have that there is a problem, and I have learned to heed it!) [*]Heaviness in the limbs [*]Lack of energy/lethargy [*]Apathy, hopelessness [*]Black misery [/LIST] Physical exertion or stress (even walking up a few steps) can make all of them get worse, very, very quickly. At some point, my body notices that there is a problem and goes through a complicated series of steps to cause glucose be dumped into the bloodstream as an emergency. One of these steps (I have a very rudimentary understanding of the process), uses adrenalin. [LIST] [*]I go white - Morticia white [*]my hands and knees shake [*]I feel hollow [*]I feel off balance and [/LIST] and if there is anyone around me, breathing in my direction [LIST] [*]I experience the most terrifying RAGE. like PMT - irrational fury. Poor Mr B is rather nervous of this stage. with good reason. I have had to work really REALLY hard at not physically attacking him, and some of the things I have said. Vicious, venomous... they have been awful. he recognises the signs nowadays (it has only been really bad about 4 times in 6 years) and he know to leave - the room, the floor, the building, as necessary. We have actually discussed the best exit strategy, for the next time. [/LIST] Even if there is no one else around, I probably realise at this point that there is a problem, and eat something. usually high carb. usually a feeding frenzy. The aftermath is piteous misery, all over aches, weird, jangly blood glucose levels and excessive highs and lows for up to 3 days. Weepy depression, slowly easing as time passes. [/QUOTE]
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