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Originally Posted by lgvincent Guess I should have called it false insulin reaction systoms.
I awoke the morning of April 10th just after 6:00 a.m. to the sympoms of a prolonged and intense insulin reaction. As soon as I could, I grabbed my meter off the night stand (fortunately, Brandy hadn't knocked it off to wake me) but the meter showed my glucose to be 85 so I'm a bit confused by what happened. As bad as I felt, I thought the meter would read somewhere between LO and maybe the mid-30's. I treated what I thought was an insulin reaction anyway but an hour later, my blood sugar was 175. I took 15 units of NPH the night before at 10:02 p.m. and for me it seems to peak about 9 hours after injection. I didn't start treating the reaction until after I had checked my blood sugar. Anyone have any ideas as to what might have happened? |
Gee Whiz LG, sorry to hear that. You may very well have had a reaction.
Over here 85mg is 4.7mmol. That is not low low but your liver helped you
out giving you some glucose after a reaction. It's been some time since
I've had a reaction but my sugar can be 2.6mmol/45mg(us)when I wake up.
I can tell if I have had a reaction at that number if I feel real bad. I know my
sugar is on the way up but I get something to drink/eat anyway to help relieve
the systoms faster. If it is 4.7 and I feel bad I also know I've had a
reaction but I've been asleep long enough that my liver has sent out glucose.
I always wondered, "Why couldn't it send it BEFORE the reaction"?
I can also be any of the above numbers and feel fine or perhaps a little weak
and shakey. Weak and shakey gets immediate drink or food.
I've never been on NPH so I don't know if the action of it is similar to mine.
I'm on Lente which works good for me most of the time. I was wondering if
you take 2 shots of NPH a day. If so, why are you taking 15 units at night?
With my Lente, I take 12 or 13 units when I get up and 7 units in the evening.
Mine also peaks at 9 hrs. But then again I've never looked up NPH.
My "real" symptoms of reaction(only when I've been asleep and I'd say bad
one)can be any or all of the following:
1. Splitting headache
2. Sweaty
3. Chilled to the bone
4. Definite sweaty smell(maybe even acidity odor)(Definite shower after I warm
up and feel better).
5. Feels like missing a tiny part of my brain(disoriented)
6. Woosey/Yukky
7. Maybe nausea
8. Weak
"False" reaction(not many for me):
1. Dizzy
2. Weak
3. Low on sugar feeling, but not.
All I can think of right now.
Hope that you are doing much better. I'm glad to hear Brandy
is still around.
Hopefully, for a Long time.
Sorry if this is hard to understand. I know what I'm talking about.
