[Jan B]

John,

I'm understanding most of what you are going through by how well you explained some things. I also don't know all the right terms to sound intelligent again (I used to know them all, ha - 28 yrs of Type 1 and serious lows have killed a lot of my brain cells).

The way my system works for example:
- When used to 200, even 90 can feel low but 300 doesn't feel that awful.
- When used to 90, 200 feels high, and 60 feels low.
- When used to 60, I don't feel really bad until maybe under 40 (or whatever that number is), then I'm starting to kill brain cells -- but at least 300 feels really awful.

I can function from about 35 to over 600. I've done it; faked my way through wanting to collapse, etc. It sounds odd to me that in such a short about of time going high (right), you have to have someone else take the wheel. You don't sound well I agree!

Get your Lantus right (amount and time of day). Are you confident the morning shot is working? I changed mine to before bedtime and it made a huge difference. Before that, I took it at the evening meal around 6pm.

Are you Carb Counting? It's very important to figure how many carbs you eat for each unit of fast-acting insulin you take. It's a pain, but after you learn how to count carbs in what you are about to eat, and take the appropriate amount of fast acting insulin to cover it, you have a new portion of FREEDOM!

My opinion is that getting used to a reading of anything below 60 or so is very dangerous. But it feels naturally fabulous to get used to what you feel like at 80 -- (hugely energetic and more well than normal for me). It also means I'll be going low before long!

It's possible (WOW) that some of your extreme tiredness could be due to something other than diabetes. More likely it's related somehow. It could be a problem like low thyroid function (more endocrine system issues), or something like extra stress that is wacking out your control!

If I don't get out of this office and pay some attention to my husband, he's going to shoot me. I hope I helped somewhat; I tried!