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I think it can happen to anyone sometimes - not necessarily the start of hypo unawareness. Some hypos just sneak in there.

My friend and I both get the odd ones like that. I'd normally feel low before I'm even low. Sometimes I'm just a little low, some days I don't feel a thing until some horrifying number that I would expect to feel utterly atrocious at! In those situations I tend to feel icky just a few moments *after* I've tested.

Perhaps the urge to test was actually a message from your body that it thought something was up?

I think the cause of the low makes a difference - and the situation. A slow drop tends to sneak up on me, but feel absolutely horrible once it hits. And if I'm concentrating hard on something I'm less likely to notice a low too. If I'm exercising I'll be watching for lows and I'll feel them early... if I'm reading or something and don't expect a low, I probably wont notice it until it hits properly.

So far (touch wood!) I haven't had hypo unawareness. If I think I see it coming I just test more and try not to go under 5(90) for as long as possible, that way my body freaks out any time I hit the 4s! I'm very careful about avoiding hypo unawareness as its something my Dad struggles with and the scares the whatnots outta me!