| My dad, who is also a type one diabetic, has some really bad thoughts he once told me that when gets low even though he know we're trying to help him he can't help but think we are "out to get him" as such he gets violent and some times uncontrolable. During hypos he has kick a ambulance driver in the head several times, thrown a knife at my mum(stuck under her eye) ripped out IV lines and even tried attacking people trying to talk to him. It's gotten to the point where if we don't catch his lows quick enough we have to phsyically restrain him to treat him. A lot of these issuses have since resolved since he switched to novorapid and atlantis. but they are still there in milder doses.
Personally I don't react all that bad. I tend to remember most of what happens and stay in complete control. the worst was when i was left home alone and for some reason i thought there wasnt anything in the house to treat a hypo ( there was actually jam suger fizzy and carbs) so i spent a few hours tipping the house upside down in search for loose change before walking 3 blocks to a petrol station (passing a dairy) from what i recall i lost about 4 hours that day and i cannot account for my where abouts or the journy to or from the petrol station just. Everything seemed to be in slow motion. |