[shockme]

got a question for you all!since i'm starting to have false hypos[at 81 and lower and with symptoms],i'm wondering just what i have to look forward to ...so-please share what your oddest/strangest behavior was while hypo.i'd appreciate it and others may be curious as well....thanks,trish

[kgm0612]

The lowest hypo I've had has been a 27. All I remember is that I was sweating and I was standing in front of my refridgerator with the door open but not doing anything. My mind was telling me I had to get the OJ out, but my arms didn't seem to be reaching for it. I find myself doing this quite often.

I also get very grouchy and seem to snap at anyone who's around me when I'm low.

Karen

[gobbly2100]

Well your eyesight may go weird on you when your having a low, for me I find it like I been in a really bright room for an hour and everything looks dark.

[Cyborg]

Maybe not the weirdest, but the scariest for me. Puking drunk with a bg of about 30-40...

Be very careful while drinking as a diabetic.

[duck]

I throw things. All sorts of things...But I haven't done that since I went on the pump.

[xMenace]

Pick one:

I drove about 40km (25m) once on a highway before I snapped out of it and realized where I was.

I stood up in bed naked to keep the ceiling from caving in.

I had time stop on me - very scary because I couldn't move to get my juice and everyone else was frozen too.

I stumbled through the house knocking down pictures and I body-checked a stand-up lamp into the wall.

I couldn't find my car in the parking lot, so I tried them all. Got the first one!

I collapsed chin-first into the bathroom sink without spilling my beer!

God I love my pump!

[Imperatrix]

I absolutely totaled my car on the 101 Freeway in LA. I smashed right into a brand-new Honda Accord. Fortunately, the Honda's owner and I both walked away unscathed. I had just "zoned out" at the wheel...all sweaty and disoriented.

I had never caused an accident in the 25 years I'd been driving.

I haven't driven since...and, because my eyesight is so lousy, I'm even more leery of getting behind the wheel.

[jen_slc]

Fought my dad and sister tooth-and-nail while they were trying to feed me sugar water - I was fighting them because they were aliens and they were talking in a funny language and they were trying to poison me with this weird liquid! And then I came to, all of a sudden. Weird how your body can be doing one thing while your mind is totally absent but then slowly comes around and tries to interpret what the **** is going on!

[trailrunner]

The few times I have gone too low, I remember getting very hot and sweaty, and trying to take my shirt off. I don't recall being very hungry. My husband was shocked! I just told him, " Hey, can you help me with my buttons, I am so hot!" He said he thought for an instant he was gonna get lucky.

[Gembo]

Take your pick...

I tore the pockets out of my trousers while at work after trashing my office.

Went bananas on an open deck tourist bus in Barcelona. I came round to find myself being pinned down by the police. Ended up in a Barcelona hospital after a friend told them I was Diabetic. Later the same day I got separated from my friend at the airport, had another hypo, managed to miss my flight home and had to spend another night in Barcelona. http://www.diabetesforums.com/images...s/confused.gif

[HiImDan]

I'm usually on line when I get low, I've posted some spaced out stuff. Some people understand my bood sugar, others love to call me a liar, claim I was drunk or stoned and remind me of what I've done/said for the better part of my life.

[Maddogg]

I've had some embarassing hypo moments. The lowest i've been (so far) wouldn't even register on 2 different glucometers, so it had to be under 0.6mmol/L, thats below 10 for those on the non metric system.
That time, my girlfriend told me I was completely drenched in cold sweat, standing in the hallway, I must have been completely clueless because I peed my pants (over the carpet) and when the paramedics got to my place to assist me I tried to pick a fight with them!! I swung some drunken like fists, but didn't win of course.
My g/f got pretty freaked out over that; medics stayed with me until I got better/stable. First thing that came out of my mouth when I got stable was "What the **** happened?!?" which I said to my girl who was always by my side. I honestly couldn't remember anything that had just happened.

I have other stories but thats prabably the worse one

[spring]

hah, luckily nothing too crazy thus far. Just the usual things like putting dirty dishes in the refridgerator and the milk carton in the dishwasher. (And the next morning I'd hear my mother "who put the milk in.. oh nevermind")

As for slightly scarier things, I woke up after a night time low with temporary aphasia and an inability to coordinate between my thoughts and actions (I sat there for a good five minutes trying to work out how to test my finger. I had the lancet in one hand and I'd gotten a strip out but I just couldn't manage how to put them all together..)

[Donaldopato]

I can relate to the standing in front of the refrigerator not knowing what to do. Did that today in a low spot.

Worst was a couple weeks ago when I was busy all day and had not eaten well, etc. I was working on my car with a friend when I looked up (with a glazed look my friend reported) and screamed "who the *** are you??" Scared the heck out of him too. I didn't remember much. We went inside and I laid down. Didn't take my level but bet it was in the tank!

[Nita]

My worst hypo was a long time ago.....took my shot and had 30 minutes before eating...drove a 5 minute trip to the drug store to get a prescription in the drive through and started back home. I didn't make the last turn at my street and drove 5 more miles through lights and a busy intersection before drifting off the other side of the road and coming to a stop. Wasn't I lucky and weren't the others lucky I didn't cause a wreck? People were watching me as I was barely creeping along.

An ambulance was called as they couldn't rouse me by banging on the locked car and window. They say I would stare at them. Finally got me to open the door and the medics gave me glucose and a nearby neighbor a peanut butter sandwich and they made me choke down every bite.

I attribute this to an afternoon exercise session that probably had me low before the shot of 70/30. Now on Basal/Bolus.

Nita