T2 have hypos ?

[jjordie]

I am T2 cotrolled diet alone desperately trying to get my BG levels down.
Before I found this forum they were frequently 11mmols and sometimes over that. :(
With all the info available I decided to count carbs and my readings in less than 2 weeks I am so pleased
they have often been 8mmols!
But yesterdy late evening while on my computer I was a bit hungry and suddenly had a really horrible dizzy
spell and felt really panicky and nauseus.

Had half a small banana and a drink and felt much improved but absolutely wiped out. Went to bed earlier
than usual and slept immediately.

Glad to say feeling ok today.

Was this a hypo due to cutting my BG levels. Would like to avoid it happening again if poss.

Any other T2s experienced this?


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[Penny]

I have hypo's several times a week, but I am on insulin. I do not feel low until I am close to 60 though. Usually I just feel light headed and I know, a little OJ, a cup of regular pepsi takes care of it. I go real slow correcting it though to keep from going too high. If I am really low, I feel disoriented, sometimes do not recognize it for a hypo, but family members do. I get real sleepy when I am high, and a high creeps up on me faster than a low does. I also have a harder time treating it than a low.

[Funnygrl]

Diet alone shouldn't case hypos, unless you have some kinda reactive hypo thing going on too, which is very possible. Next time it happens (if it does) test and see how low you go.

[liz32]

what you are probably feeling is your body adjusting to lower sugars. With out being on any medication it's not possible to have hypo's. When it happens, test first to see where your numbers are.
Liz

[lilituc]

With out being on any medication it's not possible to have hypo's.
Liz

I have to disagree. I had hypos 1-2 times a week before I went on medication. The lowest was 52. I hear that athletes can have bg in the hypo range at times also. It's true that it is not common, but it's not impossible.

I second the advice to test when you're having symptoms. That's the only way to know if it's a "true" hypo.

[seacomp]

When I was on just diet and exercise, I would get mild hypos with exercise or when a meal was missed. Hypos are not normal in this situation, but apparently some T2s glucose metabolism has problems with downside regulation of BG also.
Bernsteain, among others I'm sure, mentions this possibility in one of his books.

[BlueSky]

..... But yesterdy late evening while on my computer I was a bit hungry and suddenly had a really horrible dizzy
spell and felt really panicky and nauseus ....... Was this a hypo due to cutting my BG levels. Would like to avoid it happening again if poss.
What did you eat for dinner? If the meal contained carbohydrate, it could have caused a reactive hypoglyceamic episode. That is when consumed carbohydrate causes your beta cells to produce too much insulin. Which, in turn c auses you to go hypo a few hours later. Ironically, it is the excess consumption of carbs that makes you go low, not cutting them out.

[judyblue]

I've posted several times about my highs and lows - I even went down into the 30's and that was before medication. The thing is, low can feel the same as highs or just dropping faster than usual. We could make a thousand guesses, but the only way to know is to monitor. I have been surprised many times thinking I was low and finding out I was high and vice versa.

Either way, it doesn't feel very good. Knowing what works and sticking with it + monitoring helps to teach you what all the signs mean. When in doubt, stick your finger out! (That is really lame, I know!)

[caryj]

I hear that athletes can have bg in the hypo range at times also. It's true that it is not common, but it's not impossible.


This is true -- if you read up on endurance athletes you will find that this is a related problem to deydration/not enough fuel (food)/'bonking'). But to the best of my knowledge, normal bodies do not have low BGs alone (there needs to be some other catalyst that screws up your system).

[dgrilli]

After reading all the posts my advise to you is to TEST and TEST and do some more TESTING.

[JacquiS]

Hi Jjordie

I go hypo more frequently than I'd like to have to deal with. It feels SO bad when it happens.

Hypo can even happen when you're still having higher numbers but are substantially lower than what your body is accustomed to feeling. The shaky, dizzy feeling can usually be adjusted with a few carbs - a small sweet or a biscuit. I tend to go low in the mornings within my two hour after breakfast period of time. It's usually the only time of day I'll crash but I do end up there more often than I like.

The hypo probably happened because your body is adjusting to lower BG levels. It will get used to the lower numbers and feel better at those levels and then you'll find that the highs you hit sometimes will make you feel sick. It's all what your body is used to and has to get used to as you make changes to your diet and exercise programs.

I hope this helps...



I am T2 cotrolled diet alone desperately trying to get my BG levels down.
Before I found this forum they were frequently 11mmols and sometimes over that. :(
With all the info available I decided to count carbs and my readings in less than 2 weeks I am so pleased
they have often been 8mmols!
But yesterdy late evening while on my computer I was a bit hungry and suddenly had a really horrible dizzy
spell and felt really panicky and nauseus.

Had half a small banana and a drink and felt much improved but absolutely wiped out. Went to bed earlier
than usual and slept immediately.

Glad to say feeling ok today.

Was this a hypo due to cutting my BG levels. Would like to avoid it happening again if poss.

Any other T2s experienced this?


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[ni9na]

i have hypos too usually in the early morning and two hours after breakfast. i was advised that when that happens is to eat (of course!) but not so much. a hyper after a hypo?! :eek: scary...

[Donaldopato]

I have had a couple, and now that I know what is going on, realized I have had them for a while now.

My worst were medication related as we tried to find the right med and dose. I carry glucose tabs now when I think I am getting low.

[caswellhb]

Diabetes is as Diabetes does. We all get highs, Lows and anything inbetween. It is how we treat our D that is important.

Heather.