Insulin reaction?

[Tricia452008]

I had a very weird morning this morning. According to my mom i was very sluggish and out of it when i got up so she made me drink some OJ while i was eating my breakfast (cereal). After that she said i went back to my bed to lay down..around 20 mins later she came in to test my sugar cause i was soo out of it...and i was only 52!! that was after cereal and a glass of OJ which should have sent me up to over 300 without my insulin. So i was having a reaction i get that. But the thing that was freaking me out was that i do not remember getting up or or eating any breakfast. Has this happened to anyone? It really scared me cause i dont remember anything until i was getting ready for work almost 2 hours later.... I've never had a reaction like that before....very weird

[JediSkipdogg]

That is one common side effect of an insulin reaction (even though I hate the word reaction since it's technically not.) If you are truely having a full blown one then memory loss during it is a huge sign. When I was younger I use to have them and never knew I had it till my mom told me the next day.

All of the ones in the high school I never remember either. One was in the cafeteria where I fell down and hit a chair pretty hard. A fellow student rushed over to hold me so that I wouldn't hit my head any more since I was in convulsions. Oddly enough, it was a student that I didn't think was cool and didn't like at that time. I don't even remember it. I'm thankful for him helping but I still don't recall any part of it till I was in the hospital. Many times I don't even recall say the 30 minutes building up to it, so I don't even know how I felt before it was brought on.

I'm glad I don't have those days anymore thanks to my fellow pump.

[notme]

I have not had that reaction with insulin, but I have with Ambien. I actually sent emails that I saw later and I don't remember doing them. Scarey!!!!

[xMenace]

I had a very weird morning this morning. According to my mom i was very sluggish and out of it when i got up so she made me drink some OJ while i was eating my breakfast (cereal). After that she said i went back to my bed to lay down..around 20 mins later she came in to test my sugar cause i was soo out of it...and i was only 52!! that was after cereal and a glass of OJ which should have sent me up to over 300 without my insulin. So i was having a reaction i get that. But the thing that was freaking me out was that i do not remember getting up or or eating any breakfast. Has this happened to anyone? It really scared me cause i dont remember anything until i was getting ready for work almost 2 hours later.... I've never had a reaction like that before....very weird


Not that I can remember, but you may have something there. I thought they were just stories told by strange people in white coats to make me feel at home on the way to ER in that noisy white van.

[Scarlett]

Hi! I've had LBS' that I don't remember anything either-I've also had LBS' where I wa really low and walk around fine until I get something. :confused:
Are you on a new insulin? (Lantus will do this if you're not set in the basal amounts yet)-my endo put me on too much to begin with started out @split 50U and I cut it to 32 split) It took me weeks to get used to Lantus but I've got +2 yrs. now and I love it

BTW notme...you're supposed to be sleeping when you take Ambien-not up all night e-mailing on DF !!! (I know how addicting this place is :D )

[Tricia452008]

Ok so i am not crazy here haha. But i have never had that experience before. And i have had plenty of reactions. But I still cannot remember anything...weird....And no new insulin here.....been on Lantus a couple of years now. It was just soo random and scary.

[JediSkipdogg]

And no new insulin here.....been on Lantus a couple of years now. It was just soo random and scary.

Generally, I wouldn't think Lantus could cause something like that. When is the last time you took an insulin shot before that? How about the last short acting and long acting shot? Generally an insulin reaction is the result of a fast drop and not a slow building one that Lantus would bring on.

[Tricia452008]

I had my Lantus at night. I also had my short acting insulin at night too before bed to cover my snack (same as always) and my reaction occured from what i think was early morning around 5-6AM i would assume cause i did wake up, i just dont remember it. It was just weird. It was the same snack and amount of insulin i have had for 2 weeks now.

[xMenace]

Generally, I wouldn't think Lantus could cause something like that. When is the last time you took an insulin shot before that? How about the last short acting and long acting shot? Generally an insulin reaction is the result of a fast drop and not a slow building one that Lantus would bring on.


No Kev, been there more than I care not to remember. Low is low ragardless of how fast you get there. It's basically a sleeper not awakened by the reaction and falls pretty far. I call it "bottoming out".

[xMenace]

I had my Lantus at night. I also had my short acting insulin at night too before bed to cover my snack (same as always) and my reaction occured from what i think was early morning around 5-6AM i would assume cause i did wake up, i just dont remember it. It was just weird. It was the same snack and amount of insulin i have had for 2 weeks now.


Most of us need a bit of tolerance for variations built in to our treatment plan. Perhaps your DP was weak, you had super absorption, you were more active than usual beforehand, or your previous Lantus actually lasted the full duration, whatever. This is exactly why the bedtime BG recommendation tends to be a little higher than we'd really like it to be.

[Tricia452008]

Most of us need a bit of tolerance for variations built in to our treatment plan. Perhaps your DP was weak, you had super absorption, you were more active than usual beforehand, or your previous Lantus actually lasted the full duration, whatever. This is exactly why the bedtime BG recommendation tends to be a little higher than we'd really like it to be.

That is very true