Psychological effects of a hypo?

[Isometric]

When I feel low, my first instinct is to test to see how low I am, exactly. Might be a touch of morbid curiosity involved, but I've noticed several times now, including a 38 that woke me up last night, that my worst hypo symptoms come after I've read my meter. You think there's something about just seeing a low number on the screen that makes that sort of thing kick in? My two worst - the 38 last night and a 33 two weeks ago - I felt, obviously, before I tested, but last night for example, I didn't really break out in to a sweat until after I'd seen that I was at a 38. I felt sick and painfully lethargic already, but the sweat didn't happen until I saw the number. Same thing with the 33. I couldn't hardly stand up before the test, but after I saw the 33, I broke into a full-body sweat. I've had it happen with mild lows, too. I might just feel a little something that makes me want to test, I'll see a low 60 or a 50-something, and then I get the shakes for a few minutes.

Anyone else experience something like this?

[gettingby]

I had this happen to me also.
I once had a bg so low that the actual number wouldn't register on my meter. I saw "LO GLUCOSE" show up on my meter. I rechecked just to make sure. Went and got my hypo treatment but didn't start to react (shakes, etc) until after I sat down.
It's scary, that's for sure.

[soso]

I've noticed that too... perhaps that's what hypo unawareness means.. then when we tell our conscious mind..it kicks into gear and we ACTUALLY feel the symptoms...