Sudden Sugar Drops

[lelvins]

Since I was diagnosed 2 weeks ago i'd been fighting to get my sugar to stay under 200.

Well Saturday morning things changed, At 5am (I work nights) my sugar was 200, Did my night lantus and final meal for my novolog at 7am, at 10am I stared having tremors and twitching, So i checked my sugar - 91.

I dropped 109 points in 4 1/2 hours when before I'd be licky to drop 20 points after my shot of 15u novolog. I took some sugar in tea to boost it back up a little as I figured the drop was way to fast and that was why I was shaking. an hour later I was back upto 160 and the shaking was gone.

Today my sugar was 125, so I cut back 5 units on my Novolog.

I think my sugar had been high for so long my body couldn't take being under 120 and started freaking out saturday morning.. I'm watching myself closely tonight. I work alone - nobody will be in the building until 6am.

[Jon]

You are right. When your sugar is high for a long time, your body will get used to the high and when you drop to normal, you will feel low.

[Harold]

Sounds like your going to need to get use to the lower readings. In four and a half hours I can be up and down several times. Now if you had dropped that far in a half hour or less I could see feeling weird. This morning I had a headache at post breakfast check and it was 163. Then an hour later it was down to 90 and the headache was gone.

[lelvins]

before bed my reading was 235 last night (no headaches) and was 121 when I got up. :)

Odd to hear you get a headache at 163, Even when i'm in the 400's I didn't get them.

[Gina]

lelvins,

When i was first diagnosed that same thing used to happen to me all the time, i used to shake at 150, because i was so high for such a long time....(cough, like 4 years) i am lucky im living .

[snydermom]

Ed's only been on Lantus for 2 days but they warned us of exactly that reaction of going into a "low" at higher rates - also gave us those glucose tablets. If you don't have any, get some and keep them at work. I think they're pretty cheap. I can imagine how you feel ... I work nights so he's home alone - same thing?

[Gina]

going low is the worst feeling ever, for me i know when im going low right away, i start feeling a pain in my chest like my heart is beating really fast and then i get like spots in my eyes and also you cant talk to me because i talk like i do nt understand what your saying

[Vic L]

My hands are the key sign I'm going Low. Once they start to shake and i start to sweat I know I'm around 60 - 65. Remember not to over compensate for your lows. small cup of juice is what I normally use or the glucosed tabs.

[Alysse404]

My mom is a nurse at a high school, and she has lots of stories about the diabetics at her school and it amazes me how some kids correct their lows!!! Most kids eat a granola bar and a juice box, or a juice box and an entire pack of cheese crackers!!!! Obviously, these kids aren't in tight control, and it drives my mom nuts!!! However, if I had been diagnosed at an early age I might not have kept myself in as tight of control as I try for now. Anyway, I treat lows cautiously too, it doesn't take too much to get my bs up to a normal level after a low. I've found that an ounce of nuts is best because it has protein and carbs.

[Jon]

My son keeps snacks at school, and it would drive me crazy because the people in the office (not nurses) would keep giving him snacks until he felt better, and then he would go too high. Apparently California schools don't have a budget for full time nurses anymore, so one nurse covers the entire district and shows up for a few hours once a week. I would repeatedly tell the office manager to just give him one juice box and wait 15 minutes before giving him anything else. It never sank in.

In defense of the parents at your moms school, it is better to be too high, than too low. Especially when you aren't there to supervise your kid. I would rather have them give a little extra to my son, than not give him enough. I can always have him take a shot when he gets home.

[Alysse404]

Jon,
That's a good point, I'm sure all parents would rather their kids were running a little high than a little low, because lows can be really dangerous. My mom has found that a lot of adolescent diabetes can have really big swings from high to really low, so I'm sure the kids want to make sure that their bs returns to a safe level before they ride the bus home or go to sports practice.

[snydermom]

p.s. to Gina's 1st reply - How do you know you'd had this for "(cough, like 4 years)"?

[Jon]

The lows are really scary when the people responsible for him don't recognize it or know how to treat him!

[Gina]

syndermom,

I know because i had every single symptom that you can think of....for that amount of time....i was hospitlized straight from my PCP ....when i got diagnosed