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11-06-2009, 08:41 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Florida
Posts: 27
| |  How do I know when my blood sugar is too low?
It was just about mid morning snack time and I all of a sudden got shakey ... so I tested and my BG was 72. I haven't seen it that low since I was diagnosed a week and two days ago. So I'm guessing that's too low ... so what is too low. Like scary not be able to function low.
What other signs do I look for without testing that my blood sugar is too low?
I haven't changed anything I've been doing except I had 2 eggs this morning instead of 1. 
I didn't like that feeling.
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Newbie, who needs advice 
Diagnosed 10-28-09 T2
BG Fasting 409 
BG at discharge from Hospital 192
A1C 10/30/09 10.4
Daily Average BG 10-30-09 -> 11-20-09 : 107 
3x Metformin 500mg daily
1x Glipizide 5mg daily
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11-06-2009, 08:46 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: KCMO
Posts: 5,429
| | | Remind me what meds you are on ...
You will get to know that shaky feeling. Keep glucose tabs or other fast-acting sugars handy to deal with it ...
I HATED it.
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Linda Initial A1c Feb 6 09: 12%
Aug 24 A1c (MD office) 5.5%
Jul ... C-pep 1.3, GAD-65 > 30
metformin 1000 mg BID
Simvastatin 80 mg
Ramipril 5 mg
T4 125 mcg
baby aspirin
Vitamin D3, 2000 IU (blood values normal, advised to continue this dose by endo)
CoQ10 100 mg
Eating 70 - 90 g carb per day
Interval training on recumbent cycle
BMI is down to ca. 25.8 According to Joslin's Diabetes, 2005 ed., 5 - 30% of those diagnosed as Type 2 actually have LADA. |
11-06-2009, 08:49 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Florida
Posts: 27
| | | I'm on Glocophage(metformin) 500mg 3x daily
and Glucotrol(glipizide) 1x 10mg morning daily
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Newbie, who needs advice
Diagnosed 10-28-09 T2
BG Fasting 409
BG at discharge from Hospital 192
A1C 10/30/09 10.4
Daily Average BG 10-30-09 -> 11-20-09 : 107
3x Metformin 500mg daily
1x Glipizide 5mg daily
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11-06-2009, 08:51 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: NYC
Posts: 2,325
| | | For someone without diabetes, 72 is a perfectly normal number. You felt bad because your BG had probably been running much higher prior to diagnosis. If you are able to keep steady control, that 72 may not show any symptoms in the future.
The shakes & sweats are two classic low symptoms but it is always best to use your meter to determine if you're low or not. I've had weird feeling when my BG was higher than normal but not really high, like in the 150s. They could have easily been confused with a low and if I had eaten something it would have made things worse - pushing my BG even higher.
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Liz
Type 1 dx 4/1987
Minimed Paradigm 722 6/2008 + CGMS
13mm Silhouettes + Sure-T infusion sets
Lifescan UltraSmart & UltraMini
Last A1c: 7/15/09: 5.8
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11-06-2009, 08:55 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 5,278
| | | Going just by the numbers, I think most authorities would agree that 72mg/dl is at the low end of the normal range (70 -125mg/dl by my books) but is not strictly hypoglycemic.
However if you have been running with high BGs for some time, the body may become accustomed to those levels, such that you may feel low as you start to get down to normal levels. This generally passes in time as you get re-accustomed to normal levels.
Also bear in mind that BG meters may not be 100% accurate, and that a BG reading is just a single snapshot in time... you'll need a series of readings to establish if your BG is stable, going up or going down. It seems to be often reported on here that rapid changes down (or sometimes up) can cause stronger hypo feelings than gradual changes.
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Frank
51 year old male, Metabolic Syndrome Dx Mar. 2003 |
11-06-2009, 08:55 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Florida
Posts: 27
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by poodlebone  . You felt bad because your BG had probably been running much higher prior to diagnosis. | My BG was 409 at diagnosis. I haven't got my a1c back yet so I really have no idea how long I was going around not knowing.
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Newbie, who needs advice
Diagnosed 10-28-09 T2
BG Fasting 409
BG at discharge from Hospital 192
A1C 10/30/09 10.4
Daily Average BG 10-30-09 -> 11-20-09 : 107
3x Metformin 500mg daily
1x Glipizide 5mg daily
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11-06-2009, 08:59 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: KCMO
Posts: 5,429
| | | Yeah, and when you get shaky, even if it IS a so-called "false hypo," you treat it -- for your own comfort. It will come down and you will find you go lower for the same sensation, in time.
Hang in there. Glipizide does cause lows, however doesn't it?
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Linda Initial A1c Feb 6 09: 12%
Aug 24 A1c (MD office) 5.5%
Jul ... C-pep 1.3, GAD-65 > 30
metformin 1000 mg BID
Simvastatin 80 mg
Ramipril 5 mg
T4 125 mcg
baby aspirin
Vitamin D3, 2000 IU (blood values normal, advised to continue this dose by endo)
CoQ10 100 mg
Eating 70 - 90 g carb per day
Interval training on recumbent cycle
BMI is down to ca. 25.8 According to Joslin's Diabetes, 2005 ed., 5 - 30% of those diagnosed as Type 2 actually have LADA. |
11-06-2009, 09:05 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Michigan
Posts: 535
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by Searchy It was just about mid morning snack time and I all of a sudden got shakey ... so I tested and my BG was 72. I haven't seen it that low since I was diagnosed a week and two days ago. So I'm guessing that's too low ... so what is too low. Like scary not be able to function low.
What other signs do I look for without testing that my blood sugar is too low?
I haven't changed anything I've been doing except I had 2 eggs this morning instead of 1.
I didn't like that feeling. |
For me I get mind confusion, shaky, really weak.......
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Current Meds
Lantus 26 units Split dose
Novolog as needed
Metformin 1500mg
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11-06-2009, 09:06 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Florida
Posts: 27
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Originally Posted by foxl Yeah, and when you get shaky, even if it IS a so-called "false hypo," you treat it -- for your own comfort. It will come down and you will find you go lower for the same sensation, in time.
Hang in there. Glipizide does cause lows, however doesn't it? | Yeah from my reading it can cause lows.
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Newbie, who needs advice
Diagnosed 10-28-09 T2
BG Fasting 409
BG at discharge from Hospital 192
A1C 10/30/09 10.4
Daily Average BG 10-30-09 -> 11-20-09 : 107
3x Metformin 500mg daily
1x Glipizide 5mg daily
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11-06-2009, 09:09 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: KCMO
Posts: 5,429
| | | I get CRABBY!
I was on Glimepiride for like a week after dx, with instructions to stop it if I had hypos so I DID. I really hated the hypos -- some however were in the 90's, even.
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Linda Initial A1c Feb 6 09: 12%
Aug 24 A1c (MD office) 5.5%
Jul ... C-pep 1.3, GAD-65 > 30
metformin 1000 mg BID
Simvastatin 80 mg
Ramipril 5 mg
T4 125 mcg
baby aspirin
Vitamin D3, 2000 IU (blood values normal, advised to continue this dose by endo)
CoQ10 100 mg
Eating 70 - 90 g carb per day
Interval training on recumbent cycle
BMI is down to ca. 25.8 According to Joslin's Diabetes, 2005 ed., 5 - 30% of those diagnosed as Type 2 actually have LADA. |
11-06-2009, 09:10 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 5,278
| | As for "other signs"... there really is no substitute for BG testing but I've had a couple of lows in the past, most often after a gym session which I would finish off by doing a Tai Chi routine.. the first thing I'd notice was that my physical coordination was falling off... it's a weird feeling when your body does not respond accurately to commands -- without being drunk that is then shaky, sickly, sweaty...
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Frank
51 year old male, Metabolic Syndrome Dx Mar. 2003 |
11-06-2009, 04:48 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 181
| | | I would treat 72 because your levels might still be dropping and I wouldn't want it much under that. Actually I would watch anything under 80 and treat anything under 75. You can put off treating but it forces down the point where you get those feelings and that is not really a good thing once the trigger point gets below 70. |
11-06-2009, 05:00 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Boston
Posts: 117
| | | I had a 62 this afternoon and I was wondering why I was so shaky..explains a lot...I was totally grouchy too!
I wonder if that is common seeing that Foxl said the same!
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*~*Angela age 33*~*
Type 2 Diabetic
Changes:
10/8/09: 143 pounds 11/20/09 127
Medicine: Lantus (Started 10/8/09)
Metformin 500 2x daily (Started 10/19/09)
Lisinopril 5mg, up from 2.5 (Started 11/20/09), for my kidneys
100mg Effexor 2x daily, for anxiety
Buspar 2x daily as needed, for anxiety(Started 11/20/09
Alpha-Lipoic Acid 600mg
Omega 3 Mood, 2 capsules(2000mg)
Chromium 400mcg
Women's Ultra Mega Multivitamin(Gnc)
Last A1C, 8.5 after having a 10 on 10/8/09
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11-06-2009, 05:05 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: north queensland australia
Posts: 59
| | | It is a good thing that you get a warning of hypos, a lot of people dont until they wake up in the er. I get the shakes and sweats and what is a bigger worry I get confused and do not know what to do. |
11-06-2009, 05:19 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: KCMO
Posts: 5,429
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Originally Posted by musique913 I had a 62 this afternoon and I was wondering why I was so shaky..explains a lot...I was totally grouchy too!
I wonder if that is common seeing that Foxl said the same! | Angela, we have had threads here about people becoming violent in lows ... so grouchy seems to be only the beginning ...  Some of the stories are pretty funny, others are kinda scary.
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Linda Initial A1c Feb 6 09: 12%
Aug 24 A1c (MD office) 5.5%
Jul ... C-pep 1.3, GAD-65 > 30
metformin 1000 mg BID
Simvastatin 80 mg
Ramipril 5 mg
T4 125 mcg
baby aspirin
Vitamin D3, 2000 IU (blood values normal, advised to continue this dose by endo)
CoQ10 100 mg
Eating 70 - 90 g carb per day
Interval training on recumbent cycle
BMI is down to ca. 25.8 According to Joslin's Diabetes, 2005 ed., 5 - 30% of those diagnosed as Type 2 actually have LADA. |
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