Diabetes Type 1 Support Group

Serenity, do you count carbs? That is what helped for me. The danger is if you take too little insulin and your BG is high then that could damage your body. So the way that works best for me is to count the carbs and I have a ratio of carbs to insulin which I use, plus I add a corrective dose if I am too high. I still have highs and lows but they aren't so severe as they were and I don't have so many.

I see your location is GBR in your profile - I think that is Great Britain. If it is then you may be able to take a course called Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating (DAFNE). It really helped me. It is a five day course and you are in a group of 7 or 8 people. You all share BGs, and learn about the ratios I mentioned as well as what to do when you are sick, how to properly treat a hypo, exercise, pregnancy, all sorts of things.

With me it depends on my situation. If I wake up low I feel like I am normal and when I get to low during the day, I just feel weird, when I was younger I use to sweat, shake etc, I no longer do that.

My sis stopped feeling her lows, but that turned out to be because she had addisons diseas. I t kept her low all the time and sent her swooping down really fast, so her body stopped recognising it as something wrong. She has to take pills for it. If you stop feeling them, then ther's a problem and you should talk to your doctors.

Been a diabetic for 23 years and you always know when your hypoing. The signs change over time is all. When first diagnosed used to get shakes and sweaty. Now I know the feeling of a hypo i.e. in bed at night - heart racing and wake up sweaty and boiling. During day get more time as just don't feel right and a little bit dizzy (more than usual). Best way is to test regularly and if sick test more often.

Well, in the medical community, hypoglycemic unawareness is a recognized problem. I seem to be having this problem over the last few months. I used to be able to tell when I was just below 70 or even in the low 70s I could feel it coming. That was when I would regularly go up to the high 200s or low 300s. Now I have much better control (my A1c last week was 6.0!!! Best ever!) but I still have lows and I don't feel it until I'm in the 40s. To compensate I test about 12x a day and any time I do anything unusual for me or when my routine differs I test. Most of the time that works. But sometimes I get involved in something and by the time I feel symptoms I am in the 40s. I just do my best to keep an eye on it.

Sue