Sugar drops....questions

I don't think I like what your Dr is telling you?!

Low bld sugar can be fatal if it lasts long enough.

I've just heard that here in Canada that if we go below 5.0 (50 for you?) that we aren't even supposed to drive as we're a danger to ourselves and to others. I haven't researched this yet but my

source is usually reliable.

I wonder if you need to get a second opinion? Who wants to live

like you are, I've had most of the same symptoms when too low

but I've been told to eat something immediately! Not a good

feeling.

Good luck, I'll follow your posts. Susan

Im diabetic type 2, I had all the symtons you describe, so my doctor has been giving me B12 shots one a week for 6 weeks, i just had my 4th shot, and feel much better

I help my mother manage her type II diabetes with diet. Even when her blood sugar  doesn't test low, she has symptoms, is very irritable, etc. I find that if I give her small meals every two hours or so, she does much better. This is a good practice for all of us. The key is to shift from the mentality of a huge meal we're used to, to small meals. You basically take the same meal you'd eat in one setting, and dived it into small portions. This seems to help keep things more balanced. 

Hi again, I thought that I'd let you know that late this afternoon I

had my 1st very low bld sugar test. I was 2.2, I don't know if you

know those numbers. We are to between 5 and 7.

Anyhow, I was aware that my whole body was sweating

profusely, my arms were so heavy I couldn't lift them up!

I was shaking and becoming very wheepy.

Luckily my husband came home and told me to do a bld sugar

test. Somehow I did it & it was 2.2. He immediately brought me

2 clemintine oranges & 4 jube jubes. 10 mins later I tested at

7.0, what a difference.

I'm sure that I would've done the right thing on my home but I

did find it difficult! My symptoms are like yours and there's no

way you shouldn't take things to correct it. Susan

It depends on whether you are actually hypo or just that you have been running higher than normal blood sugar levels and when they start to go down you get the symptoms of a hypo without actually being hypo.   With a sugar reading of below 70 then that's equal to 3.9 which is hypo - "make 4 the floor" being the advice.   You should, therefore, raise your blood sugar, however, if you are used to high sugar levels and you get hypo feelings, if you test and find that you are not below 4 then you are not hypo and shouldn't give yourself some sugar. This is called a False Hypo.  Yes,treating it will get rid of the hypo feelings but you should just ride it out.  When I was first diagnosed my sugar level was 22mmol (400) and even when I went down to 9 (162) I was getting all the usual hypo feelings but had to try and ignore it, very hard but had to be done.   Whenever I've had a hypo, around 1.5 being the very lowest I had been, I felt very tired for the rest of the day.  We're always hearing about how high blood sugar levels can cause all sorts of problems but my diabetes nurses have always been far more concerned about the hypos.  Lots of raised sugar levels aren't good but they don't seem to mind the odd raised one, especially if you know what's caused it (sly cake etc)

Regarding B12 injections.  Metformin is commonly prescribed for diabetes and I have been on them for years but last year I had a blood test done and my B12 was lower than it should be so I had several injections which seems to have brought it back up.  Metformin is apparently well known for causing B12 deficiency, something they don't tell you when they put you on them. It is sort of mentioned in the paperwork though.  It's just another drug that causes a problem that needs another drug to correct the damage done.