Is this hypoglycemia??????Please look!

[silverline]

Hello, I am a new member. I have had type 1 for 14 years now. I am 27 years old. I recently have had a couple of attacks and after checking my blood sugar levels I think this is the cause. I just want to follow up to see if anyone has had this.  I was working hard on my new house and I needed to eat..I could tell my heart rate was rising and there was blurry vision.  I could barely concentrate when I started eating and I couldn't get the food in me fast enough. I was there with my wife and I just started to tell her I was going crazy. I statrted to kind of make weird noises. I felt nervous, sad, and very scared like I was losing it. I then started to run and hide from her because I didn't want her to see me like that. We have been together 8 years and never had anything like this happen in front of her. She said lets go to the hospital and by the time I was there I checked my sugar again and it was climbing to 89. I settled down and decided to wait. Anybody have this happen to them? Very concerned. Silverline

[JDRF Team SGG]

There are other symptoms of hyoglycemia other than the usual hungry feeling or sweats, and the symptoms can vary widely from episode to episode, so don't look for the same symptoms every time. When I was pregnant with my second child, I was deliberately overdosed by my doctors as a test to see if we could have a small baby. I became the queen of hypoglycemia, and here are random symptoms I have noted: headache, thirsty feeling (dry mouth as if sugar is high -- it is hard to tell the difference here, and a blood test is the only sure way), dry and scratchy eyes, irritability, depression, fatigue, confusion, blurred or double vision (by the time you are seeing double, you are getting pretty severly hypoglycemic), seeing objects in a psychedelic sort of abstract way as if all objects have weird angles, difficulty absorbing what you are reading, an abnormal cold feeling, yawning with no reason, and nausea. ANY of these symptoms can mean blood sugar levels are dropping fast, so don't look for more than one symptom. The confusion is the most dangerous, for when this happens, the diabetic can't reason it out to realize that they are hypoglycemic and take care of the problem.

[silverline]

Thank you for the responses.  I have had low blood sugar before, but not that severe. Like I said havind it for that many years and going that long without a severe one I thought I was doing pretty good.  After realizing that this could happen again it makes me realize that I have to monitor my sugars that much more.  Thanks, again and I just want to say this is a very imformative site.

[JDRF-Team-wak]

What you are describing can either be a seizure a dramatic / rapid drop in blood glucose. You should call your Endo and make sure that your doses do not need to be adjusted.  Also you
Should check your blood prior to doing strenuous activity and during.  Keep juice hand for those lows.  By the time you checked and your were 89. You body could have been on the rebound from a serious low.   Please call your Endo and have him review your numbers, and always keep a glucometer handy.  Show your wife how to check your blood incase you are unable to o it on your own. Have your wife also learn how to use a glucagon - as a heaven forbid.

Hope all goes well.  Please let us know how you are doing.

[winebev]

I have low blood sugar problems.  If I wait to long to eat my heart will start pounding, my vision will get blurry and I will feel extremely irate, as well as have a headache and confusion.  It is a horrific feeling.  One time after having seafood w/ my boyfriend I started feeling very strange and weak.  When I tested my blood sugar it was 57.  I had juice and graham crackers and felt better after that.  But I know how you feel, it is scary and makes you feel out of control.

[pumpgirl03]

I have had diabetes for 7 years and know what it is like to have a severe low blood sugar.
When I was at my high school homecoming dance a few years ago i somehow inadvertantly unhooked my insulin pump tubing. when i noticed it i realized i didnt have my meter with me.
I knew i had some rapid acting insulin and a syringe so i went into the bathroom and gave myself a shot of insulin not taking into account that i was going to do exercise (dance). i started to feel kind of low rapid heart rate, sweating, and kind of shaky all over. I was having so much fun that i just decided to ignore my symptoms.

Let me just say not a good idea. DONT IGNORE WHAT YOUR BODY IS TELLS YOU!!!!!!

I finally sat down and my friends knew there was something wrong. I was acting drunk, yelling, cussing(not like me),fighting and just not respecting authority like i normally would.
The principal and the campus police officer thought that i was drunk and were going to take me to the police station and then call my parents. One of the campus security officers knew i had diabetes and told them that it was probably low blood sugar.
they called my parents and my dad brought my meter and i was 34mg/dl. he also brought the glucagon emergency kit and we used it because i was so combative. I dont know what i would have done without my dad...thanks dad!!

i just want to say that when you are low your body does things that you normally would not do because your brain is confused due to the lack of sugar. so just try to avoid getting low know what to do when it does happen.

Your wife seems to be really supportive.
hope this helps
Pumpgirl03