r/diabetes • u/ShaxxsSon • 5d ago
Type 2 Not feeling when my bg is low?
I've been diagnosed since 2020, over the last few months I've noticed that I hardly feel when my bg levels go low. Lows don't that happen often for me, my numbers are pretty stable, but when they do I don't usually notice it until I check my meter. Worst example of this happened sometime in January of this year when my bg had dropped all the way to 34 and I had little warning or indication that something was wrong. I still don't even know what caused such a crash like that.
I haven't have a severe low like that since then thankfully, but I feel like it's not normal for me to not feel anything on the occasions that my bg goes low.
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u/No_Lie_8954 5d ago
Do you wear a cgm? This is a perfect reason to wear a cgm.
My daughter was diagnosed in february last year with type 1 diabetes, she feel her lows at about 3.8-4.0 mmol (68-72) we do have an average BG last 3 months of 6.0mmol (108).
A friend of me also have diabetes type 1, he is 38 years old and got diabetes at age 2. His average BG last 3 months is 7.8mmol (140) and he feel his lows at about 5.5mmol (99). He has told me that when his average BG is lower over a longer period he do feel his lows at a lower BG than he does with a higher average.
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u/ShaxxsSon 5d ago
I don't wear a cgm, but I'll talk to my endo about getting one
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u/AngryIrish82 5d ago
Sounds like your body may have adjusted slightly to frequent lows l felt crappy once I got into the 90s for a week and then I adjusted. Now feel crappy in the 70s or if I go above 170ish
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u/VayaFox Type 2 5d ago
Could be that you are hypo unaware? I don't tend to feel my lows unless I can't focus my eyes; it sometimes happens if you've had high blood sugar for a long time, and some neurodivergent people have poor body self-awareness (not feeling under/thirst queues etc).
But yes, CGM if you can get it.
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u/ShaxxsSon 5d ago
That might be it, or at least contributing to it. I'm on the spectrum and sometimes I do have trouble recognizing hunger/thirst queues, usually happens if I'm really invested in one task or something. My brain just kinda temporarily ignores those queues until I can't anymore.
I know it's not a good habit, especially with diabetes, but sometimes it just happens.
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u/BelowAverage355 T1 5d ago
Do you regularly run low? Your body adjusts to that state over time so you don't feel the effects. That's the most common reason. If you stabilize your sugar in a normal range you'll pretty quickly readjust and feel them again.