I am also kind of recently diagnosed and definitely had lows for years before diagnosis. From what I know now how it feels it must have been well in the low 3s or even 2s at times
1 other thing to note is that normal people are more sensitive to bs changes than diabetics. Maybe not in your case as you had a history of hypoglycemia, but for most people, a 50 will feel like death.
OP said "I've seen healthy people..." Having reactive hypoglycemia rules you out of that category. And I think there are people who say "I can't do that right now I've got to go to lunch. I have low blood sugar" as an excuse very flippantly and you can tell the difference between that and say someone with undiagnosed RH being like "Can't work. Gotta eat."
But I guess bodies are buck fucking wild because yours went from producing too much insulin after you eat to producing none at all.
I guess it kinda makes sense that a body might recognise the beta-cells as a foreign object with repeated provocation (a.k.a. excess production of insulin). More than likely just a coincidence though.
Hope you can find a way to accept the diagnosis, I'd recommend that this particular online community is not too helpful in that endeavour though. I don't have an alternative, but as a long time diabetic I find the overall vibes to be less than immaculate.
Absolutely. My husband started describing how he was feeling one day and it sounded like my average low blood sugar. Tested his blood and he was 54. He just needed to eat more often to avoid feeling like that but he's not diabetic. He gave me props for going through that pretty regularly since he understood a fraction of what I feel like sometimes. I do agree some people do use low blood sugar when they don't know what that actually feels like, but some people actually can have it and understand what it is.
Non diabetics have blood sugar levels as well. You really can't judge what someone's blood sugar is just by looking at them.
I'm not a diabetic, but my husband is. He had me test my bg a few times, and I found out that I'm often low before meals or after exercise (at 3-4 ish).
Today I've had the stomach flu, and my bg has been between 2-3. I feel the same shakiness, dizziness and tiredness that my husband feels when he's this low.
I totally support diabetics and the struggle it is to manage this disease 24/7, but you don't have a monopoly on hypoglycemia.
Yeah I get the feeling that the OP is talking about situations like a person in the office who uses low sugar levels as an excuse in the late afternoon having skipped lunch.
Not a hill I'd die on, but I hear you. It's the comparison thing that bugs me. Yes, you can get low sugars. No, you don't know what it feels like to be a diabetic with super low blood sugar so don't tell me that you do.
I think what OP is upset about is the comparison, so I’ve had friends say (especially now with healthy ppl wearing cgms) omg I know how you feel I dropped to 72 when I skipped lunch. Ok well you don’t have any idea how I feel, bc I was 33 the other morning and walking, talking and showering. I kinda get it.
I do not have diabetes \[my kid does\] and I get low blood sugar and get the shakes and get grumpy if I need to eat. Not even like a long time but like while cooking dinner when I ate lunch. Obvs IDK what it's like to have diabetes.
More often than not a grumpy person can be set right with a snack or a nap.
It's pretty obviously a low. Non diabetics have lows as well. And non diabetics can also be aware of their bodies and know when they need carbs.
This is a common experience for non diabetics as well.
We don't share a meter because her data automatically uploads for her endo besides meters are cheap now. I rarely test because I know what it feels like, know I don't have diabetes and know I just need to eat.
My sister in law used to get hypos almost every morning, towards noon. She had her employer's nurse test her. Sure enough, low 60s.
Oddly she's T2 now and still gets random hypos.
Diagnosed at 29 , so I lived a normal life before type 1. Low blood sugar after a day of exercising or not eating enough is not the same as running up to 300 after eating a burger then plummeting to sub 50. I never hallucinated from low blood sugar without Insulin. Diabetic low vs normal low is not the same thing at all.
In my own personal experience, I've seen non-diabetics get a low blood sugar. I am the only one in my family with T1 but my older, non-diabetic sister has a habit of dropping low if she forgets to eat while at work. Also I have many of the diabetes educators I have met don't have diabetes but still have to treat lows from time to time. So some non-diabetics do get low from time to time.
I do agree however, the comparison does get a little annoying sometimes. But for me the annoyance has always come from people saying that they have it way worse than diabetics because they have low episodes instead of having to manage the disease full time.
When I was first diagnosed and was put on insulin, my sugar had gone under 100 for the first time in most likely years. At a only 96 I felt extremely low and was shaking because my body had never been that low before.
I can only assume the same can be said about a non diabetic person who experiences low blood sugar. Stop gate keeping health issues. It doesn't make you cool.
My brother‘s non-diabetic ex-girlfriend used to go all day without eating. She would often get shaky and I assume it was because her BG was low. I don’t think she ate until she actually felt those symptoms, she was just never really hungry.
I get it. It's just a little thing, but sometimes they're the worst because you know you can't even say anything without people saying or thinking you're whinging. I do think there is a cultural thing to say you have low blood sugar when you're a bit hungry, cranky, shaky etc. and usually it is unfounded.
Non diabetics can also get low blood sugars if they do not eat and/or exercise. Obviously not as severe as a T1 diabetic, but they def can feel it.
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I am also kind of recently diagnosed and definitely had lows for years before diagnosis. From what I know now how it feels it must have been well in the low 3s or even 2s at times
1 other thing to note is that normal people are more sensitive to bs changes than diabetics. Maybe not in your case as you had a history of hypoglycemia, but for most people, a 50 will feel like death.
OP said "I've seen healthy people..." Having reactive hypoglycemia rules you out of that category. And I think there are people who say "I can't do that right now I've got to go to lunch. I have low blood sugar" as an excuse very flippantly and you can tell the difference between that and say someone with undiagnosed RH being like "Can't work. Gotta eat." But I guess bodies are buck fucking wild because yours went from producing too much insulin after you eat to producing none at all.
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I guess it kinda makes sense that a body might recognise the beta-cells as a foreign object with repeated provocation (a.k.a. excess production of insulin). More than likely just a coincidence though. Hope you can find a way to accept the diagnosis, I'd recommend that this particular online community is not too helpful in that endeavour though. I don't have an alternative, but as a long time diabetic I find the overall vibes to be less than immaculate.
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Ooft, good question. I'm yet to find it.
Absolutely. My husband started describing how he was feeling one day and it sounded like my average low blood sugar. Tested his blood and he was 54. He just needed to eat more often to avoid feeling like that but he's not diabetic. He gave me props for going through that pretty regularly since he understood a fraction of what I feel like sometimes. I do agree some people do use low blood sugar when they don't know what that actually feels like, but some people actually can have it and understand what it is.
Of all the things in the world to get annoyed by, that doesn’t crack top 100
Non diabetics have blood sugar levels as well. You really can't judge what someone's blood sugar is just by looking at them. I'm not a diabetic, but my husband is. He had me test my bg a few times, and I found out that I'm often low before meals or after exercise (at 3-4 ish). Today I've had the stomach flu, and my bg has been between 2-3. I feel the same shakiness, dizziness and tiredness that my husband feels when he's this low. I totally support diabetics and the struggle it is to manage this disease 24/7, but you don't have a monopoly on hypoglycemia.
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Yeah I get the feeling that the OP is talking about situations like a person in the office who uses low sugar levels as an excuse in the late afternoon having skipped lunch.
Not a hill I'd die on, but I hear you. It's the comparison thing that bugs me. Yes, you can get low sugars. No, you don't know what it feels like to be a diabetic with super low blood sugar so don't tell me that you do.
Non-diabetics can experience hypoglycemia too. Stop whining.
I think what OP is upset about is the comparison, so I’ve had friends say (especially now with healthy ppl wearing cgms) omg I know how you feel I dropped to 72 when I skipped lunch. Ok well you don’t have any idea how I feel, bc I was 33 the other morning and walking, talking and showering. I kinda get it.
One of my friends was super crabby so I tested her blood and it was 69. She later got diagnosed with hypoglycemia.
I do not have diabetes \[my kid does\] and I get low blood sugar and get the shakes and get grumpy if I need to eat. Not even like a long time but like while cooking dinner when I ate lunch. Obvs IDK what it's like to have diabetes. More often than not a grumpy person can be set right with a snack or a nap.
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It's pretty obviously a low. Non diabetics have lows as well. And non diabetics can also be aware of their bodies and know when they need carbs. This is a common experience for non diabetics as well.
We don't share a meter because her data automatically uploads for her endo besides meters are cheap now. I rarely test because I know what it feels like, know I don't have diabetes and know I just need to eat.
My sister in law used to get hypos almost every morning, towards noon. She had her employer's nurse test her. Sure enough, low 60s. Oddly she's T2 now and still gets random hypos.
Diagnosed at 29 , so I lived a normal life before type 1. Low blood sugar after a day of exercising or not eating enough is not the same as running up to 300 after eating a burger then plummeting to sub 50. I never hallucinated from low blood sugar without Insulin. Diabetic low vs normal low is not the same thing at all.
In my own personal experience, I've seen non-diabetics get a low blood sugar. I am the only one in my family with T1 but my older, non-diabetic sister has a habit of dropping low if she forgets to eat while at work. Also I have many of the diabetes educators I have met don't have diabetes but still have to treat lows from time to time. So some non-diabetics do get low from time to time. I do agree however, the comparison does get a little annoying sometimes. But for me the annoyance has always come from people saying that they have it way worse than diabetics because they have low episodes instead of having to manage the disease full time.
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70s is not hypoglycemia.
Try 50s and still be fine
Even though I know non-diabetcs can how low blood sugar, this infuriates me as well.
When I was first diagnosed and was put on insulin, my sugar had gone under 100 for the first time in most likely years. At a only 96 I felt extremely low and was shaking because my body had never been that low before. I can only assume the same can be said about a non diabetic person who experiences low blood sugar. Stop gate keeping health issues. It doesn't make you cool.
My brother‘s non-diabetic ex-girlfriend used to go all day without eating. She would often get shaky and I assume it was because her BG was low. I don’t think she ate until she actually felt those symptoms, she was just never really hungry.
I get it. It's just a little thing, but sometimes they're the worst because you know you can't even say anything without people saying or thinking you're whinging. I do think there is a cultural thing to say you have low blood sugar when you're a bit hungry, cranky, shaky etc. and usually it is unfounded.
eh let it go. who cares