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Low blood sugar and A1C

adamrach
adamrach
What is too low with low blood sugar, I need numbers, so I know when to worry and when to eat something quickly. Also what is considered a normal A1C level where they will take you off the meds. I have been losing weight and hoping this helps when I see the doctor next and they he will lower my medication amount. Also what is a good fasting blood sugar number for the morning , meaning what should it be? Thank you for helping me with all my questions.
deleted_user
deleted_user
idk i think low bs could be diff. pending on the person.

i asked my doctor one day when i had a reading of 77 and wasnt feeling good and he told me less than 80 is probably too low for me
the other day i had a 66

i would ask your doctor.
idk how it works lol. i guess it would depend on height, weight of the person?
deleted_user
deleted_user
It's different, depending ESPECIALLY if you are on insulin or strong BG lowering drugs, metforming not included. You do not want to risk going hypo with a bad mix of insulin and low carb intake, you could get into trouble.

Anything = or > 70 to the 90s is considered not going hypo and good numbers fasting, with older pateints a lot of doctors generally don't want their patients getting near 70.

As Neener said, talk to your doctor as YMMV.

Chuck
mzizgayle
mzizgayle
do talk with dr regarding. Basically your body will tell you, you will learn to tell by how you feel. Most will say anything less than 70 is a low and an A1C under 7 is good
deleted_user
deleted_user
I will add one thing, if you've been shooting high numbers, even going into the high 80s can give you hypo symptoms, it's because your body is not used to that kind of low.


Chuck
adamrach
adamrach
That makes sense Chuck. Thank you everyone.
mzizgayle
mzizgayle
When I was first diagnosed, I was over 1000, even 300 felt like a low to me
adamrach
adamrach
mzgayle your blood sugars numbers were 1000? What did they have you do when it was that high?