Don't think anyone can answer your question, When do you become unconscious? Every one is different. I have the same feeling when I am in high sugar as in low sugar.

I have always lived alone, you have to get yourself on some kind of schedule. Your Blood sugars are not the only part of your body to need to take care of. Everything suffers when your sugars are high or low.

You and your Doctor and perhaps a dietitian need to work together to get you on some kind of program to eat healthy and exercise to maintain healthy life style.

as Grannie says we all react differently to highs and lows. Always carry a snack with you or have them handy at home. When you think you are experiencing a low test immediately and get a snack into you, then test again in 15 minutes to see if coming up

This is an interesting discussion.....I have a friend who goes into the 40's often. All I know is my symptoms were having, what arreared to be, a hot flash.....my face and lips started to pick and the shakes. I imagine everyone is different in some way. I sometimes forget to eat and this was one of those times. I need to keep more food in the house. I'm trying to go vegan, but it's hard.

Ali

Today was the first day I have ever recorded a reading below 70 (it was 69 at 11:40am after having had breakfast at 8am and a couple of ritz and a cough drop at 10am before running around in WalMart).

I had about 4oz of 100% cranberry juice and about 5 ritz about 3-5 minutes later and then some steamed okra. BSL was 96 at 12:12pm and I popped a peppermint. Felt fine at 69 (with the exception of a mildly itchy face) and got palpitations/elevated pulse after having eaten/drank the above (I also have panic attacks --so it is sometimes hard for me to distinguish what is happening).

Thanks for noting that things are different for each individual. Good info so I won't go into a panic attack making a comparison. I am not on diabetes meds.

Am I wrong in believing what I read somewhere that Type 2 individuals will not have a hypoglycemic coma experience but may have one for it being too high? Don't know what site it was but I did read something to that effect. Still trying to understand it all. Thanks for any feedback.

Thanx for the replies, all. I guess I'll start taking my test kit along when I go out, as I, too, feel the same with either high or low. But I've depended on my body to let me know when to check. Last evening I had no warning, other than hunger. I'm glad that made me check, but it was unusual. Yes, I always carry a snack. I've also gone vegetarian, which changes my old habits a bit. I'm going to put up another post, because I'm having trouble affording the blood test strips now and you do need to keep checking. Thanks again.

I am sorry for your loss. Stress/loss can definitely make us not want to eat. I am not a diabetic, but have lots of issues and just had a glucose tolerance today because my endocrinologist (who I went to for my thyroid) was concerned about my fasting blood sugars that I have had done. I knew something wasn't right...
When I eat, I am hungry shortly there after. I guess they call that reactive hypoglycemia? I have a feeling she is going to diagnose me with insulin resistance. My fasting blood sugars are not high enough to be called diabetic. Anyway..enough about me. I was just going through the topics to see if anything is similar to what I go through, which I see some do. I just wanted to pass on my condolences for your loss. I am sure that not eating properly is not helping you feel better with your diabetes. It's like a vicious cycle. Take care.

The thing about "Am I wrong in believing what I read somewhere that Type 2 individuals will not have a hypoglycemic coma experience but may have one for it being too high?"

Here's a link to a wiki article about diabetic hypoglycemia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetic_hypoglycemia

I was in the Hospital with a 22 glucose reading. I never passed out. When the doctors where trying to find IV access I starting to close my eyes and come and go. They kept saying wake up. They stuck me in the neck and 10 times in the arm with no success. They said to put in a central line, which I know hurts like hell. Right then a nurse came running in with a UV scanner machine which finds veins. They put 2 IV's in my right arm in 2 different places. They pumped me with D-5 and D-50 which I have no clue what it was. They then admitted me for 2 days to observe me.

I personally think talking to your PCP about the low sugar readings is important and think maybe cutting some of the meds might be due....and for me I just do A1C and my A1C dropped out to the 6.7 area and doc and I talked (I take metformin and glipizide and actos at that time)....we dropped Actos...it has side effects on heart functioning....my A1C was above 7 the last visit but she was ok with that....said she will watch and see how it goes....

something that you might consider living alone now is a medical alert thingie not the ID but the button you have around neck on lanyard....if you feel bad you push button and they check on you thru telephone communicator in house....if your out cold they call 911 if your ok they don't....my mom has one....it is a fear of ours (mine and sisters) that something like a fall and cannot get up could happen to mom....she is also diabetic too....so I am glad my sister paid to get this service for mom....

check into it...I think it is called Lifeline? or Lifetouch?

I actually was wondering this too. I get shaky, hungry, heart racing, sweaty etc when my sugar is only in the low 70's! I carry candy in my purse along with my monitor when I am out. It has happened to me at the gym a couple of times when I have walked on the treadmill for a long time and haven't had much to eat, and it really scares me.

I talked to my GP about it and he said not to worry about it unless I was actually blacking out, but I suspect for me this would be sooner rather than later, and I don't love the idea of being carted out of Walmart on a gurney because I grabbed something from the low shelf and stood up too fast!

You can get medical alert jewellery, its a good idea to wear it so if you are in public alone the paramedics know what has happened.

Tell anyone you often spend time with what the signs are and what to do.

You can also get glucose gel, and injectable glucose. You could look into those so you have supplies in case. Keep sugar supplies at home, car, and anywhere else you often spend time.

If you are often alone at home you might want one of those beeper things where you press a button and it alerts emergency services as Bill has suggested.

Speak to your doctor as others have said.

Bill -

Your A1C is an average of 3 months of blood glucose readings. Having an A1C of 6.7 is good. This doesn't mean you are running low glucose readings. It works out to about an average reading of 145

An A1C of 7 equals about 150 average readings.