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Permalink Reply by Stuart on March 29, 2011 at 3:32pm

Hello Sysy:

Numbers that low every day, twice a day... might consider reducing your insulin intake .

Stuart

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Permalink Reply by Alissa on March 30, 2011 at 12:21am

I think I have reverse dawn phenomenon too!

I've experienced going low that many times a day when my basal insulin is not write, or if i haven't been covering my exercise properly... I also experienced this when I reduced the amount of carbs I was eating - I suddenly just required less insulin, or became more sensitive to it (an awesome side effect of low carb!). With an insulin pump it's been fun to try to change my basal insulin rates, in order to stop from going low more than twice a day...

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Permalink Reply by Donna H on March 30, 2011 at 3:51am

I was a couple of times a week until I went on a mission to figure it out. Logging and graphs helped me. I learned the my lows were happening about 90 minutes after hard cardio exercise. I hadn't associated the two due to the 90 minute delay until I saw it on paper. Now, I change my basal setting for the hour after I exercise so that doesn't happen any more. Not to say I never go low -- but now it's more like once or twice a month -- if that. I am a big believer in logging as a means to figuring things out.

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Permalink Reply by MyBustedPancreas on July 26, 2011 at 6:36am

I'm usually good for one "mild" low each day. These are lows that don't interfere with my ability to work/be human, are easy to treat, and have recognizable symptoms (because I'm not dropping too fast). These lows don't bother me too much, and are easily corrected with a small swig of juice or a couple of gluco tabs.

At least once every two weeks I have a BAD low. By "bad" low, I mean a low that really impacts my ability to do work or be a functional human being. Sometimes, these lows can put me out of commission for a few hours because I just feel crappy afterwards. They suck. Lately, I've been having one of these every couple of days thanks to the intense heat we're having here on the east coast. These are the lows that can quickly cause me to become unable to help myself and they really scare me.

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Permalink Reply by Jan on July 27, 2011 at 5:25pm

I would say lows in fifties occur a few times a week (and we are compulsive about testing overnight, checking two hours postprandial and covering too much IOB to avert a potential low, and covering all exercise, etc.) and in the sixties every other day. She would be low more often if we did not adjust proactively. Dropping basals would make her too high; just seems to be the nature of the beast for her. I think this is due to varying levels of exercise. Even a slight variation seems to have an effect and causes tendency for drops.

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