weather and hypos

anyone experiening hypos due to cold weather??
weather has just got cooler in oz an i have suffered 6 hypos in one day!!
nothing else has changed.....:0(

Hi Linsey,

I have the opposite I need less insulin in the warmer weather. So February is my "low" month! However if it gets too hot (35 degrees C) the insulin demand goes up. What constitutes "colder" where you are?

Helen

This week has been quite a bit cold here on the east coast of the UK (the winds have been ever so icy feeling!), though I'm already coming out of the other end of the "time of the month" which often means my hormones are mucking me about. Due to this, I'm needing less insulin at the moment anyway (semi-expected).

I've never really thought about it before, yet another thing I may see a pattern for now I'm keeping a diary! It has been really cold here the last few days, my sugars have been really high though until yesterday but that's more of a "new to DAFNE" thing.

hey helen...birrrr down here just now 15 degrees today....has definately got chiller over past 2 days.....had 12 hypos in 2 days...really scared me.its the only thing that has changed so going to have to have good look over weekend at my sugars lol x

hey jwo im same with hormones an time o month aswell ...tho need more insulin as my sugar levels run high x

My sugar levels run high the week before the actual period bit - the time when my body is preparing for it I think... then I start shooting down after the actual "period" bit. Annoying but I think I've almost got it all worked out so I'm more prepared.

Just a thought Linsey re the temperatures...maybe it is the change in weather (temps) rather than the actual temps that cause the change in insulin demand. We never really get "cold" up here!
Helen

I find when its warmer I tend to go hypo. And am really releived to see reference to hypos around when having a period. Have found that I need less insulin when I'm on the actual week of my period otherwise if I dont adjust my bg's go mad.