Fitting when hypo

Hi I have been type 1 since 1991 and I am 43yrs old, I have 2-3 hypos per day and 2 weeks ago fitted with a hypo, seconds before this happened I didnt even feel hypo. I saw my nurse at GP's who advised me to go on a DAFNE course. I am just woundering if any Type 1 diabetics have ever fitteed?

Hi, It has never happened to me, I will let others comment if it has happened to them. I would recommend the DAFNE course though and if your nurse is aware of it I would guess its available in your area. I did the course with someone who was hypoing regularly, as she said she knew all the ambalance crew by their first name At our 6 month re-union she hadn't had an ambalance since the course. It didn't totally stop every hypo but it did make a huge difference to her control and understanding of why it was happening. This is what DAFNE gives you NOT just carb counting.

Hi Jules,

I have fitted 2 times and gone in to a coma with my diabetes, i have been type one for ten years now, i was asleep when my dad found me having a fit and foaming from the mouth, i then went in to diabetec coma i had this twice in a space of 3 weeks. It is common.

I have just recently completed a DAFNE course and have found it so useful, it was a real eye opener to what you can do and the freedom you can have and to meet people who can also help you and advise you. I met a girl who was the same with her diabetes as me and she gave me some great advice and so did others in my group.

I do think you will benefit from this course

jules1 said:
Hi I have been type 1 since 1991 and I am 43yrs old, I have 2-3 hypos per day and 2 weeks ago fitted with a hypo, seconds before this happened I didnt even feel hypo. I saw my nurse at GP's who advised me to go on a DAFNE course. I am just woundering if any Type 1 diabetics have ever fitteed?

I've never fitted, hypoing or otherwise, and hopefully never will.
You all take extra care!

Thank you for your replies, since I saw the nurse who told me about DAFNE I am learning alot. The last time I had my Hba1c was 2007 it was 6.1, before on average it was 6.4 to 6.5. I'm not injecting the amounts I used to but my sugars are getting higher & higher, wake up 14 - 16. Just need help with ratios, plus I'm not a big eater, skip lunch, sometimes dinner, if im not hungry I struggle.

Hi Jules, when you skip lunch eyc do you take insulin, if you have no carbs at meal time you do not need to take insulin, hope you get on a course soon and get sorted out, I like you lost my hypo awareness but since I did Dafne 2 month ago, I have got my awareness back, I felt Dafne was quite intensive, but it was well worth it, even if just to get the awareness back. Oh and I have never fitted during a hypo, but it is not uncommon. Hope this helps. Rob.

Hey Jules I would have asked the same as Robby - are you taking you QA insulin when you are skipping meals - if so that would account for the hypos. If you don't eat carbs - don't take QA.

I've had diabetes 36years now (from birth) and have only ever fitted once.

I'm sure it will all work out for you

Wullie

I'm 41and a T1 diabetic and had a very bad hypo in hospital about two years ago and fitted I could hear every thing that was being said to me but could not respond to it when I did come round I found that I had split my head open on the end of the bed.
Was thankfully not had any more hypos that bad since.
Because I had fitted I had to let the DVLA know and lost my license for a year and had to have a medical to get it back.

Hi Jules
Severe hypos can actually cause fits in anyone if the glucose level goes low enough, in fact it was used in the early 1950s as treatment for schizophrenia ('insulin shock treatment') and the idea was to cause a fit in people without diabetes by injecting insulin to lower the glucose. Of course it didn't work and was abandoned. Whether you have a fit or not will depend upon your overall threshold for fits which varies in all of us. For example shortage of oxygen (hypoxia) can also cause fits. They are not that uncommon in children and very scary for everybody. As novorapidboi26 says you are probably vulnerable as your glucose control is so tight (in fact probably overtight at 6.1%) which means your defences which push your glucose back up agin are not kicking in very well probably till your glucose is down to under 2. This isn't good! If your glucose is high when you wake up it is probably very low at other times, perhaps during the night. DAFNE courses really help people with hypo problems to reduce the risk although there are other issues to deal with as well. Simon