-> Thought I'd share with you my first full-fledged hypoglycemic attack...

Glad you made it through okay!

I got started on insulin injections before each meal a couple of weeks ago
now and have been waiting ever since for my first full-blown battle with
hypoglycemia.  I've had several false alarms.  Apparently, there's this
thing called pseudohypoglycemia.  I would get the shakes, stutter, have a
fluttery feeling in my chest, general disorientation, etc.  Then I'd check
my glucose level and the lowest it ever was during one of these episodes
was 130.  But according to my doctor, the lab work shows that my average
for the three months prior to starting on the insulin was 350.  Hence, my
body started throwing out panic signals about the time I started getting
down into normal ranges, which my brain seemed to think was dangerously
low.

I found I could fight fire with fire.  Once I had checked my glucose level
and knew that I wasn't having an acutal hypoglycemic attack, I could drink
a can of diet cola and trick my body into thinking I'd just ingested
something with sugar in it.  Five minutes later, I'm feeling fine.

The nearest thing I've had so far was when my glucose was down to 57 a few
nights ago.  Sweating and a little clumsiness.  I actually felt better than
I did during the pseudohypoglycemic episodes.  I didn't go back to bed
until I'd had a chocolate snack cake and a glass of milk and had retested
over 80.

I always carry my meter with me and I hope you do the same.  My mother and
I both try to test before we treat a perceived hypoglycemic attack, me
because of my false alarms and her because she sometimes throws out the
same symptoms when her glucose gets too high and she needs more insulin.

Of course, if the meter's not handy, eat first, test later.
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