I am a type II diabetic, well controlled with metformin + chromium. A1C between 6.2 and 6.4. Waking blood glucose between 97 and 107. At this point, I know what I can and can’t consume in the way of carbs.
Every couple of months though, I’ll have a hypo episode for no reason I can think of. Today was one of them. I was running errands and was sitting down to lunch when I started bottoming out. I didn’t have my meter with me, so I don’t know how low I was - if I had to guess, I’d say in the 50’s… I asked for a small amount of regular soda from the waitress, drank about 3 oz (should be about 12 or 13 carbs) and forced myself to eat half my chicken flatbread sandwich. I’m now at 80 and have the usual mild headache, feel like total shit after-effects.
The ONLY thing I can think of is that I had an extra cup of coffee. My internist says metformin won’t cause hypo episodes. Personally, I don’t think that’s completely true.
Do any of you all ever drop like this? During the course of a regular day?
