I normally take both insulin shots in the morning. One is a long-lasting insulin for the entire day, and the other is a fast-acting insulin taken before meals to mitigate the blood sugar spike after eating.
This morning, the blood sugar reading was 149, so according to the sliding scale from my endocrinologist, I injected eight units of the fast-acting insulin. You are supposed to eat afterwards but I got distracted by some work texts and emails so I did not eat. After about 15-20 minutes, I began to feel warm and dizzy. Having experienced this several times before, I knew my blood sugar was likely too low due to the insulin shot. How low? It was at 80 when I measured it.
Guideline says normal range is 70 to 130, but for me, anything below 90 and I start feeling weird. I quickly took one glucose pill, and ate some crackers. I feel a bit better now, but will probably take a short nap soon since I do not have any work meetings this morning. I can see how insulin OD can be very dangerous.
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Weird. So after the low blood sugar reading, I took one glucose tablet, a protein shake with very low carbs and almost no sugar, half a biscotti biscuit, and about 6 saltine crackers. I just (2:00 pm) measured my blood sugar again, twice, and got 279 and 249. I do not understand why the number jumped that much, even after five hours. So I had to shoot another 10 units of insulin and hope my salad croutons has enough carbs so I will not get low sugar again.
Life with chronic diseases 