Was this a hypo?

[nachohousekeeper]

I am 42, overweight and suffer with anxiety and migraines.

Around 12 midday I felt a migraine coming, pain mostly, so took some solpadeone plus. An hour or so later I had some coffee and my lunch which included a muffin.

About 5ish, my lips started to tingle, I felt light headed and was very slightly slurring my words. I felt a bit odd for about an hour or so, as if I had been drugged.

I was tested for diabetes a year ago but all ok. I do get itchy genitals quite a lot and tonight I have a dry mouth.
I realise I sound terribly unhealthy but I also suffer with a bit of health anxiety so I worry about unhealthy and I am a bit scared.

Are you diagnosed diabetic? I am type 1 and, yes, it sounds like it could be a hypo but there's not much info re any diabetes medication you might be on which would cause it.

And the itching / dry mouth sounds, to me, more like a symptom of high rather than low blood sugar. Sorry I can't be more help!

Just properly re read your OP. If you are not on medication for diabetes I doubt you can hypo. No meds also means high, not low, blood sugar. It might be good to have another test and see if anything has changed

Yes sorry, but unclear. No diagnosis meds.

If you're diabetic it means your blood sugar is too high. Medication makes it go low and having too much, or too little food, makes it go low / hypo. If you're not on any medication it can't have been a hypo.

Thanks. Will make an appointment to get checked.

I think people who don't have diabetes can have a hypo of sorts but it's very rare.

Did you eat something to alleviate your symptoms? If so, was hay when they went?

I am not diabetic, but had gestational diabetes which was insulin controlled. I had a couple of mild hypos, so knew what they felt like. When my son was about 4 months old I started getting hypos. I recognised the symptoms and as I still had my glucose monitor, I checked my blood sugar. It was below 4 whenever I got the symptoms, often 2.5-3. The GP fobbed me off and said it was breastfeeding. I ended up hospitalised after becoming unresponsive with a blood sugar of 1.2 when the paramedics arrived. Luckily my husband was at home and had realised what was happening and called an ambulance. After some questioning and tests I was diagnosed with a thing called 'insulin antibody syndrome' and once I was fitted with a continuous glucose monitor it turned out I was actually having up to 10-12 hypos a day but I'd become hypo unaware and didn't know I was having most of them. My blood sugar was very regularly under 2.

My condition is apparently super rare (less than 300 cases worldwide, only 70 of those in the Caucasian population) but I often wonder if it's more common, particularly in milder forms as it can often correct itself. It's an autoimmune disorder, so if you have other autoimmune disorders it's more likely.

I do get tingling lips/tongue sometimes during hypos. If you think you are having then often then do get checked out.

Hi my name is Denise im a type2 diabetic on 2 injections of insulin per day im due for a laproscopic surgery for gynae what are the risks regarding general surgery

Depending on how long the surgery is they might put you on insulin / glucose drips. Either way you'll be first on the list if it's a G.A. I've had quite a few operations and never had problems

Are you on medication, if so what? Only some types of oral diabetic meds can cause hypos. If you are on them I would expect you should have a blood glucose monitor, and would've able to check?