Help please before I lose the plot - Hypos causing horrible mood swings and unpleasant behaviour in dh

[FranklyMeDeer]

Dh is T1, has been for almost 40 years.

His control varies and currently his blood sugar keeps dropping through the floor.

Tonight I've been on the receiving end of some really awful verbal nastiness, caused by low blood sugar. Of course, suggesting that it might be a blood sugar problem, just made it escalate.

It's not the first time this has happened

Wtf do I do, I know it's not his fault and I feel like a total bitch but I can't keep being on the receiving end of this.

Bump

Does he have hypoglycaemic awareness? If not, his diabetes specialist nurse should be pushing for him to be placed on a pump with continuous glucose monitoring. A small cannula normally injected into the stomach checks blood sugar every 10 seconds, if lower than a pre-configured setting the pump alarms and shuts off insulin delivery. Also has the benefit of insulin being delivered continuously over time rather than in one large dose.

When he is hypo he is not going to be feeling himself. However, it's not acceptable for him to be verbally abusive to you. Have you tried to speak to him about this when he's not hypo?

Hi, I know that this is an old post but just wondered if you had any progress in your DH's mood swings & if so what did he do to help with this problem?
My DH is type 1 and currently experiencing lots of lows which I suspect are caused by stress. He seems to be resentful of me helping him. I recognise when he is low and suggest he eats something that will raise his blood sugar slightly but he always takes offence! I have to be so very careful how I word it or he will be so negative towards me & refuses to eat anything. It's almost like it's becoming a bit of an art form now with me acting like I really fancy some chocolate right now, even though I don't, just so I can pretend to offer him some and share it with him. I am now getting so upset by the way he speaks to me when low but I know he can't help it at that moment. Any advice ?

@lukins66 my dh don't have diabetes but I do. He is allowed to to request I check my blood glucose but to prevent him from over doing it. We have this rule that if he thinks I'm hypo he would need to fetch hypo treatment and my meter. If it is low I will eat it and if it is fine he will eat it.

Right now things have become different as I have a Libre. He is allowed to randomly scan me.

*@Notnowokay * thank you, I will suggest this.