"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> "Julie Bovey" > wrote in message
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>>>>> I am to treat for hypo at 80. Why? Because my BG tends to plummet
>>>>> rapidly from there.
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>>>> But you are on insulin.
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>>> It did that before I was on insulin.
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>> From meds or too many carbs? There is not much else that can make a bg
>> plummet. An person not taking med or insulin and low carbing for example
>> will keep pretty static numbers, even very low numbers without hypoing.
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> When I was on meds or not on meds. Once my numbers got around 80 they
> would plummet quickly.

That would be an RH episode when not on meds and would happen when too many
carbs for your system were eaten in one go. The number of carbs that cause
RH differs from person to person.