# Help: what are your symptoms when low \[prep for wiki\]? **URL:** \ **Category:** Treatment\ **Tags:** hypoglycemia, low-bg\ **Created:** [February 9, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/help-what-are-your-symptoms-when-low-prep-for-wiki/6516 "2019-02-09T14:40:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![daisymae](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/daisymae/32/1199_2.png) [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/help-what-are-your-symptoms-when-low-prep-for-wiki/6516/21 "2019-02-20T00:06:10Z")
> [@Beacher](#): > > stubborn determination to finish what I’m doing, whether a mental or physical task, before I treat i also have this happen. if my husband is home, he must tear me apart from whatever it is i think i am doing and pour juice down my throat. and i get very beligerent (“leave me alone!!! I’ll take care of it myself!!!” ). typically, i dont notice lows until i am around 50, but by the time i do hit my low 50s, i see bright lights and spots and cannot focus my eyes. i get confused about simple things. i cannot make treatment decisions very well ( i can stare into the refridgerater at my “candy supply drawer” for a good ten minutes before making a decision about which candy i want, all the while my husband is screaming at me to take some juice or chocolate milk) but generally, i am comfortable in my 50s, so i feel low a little too late. sometimes i must be in my 40s or even 30s before i realize, OMG, i NEED SOME SUGAR!!! (and by then, i am, like so many of you guys, sweating and shaking with heart palpitations and my ears ringing, and i am completely unable to concentrate on anything. one thing that seems to be a theme here is that some of you guys experience hunger when low; this has yet to happen to me. hummmm… [Previous page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/help-what-are-your-symptoms-when-low-prep-for-wiki/6516.md?page=1)