Last night I was low and my wife brought me some juice. I was sipping out of the bottle, but kept drinking, because I really felt low. At some point, my wife said to me, “That’s enough, you are going to go high”. But I knew that I needed more. She was looking at the number on the Dexcom, but I didn’t even look at it. I just felt how much was necessary. Kept drinking until it just felt like the right amount.
An hour later my Dex said 90, two hours later it was 93, then back to 90 when I woke up. So maybe I did drink just a bit too much… 
I know that FUD has a lot of “juice givers”. Tons of you here - like @Michel, @ClaudnDaye, @Thomas, @TiaG, @Chris, and many others.
And of course FUD has more “juice takers” than I could possibly list.
And there are a few of you who are unique. I think Kim @TravelingOn might be the only one that is a member here that is a “juice giver” to an adult.
And I think @Aaron is also unique in that he may be the only one that is both a “juice giver” & a “juice taker”.
I am curious to hear of other’s experience where their instinct of taking just overrode what the giver saw or believed based on numbers.
How much do you rely on instinct for how much to take? Do you always measure, or do you go by “feel”. I confess that I don’t measure.
I never need exactly 1 donut. I might eat more than 1, or different bites or fractions of a donut. But I rarely look at a single whole donut and think, “That is the exact right amount for me to eat.” Same with cookies. I mostly take bites out of a cookie and then quit before I eat the whole thing. I just take the amount of bites that feel correct.
How strongly does instinct affect your treatment of lows?
For the “givers”, how much to you let your young-one tell you how much they feel like they might need? Do they call the shots on it? Do you let them determine how much they need?
Just interested in hearing how others deal with their instincts on this sort of stuff.
Not yet, at least. My lows are tricky because I don’t always feel them until they’re significant, and then any reason, strategy, even instinct goes out the door. I’ve never had a family member tell me I didn’t need anymore. They trust that I know—- which always makes me laugh. 
. Last night I most likely did a little insulin-stacking. I had coffee in the late evening, and I did a full bolus even though coffee boluses are crapshoots. I may have even bolused to blunt the spike. I’ve been doing this a lot more often, and it’s probably the equivalent of doubling up on a bolus for the same item. It’s nice to keep my numbers down, but it can be problematic on the other end. Anyway, assuming that’s what I did with my coffee, then I probably would’ve done the same for a few little snacks I was having as the evening moved along. Potentially, I could’ve accumulated as much as 3 or 4 extra units on board. Then I’ve got the problem—- well, problems— of not feeling my lows on time and then not always reacting right away once I do. Put it all together, and I find myself with that nasty feeling of being pulled under… and all of the bad tastes and numb face and tongue and throat, and completely impaired cognitive ability.
Who knows.
Even if I remember to put in 1/2 the carbs— it would give me a better idea.
). Sometimes I will have a snack which is more carbs than I need but I will bolus for the extra carbs. I either bolus right away or wait until my BG goes up a bit depending on how low I am.