My blood sugars went down to 75, it is considered normal, but boy it did not feel like it.

I had to hold myself back and eat my lunch without panicking, because I felt ill .
I just sat for an hour, and it went up to 90.
I didn't overcompensate with carbs, which I have done in the past.
The good news is that when they are that low, I can skip meal insulin, and I did.

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Rutterman · 46-50, M

75 sounds a little low, particularly for someone with diabetes. If you felt ill when it reached that level, I think your body is sending you a message that it's too low for you. In any case, I'm not a health care provider. Just offering my non-expert opinion about this.

Justmeraeagain · 56-60, F

@Rutterman I was just about to eat lunch so ,if I would have stuffed my face with sugar then it would have gone extremely high.
I do have glucose tablets for in between meals if it goes too low which I think 75 is too low, but my doctors tell me it's not