It's a 15/15 Rule But I Ate The Whole Fridge

Any diabetic from the beginning is taught if you have a low blood sugar treat with 15 grams of fast acting carbohydrate and maybe a few crackers and wait 15 minutes. In theory this model would probably work wonders to get my blood sugar up and not send it sky rocketing.

But sometimes when I have a low, self control is limiting. I wake up from a low in the middle of sleep. Sometimes the only words I could get out was "food, i need food". Then i grab the first thing that I see and shove it in my mouth. It is probably one of the worst feelings to experience. One said it feels like you have been starving for a long time. I think its undescribable. A decent panic in your brain.

Every type 1 has probably experienced a binge eating low. This is the kind of low you may look like an animal who has been sent loose in a buffet. Anything you see you eat. The food combinations never make sense. And everything tastes so amazing, even the small things.

For example, I have woken up from a low first thing I saw entering the kitchen was big marshmallows. I didn't even like them at the time. Shoveled five in my mouth. Tasted amazing. Another time I was low I ate a few scoops of homemade cookie dough while getting the milk for the three big bowls of cereal I ended up eating. Got ahold of the already made cookies-ate 3, some chocolate pieces, more cookie dough spoonfuls and more I cannot remember. And it all tasted so good I didn't want to stop. Food when low tastes better than food from a five star restaurant. All within 10 minutes or less.

I have learned one thing to help keep from bingeing and that was eating an apple. Apples take forever to eat. I drink juice before the apple and generally by the time I am done the feeling is gone. In the meantime I fulfill the panic to eat until I feel normal again. And it is a bit more healthy than cookies and cookie dough.

For any normy I or any other type 1took food from during a low, we apologize. But you did just save a life so think of yourself as a rockstar for that.

Keep your chin up and stay positive my friends.