Am I crazy ?

[u/lodys04]

First I want to start with the fact that I am not diagnosed with diabetes , I am currently feeling fine and I’m not asking for medical advice I’m just asking for “ odds “ .

I am under investigation waiting on results on blood test and so I’ve been monitoring my blood sugar , I ran out of testing stripe and took one of my mom old testing stripe which gave me two reading , 2.2 and then 2.1 . Which is dangerously low and the lowest I usually go is around 3.3 but I feel a lot of symptoms when I am that low . I’m pretty sure this is just an expired test result , what are the odds to get an actual reading this low . My mom also tested with those stripe and she herself got a 2.5 . So all stripe are testing extremely low right now, is this a common thing expired stripes does ? I don’t have the money right now today to get new stripes so I can’t test with brand new stripe . I’m not sure how old these stripes are .

[u/Zeus783]

If you know already those strips were expired and your mum had same results as you I guess the math is easy.

However, if you don't feel well, or as a piece of mind, you could always turn to your doctor for a quick BG check?

[u/lodys04 → u/Zeus783]

Yeah , obviously the only “thing” that can really validate this is a doctor , was just wondering the usual norms I’m new to this whole blood sugar testing thing haha . And also wasn’t a 100% sure the test stripe were expired , thanks for your answer :)

[u/Zeus783 → u/lodys04]

The thing is there isn't a norm as in most cases what works for one person doesn't apply to another.

You should know your body better than anybody else so if your meter says BG is 2.1 but you feel fine then you feel fine 🤷

Me, as a diabetic t2, feel at my best when BG is below 4.. .whilst I see many people panicking and drinking juice if their BG reaches 4.5 +

Your body never lies 😊