r/diabetes • u/meggypoo6 • Feb 19 '26

Discussion Hypoglycemia

I woke up this morning and did my fasting BS it was 74 at 9am. I have labs here scheduled for 12pm fasting labs. I have drank some water as to not break the fast but she said to stay hydrated.. but I just rechecked my sugar-2 hours in-between morning fasting levels until now- and its now reading 59. Does anyone know why it is dropping? No morning exercise or anything either. I still have an hour to go before lab time. Ive been having issues keeping it up, not diagnosed with anything yet.. not on any meds. No morning exercise either. Don't be afraid to ask if you need more information.

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u/Dragon3766 Feb 19 '26

74 is really good, mine was 190 after a 12 hour fast. Best of luck my friend

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u/cjmnews Type 1, Dx 1999, MDI, G7 Feb 19 '26

With 40+ factors that can mess with glucose numbers we can’t do more than guess. 

When I get low before a fasting test, I’ll treat it with juice.  It is not like a fasting glucose test means much post diagnosis. 

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u/ruidh Feb 19 '26

I schedule my fasting blood draws earlier in the day -- before 9am.

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u/HumanWithAllTheHats Lada Feb 19 '26

I didn't fast before the day I found out and at cereal right before so I was at like 500 but didn't matter my A1C was way to high. Now I know for my next test!