Luckily someone was there to give me some juice and the paramedics were called to take me to the hospital. Too high a dose of insulin can reduce the blood sugar to too low a level, thus starving the body of cells of energy. Aside from taking too much insulin, this can also happen if a diabetic person misses a meal, fails to eat enough or exercises too much. Symptoms of hypoglycemia include sweating, weakness, hunger, dizziness, trembling, headache, palpitations, confusion, and, on occasion, double vision. Symptoms may often be mistaken for drunkenness.
Untreated hypoglycemia can lead to coma relatively quickly and is a medical emergency.
Because you are diabetic, it is important that you are aware of the first signs of low blood sugar, and that you always carry hard candy or glucose tablets with you. Please consult your primary physician, endocrinologist or diabetologist. If your question was not addressed, please click here.