Some women experiance bloating, water retention, weight gain, irritability, depression and food cravings especially for carbohydrates and fats. The food cravings could contribute to poor blood glucose control before a period. Heat This is one you may not find in the text books but heat can cause low blood sugars. You start to feel shakey and have the feeling that you could devour the full contents of a fridge. You can become aggressive and start to argue with teachers or parents.
Some people report a bad headache as part of their early hypo symptoms.
Carers report a glazed look in their teenagers eyes with a white translucent look about the face. He then went to bed for a lie down. Scott was very lucky, I took it upon myself to check his blood sugar and asked him if he had taken his teatime insulin. His BM was 2.7mmols and after 3 glasses of lucozade he was at 2mmols. This did the trick as his next BM was 3.4mmols.