How do explain what low blood sugar feels like....for diabetics ONLY?

How do you exlplain what low blood sugar feels like to someone who's not diabetic? I KNOW you tell them the symptoms, but does telling someone the symptoms really tell them what it actually feels like?

So how would you explain what a low blood sugar feels like?

I know low blood sugar has warning signs and symptoms, and I know what they feel like, but how do you explain the feeling?

At first I just feel a little 'off.' Usually then I am in the 80s. The lower I go, the more I feel. I get shaky, irritable, and I cannot think clearly. When I'm down to 50-60s, I am sweaty and light headed. My the time I hit the 40s or high 30s I know I am in trouble and tend to get panicky, but thankfully that has only happened a couple of times. My blood sugar has actually woken me from a dead sleep because I was soaking wet from sweat. I also tend to become *extremely* hungry and I have to control myself so I don't binge and end up with elevated sugars instead.

jittery,shaky,weak

Low blood sugar usually does have warning signs and symptoms. Stand still and you may notice your hands will be shaking and you might go into a cold sweat and become disoriented. If it's not noticeable, definitely be sure to check your blood sugar. Wear a medical bracelet that says you have diabetes to let others know incase of emergency.

To me it feels like my brain is foggy, I feel anxious, and I feel shaky. I have this intense desire that I must eat to live and I want to stuff my face until I feel better. If I am not too low, I can control that desire, eat a little wait 15 minutes and test again. If I'm super low or overnight I usually don't have enough rationality to control myself and I end up having to treat highs later.

it feels like your drunk.

I explain the feeling as the feeling you get right before you faint! Just lightheaded, weak, shaky and sweaty. It's an awful feeling!

Numbness, confusion, sweating, nothing making sense. Slurry speech, sometimes seizures. Thats how I would explain low blood sugars.

Having low blood sugar, sucks! You feel weak, anxious, and confused. You are usually covered in sweat and then want to eat as much food as possible, until you feel better. I have had very severe low blood sugars where I have been unconscious and taken to the hospital. When my sugar goes low at night (when I am sleeping) I sometimes don't wake up, which twice resulted in a seizer. I also had to be given potassium because of my low heartbeat. I have had other times where I have not been able to feed myself. These incidents happen when I was somewhat newly diagnosed, and now recognize the symptoms and wake up in the middle of the night. But low blood sugar can be very serious and can result in death if not taken seriously.

A few years ago I had a really bad flu and that kinda felt like what I feel like everytime I have a low! Drained, tired, sad, so, so weak!!
A: It feels like you've been hit by a truck
B: It feels like someone's sucked all your energy away
C: It feels like something has taken away all your happy thoughts (kinda a like a Harry Potter dementor lol),
D: Most times I feel like crying cuz I'm so sad. Somehow it makes me think about all the bad things that have happened that day or "why do I have to have stupid diabetes". "poor me!"
E: Feeling like the world is ending and no one can help you (esp. if it takes ages to get better), and you feel sick and sad for a long time afterwards
F: You can feel a bit drugged, like you can't focus your eyes, hear or speak very well.
Hope this helps! :-)
P.S. low's suck!

I tell my family and friends who are not diabetic, that low bloodsugar feels a lot like being drunk. You get slurred speech, blurred vision, you act goofy, walk goofy, and you put up a fight.

I also tell them it is like being in jail. Your body knows something is wrong, and you have definite signs, but you sometimes won't accept the help.

Hope this helps.

When it happens to me, I first start feeling dizzy...not a lot but lightheaded. I can definitely tell something's up. If I don't treat, I start to sweat...profusely...I mean, I get drenched (to where I have to change my shirt a few times). It's hard to describe but my vision seems to "go dark". I don't mean I can't see or anything but it's almost like tunnel vision...you can see straight ahead but not out of the corners of your eyes.

If I get to that point, get out the Glucagon...because the one time I got there, I did lose consciousness. I don't remember anything. I'm not sure I want to. That one time, I had a seizure and when I came around, it felt like every muscle in my body was tied in a knot.

That's as best as I can describe it without getting too technical. I know all too well what happens...I've treated many people with insulin reactions. I do try hard to keep it from happening at all. I do have some slight lows but they are mild and easily treated.

As for the "getting loopy" part...that is true...but I only know what people have told me because I don't remember it. It is also true that I felt like I was awake when I was just coming out of it but just couldn't move or speak. Weird...and scary.

EMT

At first it is like being just a little drunk.
After it gets worse, it's like hitting a brick wall and not being able to move or know what you are doing.
It is scary and frightening.

It's the worst. Shaky, sweaty, it's such a creepy awful feeling. and really really tired.

Ever get the stomach flu? My son says it is like that... Weak, shaky, nausaeated, confused... he actually has no appetitie when his sugar runs too low.