# Extreme Hypoglycemia **URL:** \ **Category:** Coping & Emotional Support\ **Created:** [August 17, 2023, 11:21am UTC](https://forum.breakthrought1d.org/t/extreme-hypoglycemia/73265 "2023-08-17T11:21:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bsteingard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@bsteingard](https://forum.breakthrought1d.org/u/bsteingard)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 12:07pm UTC](https://forum.breakthrought1d.org/t/extreme-hypoglycemia/73265/21 "2023-08-22T12:07:57Z")
> [@alex\_of\_oz](#): > > He asked me if I would have been able to use the EPIRB. I looked at him deeply and said that he knew more about the subject than he was letting on. There was no reaction from him as he waited for my answer, so I told him that no, I would not have been able to use it. With a hypo, if you are able to activate an EPIRB then it means that you don’t need to. But if you do need to, you won’t be able to activate it. I had a similar conversation with my friends back in college. That day that I locked myself out of my apartment I happened to pass a friend as I was wandering the halls. At the time I just waved and went on my merry way. I saw her in class later that day and when she asked me why I was wandering the halls half dressed I explained what had happened. She told me that next time I should come find her or one of our other friends in the building and then I had to explain that if I’m lucid enough to know I need her help (let alone remember how to get to her apartment) then I probably don’t need her help. Tying back to my original post, that’s part of why I was so impressed that the OP thought to go to their roommate for help. Our “lizard brains” sometimes know what to do even when our “human brains” have already checked out. I think that’s really cool and a little reassuring. [Previous page](https://forum.breakthrought1d.org/t/extreme-hypoglycemia/73265.md?page=1)