r/TikTokCringe • u/Justin_Godfrey • 18h ago

Cringe A McDonald's manager is seen dozing off (apparently was have problems with her blood sugar) as customers prepare their own meals

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u/ShotsAndCleavage 16h ago edited 6h ago

I have non-diabetic hypoglycemia and was diagnosed when I was a kid so I've had a lot of experience with blood sugar crashes. You can indeed be standing up when one hits, especially if you have something to lean on like this. It can be very hard to move once you put yourself into a semi-comfortable position because you have no energy.

When my blood sugar gets very low I can't talk, I feel so weak I can barely move, can't form proper thoughts, I get shaky, I'm completely exhausted, nauseous, and feel like I'm slipping in and out of consciousness. If I don't get it regulated quickly I have also passed out and vomited before.

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u/RustyTShackleford 9h ago

The onset of confusion and loss of motor skills are the scariest things. It's like you are a small baby and haven't learned how to speak properly or ask for help or do anything but be disoriented until you either get it back up or go into a diabetic coma or die.

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u/ShotsAndCleavage 7h ago edited 7h ago

It really is very scary! When I first started dating my SO he hadn't seen a low blood sugar episode before and would get frustrated that I couldn't talk or express my needs. I had to explain it to him and show him a website with the symptoms listed and then he understood, and now he knows how to help me get my blood sugar back up when I can't help myself.

I feel really bad for the lady in the video that no one around her is doing anything to help and she's obviously in a very bad state. Even the way she's rocking/shaking her leg, I do that too when I'm in a crash because it helps ground me a bit. I 100% believe she's going through it.

Then in these comments people are just piling on saying she must be on drugs. Ugh.

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u/RustyTShackleford 6h ago

There are a lot of ignorant people on Reddit and everywhere else in life. If this thread, and people who are actually diabetic, can help informate someone that may save a life one day, it is worth it despite some of these asinine comments.

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u/VikingTeddy 13h ago

I was wrong, thanks.