Hello Michael, as a researcher in T1D, the insulin associated hypoglycemia aka insulin reaction is more common in children with T1D,

here are some excerpts from google search,

Self-reports of severe hypoglycemia in type 2 diabetic subjects were lower than in type 1 diabetic subjects.

The average individual with type 1 diabetes experiences about two episodes of symptomatic hypoglycemia per week, a figure that has not changed substantially.

google search terms "hypoglycemia, type-1 diabetes" may provide you information you are looking for

Dear Sharad,

Sorry, but your comment isn't very helpful. The problem is not the prevalence or occurrence of hypoglycemia per se. In this area data are sufficient and clear. I'm searching for some information about 'seeking for hypoglycemia' behavior.

Parents sometimes report that their children either deliberately induce hypoglycemia or delay treatment of hypoglycemia because they enjoy any associated positive feelings or social consequences: shy or socially insecure children feel that contacts with peers are easier; some things may feel easier to do or simply do not care; other children may feel stronger or more powerful in the hypo. Things like that. Among these aspects evidence is missing or respectively no published data are known to me.

Could there be an association to the seldom induced hypoglycemia in "Münchhausen syndrome" coined by Richard Asher  and "Münchhausen syndrome by proxy" coined by Roy Meadow?.

Im Fall des sog. Münchhausen-by-proxy-Syndroms sind es ja Mütter, die an ihren Kindern

Krankheitssymptome wie Atemnot, Anämie, Fieber oder Hypoglykämie künstlich erzeugen.

Article Factitious and Artifactual Hypoglycemia

Article Insulin-induzierte Hypoglycaemia factitia aus diätetischen Gründen

Article [Factitious hypoglycemia--Munchausen syndrome in diabetes mellitus]

Dear Karl, thanks for your reply. Yes, your thought is quite justified. In many unexplained hypoglycemia or even in unexplained blood glucose excursions many diabetologists immediately think of a "factitious hypoglycemia" or a "Munchhausen syndrome". This fact must be taken very seriously, because there are very often serious psychological or psychosocial problems or even mental disorders in affected diabetic patients. These problems may prevent patients from an adequate and effective diabetes self-management and even physicians often are overburdened with these patients.

However, with my question, I mean another breed apart of diabetic patients. Many, especially younger diabetes patients do not seem to feel the state of hypoglycaemia as unpleasant or aversive. In the hypo they feel socially secure, or even stronger, more powerful, and more efficient. This probably has to do with changes in the glucose matabolismus of the brain.

There are several adapting mechanisms to ensure energy supply of the brain even in continuous or repeated low blood glucose levels. As a result of recurrent hypoglycemia due to these adaptive mechanisms often hypoglycemia unawareness (hypoglycemia-associated autonomic failure) occurs, leading to an increased risk of severe hypoglycemia, where patients dependent on third party assistance for the treatment of hypoglycemia.