A federal worker with diabetes says she has to ration her insulin because she can’t afford the medication amid the government shutdown.

When Department of the Interior worker Mallory Lorge — who suffers from Type 1 diabetes — felt her blood sugar rise last week, she said she was forced to try to ignore it.

“I can’t afford to go to the ER. I can’t afford anything. I just went to bed and hoped I’d wake up,” Lorge told NBC News.

Lorge, 31, said she has two vials of insulin left in her fridge — but she’s conserving them as she can no longer afford the $300 copay.

The River Falls, Wisc., woman said she’s been going through her possessions to see what she can sell because she hasn’t been getting a paycheck as the record-long government shutdown drags on.

Lorge, who got married in September, said she and her husband Ross Bischoff have spent all their savings and the cash they received as wedding gifts trying to stay afloat.

Ross is working overtime at a tool-making company but has been told those hours may dry up, Lorge said.

The newlyweds have enough for three or four more weeks but don’t know what they’ll do after.

“It’s like being held hostage,” Lorge said. “I’ve been a federal employee for six years, and I love it. I don’t get paid much, but I love working for the American people.

“That the government has put us in this position is like a punch in the gut.”