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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Pump
- Dislikes
- diabetes, stress
Hi!
I'm a type 1 pump user. I was diagnosed almost 6 months ago, and often feel so thankful for being with a pump now. I have been on pump therapy for 1,5 months and still struggling with managing my sugar with so little knowledge and experiences of the disease. Recently I have had some persisted problem which is having HYPERS at night. It really freaked me out to wake up 2 times at night to find my sugar 10. or 13. or even 22. something when I was fast asleep! The problem is that it happens at really unexpected hours, could be 11 pm, or 3 am, or whatever, and it happens more than once at night. If it happens at daytime then everyone knows we can make corrections to prevent it from damaging our bodies, but as it happens at night, I feel like I'm really helpless about it and out of control.
May I have some questions about this, please.
1. Is having hypers at night common for most type 1, esp. those who are on pump therapy?
2. Is this very damaging to our bodies? As I read last time that for a non-diabetic their sugar is very stable throughout the night.
3. I wonder what causes this to happen? As it can happen to me more than once. Like yesterday, I had 13. at 10pm (before going to bed), I made a bolus correction and programmed a temp basal rate. Later at 4 am I woke up to test again, and again it was 9.7! I made another bolus correction and adjustments to basal rates, and woke up at 5.1 this morning. I have read a thread on "dawn phenomenon" and "Somogyi effect", and have used the wisdom in it to apply to my case. But it involves dieting (low-carb and low-protein diets) and exercising (before going to bed) which I'm not sure can be applied to type 1 diabetic like me. I'm not suffering from obesity so do I need to go on a low-carb/low protein diet?
4. How to deal with this? Any advice on basal rates adjustment, dieting for type 1.. to improve the situation? I am not sure if I should increase or decrease my basal rates. As it depends on the nature of the problem whether it is somogyi effect or dawn phenomenon.
I'm really in need of some help. I don't have a good doctor with a heart here and still having to count on my own most of the time. I think I have already run out of option.
I am so grateful for any advice and help!!!
I'm a type 1 pump user. I was diagnosed almost 6 months ago, and often feel so thankful for being with a pump now. I have been on pump therapy for 1,5 months and still struggling with managing my sugar with so little knowledge and experiences of the disease. Recently I have had some persisted problem which is having HYPERS at night. It really freaked me out to wake up 2 times at night to find my sugar 10. or 13. or even 22. something when I was fast asleep! The problem is that it happens at really unexpected hours, could be 11 pm, or 3 am, or whatever, and it happens more than once at night. If it happens at daytime then everyone knows we can make corrections to prevent it from damaging our bodies, but as it happens at night, I feel like I'm really helpless about it and out of control.
May I have some questions about this, please.
1. Is having hypers at night common for most type 1, esp. those who are on pump therapy?
2. Is this very damaging to our bodies? As I read last time that for a non-diabetic their sugar is very stable throughout the night.
3. I wonder what causes this to happen? As it can happen to me more than once. Like yesterday, I had 13. at 10pm (before going to bed), I made a bolus correction and programmed a temp basal rate. Later at 4 am I woke up to test again, and again it was 9.7! I made another bolus correction and adjustments to basal rates, and woke up at 5.1 this morning. I have read a thread on "dawn phenomenon" and "Somogyi effect", and have used the wisdom in it to apply to my case. But it involves dieting (low-carb and low-protein diets) and exercising (before going to bed) which I'm not sure can be applied to type 1 diabetic like me. I'm not suffering from obesity so do I need to go on a low-carb/low protein diet?
4. How to deal with this? Any advice on basal rates adjustment, dieting for type 1.. to improve the situation? I am not sure if I should increase or decrease my basal rates. As it depends on the nature of the problem whether it is somogyi effect or dawn phenomenon.
I'm really in need of some help. I don't have a good doctor with a heart here and still having to count on my own most of the time. I think I have already run out of option.
I am so grateful for any advice and help!!!