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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
Hi all,
Since starting on the Libre, I have noticed that my BG spikes pretty steeply JUST after I go to sleep (any time between 23:00 and 01:00 - I'm a nightowl!) and was wondering if anyone else had found this?
I've posted a picture below to illustrate, but these are only a few examples! For my consultant, I have kept an extensive diary for almost two weeks and found that there was no connection between this and anything else:
- Timing of evening meal (due to my evening schedule, I can have my dinner anywhere between 6pm and 9:30pm - this doesn't impact on the timing of the spike)
- GI/type of evening meal (I have found it happens just the same whether I eat a virtually carb-free salad or pasta)
- Snacking in the evening (happens whether I snack or not)
- Exercise (happens whether I have exercised or not)
- Evening hypo (still spikes whether I experienced a recent hypo or not)
- Basal type (I was recently moved from Levemir 2x daily to Tresiba. It's still early days, but the last two nights I still experienced the same spike).
Literally the ONLY correlation I have managed to find, is that the spike always seems to happen just after I go to sleep - it feels more hormonal. It almost seems like a reverse DP if that makes sense. I was just wondering if anyone has experienced this and what you do about it? My current basal dose does bring it back within range overnight (which basically means it's too high because it's making me drop during the night)... I'd much rather not go that high in the first place!
Since starting on the Libre, I have noticed that my BG spikes pretty steeply JUST after I go to sleep (any time between 23:00 and 01:00 - I'm a nightowl!) and was wondering if anyone else had found this?
I've posted a picture below to illustrate, but these are only a few examples! For my consultant, I have kept an extensive diary for almost two weeks and found that there was no connection between this and anything else:
- Timing of evening meal (due to my evening schedule, I can have my dinner anywhere between 6pm and 9:30pm - this doesn't impact on the timing of the spike)
- GI/type of evening meal (I have found it happens just the same whether I eat a virtually carb-free salad or pasta)
- Snacking in the evening (happens whether I snack or not)
- Exercise (happens whether I have exercised or not)
- Evening hypo (still spikes whether I experienced a recent hypo or not)
- Basal type (I was recently moved from Levemir 2x daily to Tresiba. It's still early days, but the last two nights I still experienced the same spike).
Literally the ONLY correlation I have managed to find, is that the spike always seems to happen just after I go to sleep - it feels more hormonal. It almost seems like a reverse DP if that makes sense. I was just wondering if anyone has experienced this and what you do about it? My current basal dose does bring it back within range overnight (which basically means it's too high because it's making me drop during the night)... I'd much rather not go that high in the first place!