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<blockquote data-quote="KennyA" data-source="post: 2682770" data-attributes="member: 517579"><p>I also get the sudden drop in BG in the early hours. With me it's usually somewhere between 3 and 5 am. </p><p></p><p>I first noticed it about ten years ago - nightmares, very heavy night sweats, and waking. Still get it, even with A1c results being normal for four years now, so I don't think it's triggered by high blood glucose (for me anyway). I know other people - who are not diabetic - who have the same sweats/nightmares experience and get the same sort of low Libre readings.</p><p></p><p>I get the thing about compression lows but the point is that the sweats/nightmares happen, and the "lows" happen at the same time. No sweats, no lows. </p><p></p><p>I did not realise at all that it had an impact on BG levels until I tried a Libre in 2021. It was a bit of a surprise to find that the night sweats etc correlated with a steep fall in BG into low 3s (according to the Libre), followed by a steady rise that seems (in my case) to be the beginnings of, and lead into, dawn phenomenon. It doesn't happen all the time, but I can't identify anything that might be triggering it. I've never been able to catch it with a fingerprick test, and I've never done anything about the low - my liver takes care of that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KennyA, post: 2682770, member: 517579"] I also get the sudden drop in BG in the early hours. With me it's usually somewhere between 3 and 5 am. I first noticed it about ten years ago - nightmares, very heavy night sweats, and waking. Still get it, even with A1c results being normal for four years now, so I don't think it's triggered by high blood glucose (for me anyway). I know other people - who are not diabetic - who have the same sweats/nightmares experience and get the same sort of low Libre readings. I get the thing about compression lows but the point is that the sweats/nightmares happen, and the "lows" happen at the same time. No sweats, no lows. I did not realise at all that it had an impact on BG levels until I tried a Libre in 2021. It was a bit of a surprise to find that the night sweats etc correlated with a steep fall in BG into low 3s (according to the Libre), followed by a steady rise that seems (in my case) to be the beginnings of, and lead into, dawn phenomenon. It doesn't happen all the time, but I can't identify anything that might be triggering it. I've never been able to catch it with a fingerprick test, and I've never done anything about the low - my liver takes care of that. [/QUOTE]
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