Type 2s: High morning readings. Struggling for months to reduce them.

[JLorraine]

My fasting blood reading was 10.2 and I have been struggling for months to get it down. Type 2. Now taking slow release 1000mg twice nightly do see if it lowers in the morning. But it is the same. Swim 5 times a week. BMI 26. Very upsetting. Any advice?

 

[AndBreathe]

My fasting blood reading was 10.2 and I have been struggling for months to get it down. Type 2. Now taking slow release 1000mg twice nightly do see if it lowers in the morning. But it is the same. Swim 5 times a week. BMI 26. Very upsetting. Any advice?

Hello there.

Metformin works by a slow build up in the system, rather than on a dose by dose basis, as I understand it, so probably worth exploring other ideas too?

You mention your fasting level; what are your readings like for the rest of the day? How long have you been diagnosed?

Apologies for responding to a question with a question, but a bit more information could be helpful to everyone.

 

[Johnjoe13]

Hi @JLorraine You probably don't think so but I wouldn't get too stressed out over your morning figure at this point. When I first got my meter and did my fasting level it really started the bother me when mine would not come down like everyone else. Someone said not to stress over this because it's probably dawn phenomenon where your Liver naturally dumps glucose in order to get the body up and working in the morning. Getting stressed will only add to your numbers, and as said if your numbers come down in the day/evening and before bed and you are low carbing then this boost in the morning may not be a problem.

 

[Freema]

welcome JLorraine


do you count the number of grams of carbs a day ...?

you need to know how many grams of carbs you eat in total in a day, most type 2 can only manage about 80-100 grams of carbs a day,(and sometimes less than 20 grams a day ) and those grams of carbs is best eaten leveled out on more meals a day to avoid high spiking...

it is also important to not eat too much protein as the excess protein eaten will be changes into glucose by ones liver, and the liver reserves of glucose is released in the morning blood glucose also when one has not been eating for hours..
the bodys needed amount of proteins daily is about 0.8 grams of protein pro kg body-weight if one do a lot of fitness or weight lifting a little more like 1-1.5 gram pro kg body weight...

so a person of 80 kg that do not do sports should have only about 65 grams of protein a day...
some can eat more without that spiking ones blood glucose ad without the proteins contributing to raised mornng blood glucose, .. only the individual can find that out...

As time passes with raised blood glucose (higher than normal over 6 mmol) many do become less and less able to produce insuline themselves, as the cells in the pancreas dies off by and by... this will result in many being in need of getting added insuline form medication or from insuline injections
that is why it is important to keep taking care of being low all the time as type 2, as some can avoid also by luck not to have their pancreas dying or maybe postpone when this happens...

one can also be higher in blood glucose if one has an infection in the body or by having a virus or disease and by some medications...

I´ll tag @daisy so you can get the welcome information everyone new gets in this forum, worth reading..

 

[Freema]

the dawn phenomenon truely makes ones blood glucose higher than the rest of the day when not having eaten, but it is also of very high importance that the morning numbers are not too high either....

it is actually very important to get under 7 mmol most of the day and only occasionally reach 8 mmol or above that, so even when being the dawn phenomenon it is important to get it down not to get adding diseases and conditions

http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/14045678.php