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Thanks Kenny, that made for interesting reading. I didn't realise that your BG could drop that low when you're in remission and just using diet! Your experiences certainly don't sound like much fun!! It's a ****** when there's no apparent reason for it. From what you said I take it you don't...

Hi. I've been type 2 for 20 years and am currently taking Gliclazide and Metformin. Last night my blood sugar dropped considerably and quite quickly for no reason I can think of. It resulted in me waking up in the night and realising I was having a hypo! At 10pm my reading was high at 15 mmol/L...

Hi all. After a bad 6 months with very poor control (my own fault) I'm trying to get back on track and I'm taking blood sugar readings more often (after taking none!). Every day I've noticed an unexpected mid morning spike about 2hrs after breakfast which is rather high - usually 13 to 17...

Thanks Bluetit1802 and There is no Spoon, that's all excellent advice which I'll take on board :) I've had diabetes for a while now and have realised how much I still don't know! I'll be reading this forum a lot more in future!

Thanks for the welcome and the good advice Guzzler :) I'd never have thought of eating something in that situation!

Thanks very much for letting me know about that. I'd never noticed it before and never heard of Dawn Phenomenon. I am a bit stressed lately and not sleeping too well so as you suggested that could be a factor too I guess. I'll definitely have a look around for threads on all this. Thanks again.

I took a BG reading as soon I got up this morning (9am) and it was 6.6, so I skipped breakfast (only has some water) and did some housework. I retested about an hour or so later to see how much the reading had gone down, but it had gone UP to 7.8! I don't understand how that could happen - does...