Hi everyone.
I've always been sloppy with my management (been diagnosed for 20 years) but, since getting pregnant in July (I suffered a miscarriage in August, probably due to my poor management), I've been trying my best to remain on target. My main problem has been the dawn phenomenon. Even when I didn't eat any carbs at night, even when I went to bed with a slight hypo, my glucose always went up at about 2am-3am. I didn't know what else to do after numerous attempts at adjusting my dosage. My doctor told me a few days ago that patients with a similar profile to mine have been having a lot of improvement after taking metformin at night. I started with a 500mg dosage, now I'm on 1g. I am beyond ecstatic. My nighttime glucose line on FreeStyle Libre is almost perfectly straight and my levels throughout the day are a lot better as well. I've been able to reach 80% of the day on target, so that's very exciting. I just wanted to let you guys know, if you also struggle with dawn phenomenon, that metformin might be the way to go.
I've always been sloppy with my management (been diagnosed for 20 years) but, since getting pregnant in July (I suffered a miscarriage in August, probably due to my poor management), I've been trying my best to remain on target. My main problem has been the dawn phenomenon. Even when I didn't eat any carbs at night, even when I went to bed with a slight hypo, my glucose always went up at about 2am-3am. I didn't know what else to do after numerous attempts at adjusting my dosage. My doctor told me a few days ago that patients with a similar profile to mine have been having a lot of improvement after taking metformin at night. I started with a 500mg dosage, now I'm on 1g. I am beyond ecstatic. My nighttime glucose line on FreeStyle Libre is almost perfectly straight and my levels throughout the day are a lot better as well. I've been able to reach 80% of the day on target, so that's very exciting. I just wanted to let you guys know, if you also struggle with dawn phenomenon, that metformin might be the way to go.
