Waking in the early hours

[SOTR]

I am a Type 2 and regularly wake at around 2 or 3 am. I gather this is not unusual. I need to go to the loo.
What worries me though is that I am sometimes sweating when I wake, and quite often now am worrying and stressed about something in my job or my life when I wake.
I don't want to make too much of a link between these, but could someone explain the physiology of waking while sweating, and maybe is there a physiological reason for stress/worrying at that time. Thankyou.

 

[Mr_Pot]

Bear in mind that 50% of men in their 50's suffer from some prostrate enlargement. That can result in needing the loo during the night so not all symptoms are necessarily diabetes related.

 

[EllieM]

DR Google says night sweats can be caused by anxiety, so I don't think this is necessarily a T2 thing. Maybe have a chat to your GP if you're worried about it?

 

[In Response]

If your night wakings are anything to do with diabetes, your blood sugars would be high or low.
It is always the first thing I check when I wake in appropriately.
I find both highs and low symptoms can include sweats.

So, whilst the wakings may not be diabetes related, they may be - only a finger prick will tell you.

 

[Ronancastled]

Just an aside on this, have you gone low carb recently or really improved your blood glucose. I often found I was waking in the early hours like yourself, couldn't find a trigger then I got a Libre CGM. I found I was going low during sleep, could take an hour to get back asleep. I wonder if it was my body reacting by releasing cortisol or the like.

The first 3 profiles were the nights I kept waking, the final profile was where I slept 8 hours straight through, might be something in it especially if your body has been used to running higher sugars.

 

[SOTR]

@Ronancastled I have indeed gone low carb in the last month.

 

[Ronancastled]

@Ronancastled I have indeed gone low carb in the last month.

Only a hunch on my part but a comparable experience to yourself.
Perhaps next time you wake take a quick reading, it might be enlightening.

 

[jonesmia]

You should check your blood sugar level at 3am. I used to get up often in middle of night. I then bought myself CGM freestyle with blucon where I had set in alarms for low sugars and high sugars. Eventually i had found that my sugar was dropping low at 3 am and then accordingly made changes in my diet.

 

[Erin]

I am a Type 2 and regularly wake at around 2 or 3 am. I gather this is not unusual. I need to go to the loo.
What worries me though is that I am sometimes sweating when I wake, and quite often now am worrying and stressed about something in my job or my life when I wake.
I don't want to make too much of a link between these, but could someone explain the physiology of waking while sweating, and maybe is there a physiological reason for stress/worrying at that time. Thankyou.

I have the same problem. I think it's a hypo or "parahypo"