Low blood sugars before bed

[Nicola M]

Hello, I'm 16 years old and recently have been having trouble with low blood sugars at night. They start at around 2.7 and so I have some juice and a couple of buttered crackers I test around 20 mins later and have usually gone up to around 6-7 but then suddenly around 20-30 mins after that I drop back down again to about 2.5 ish and then I struggle to get my blood sugars back up. I was wondering what could be causing this to happen and if anything could be done to help. I have 4 injections a day 1 of which is lantus solo star done in the morning 26 units and the rest is novo rapid done with breakfast lunch and dinner. I carb count and my ratio is currently at 1:10

 

[faeoj]

my have something to eat that will last a bit longer! if you can porridge is good


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[Lucyturner]

Try some support before bed but it might be an idea to reduce your Lantus down a bit. I split my Lantus dose so I get enough for the morning but take less at night as I was dropping in my sleep.

Lucy

 

[HelenLouise]

Maybe you need to change your ratio to something like 1:12 for your evening meal and see if that does anything, i have totally different ratios for every meal. Might help.


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[Fetchmeacoffee]

If you're suffering from a lot of evening hypos , I'd suspect lowering your background insulin 1st.

 

[Lucyturner]

Sorry I meant to say try having some supper before bed not support.

Lucy