bedtime levels

[sarah1282]

Hi everyone just wondering what your bg levels are when you go to bed. Mines around 5/6 should I be going to bed with a higher level?

 

[syb]

hi sarah just came across your post . so I thought I would do my bs. mine is 5.7 but I just had a handful of nuts half hour ago

 

[LittleWolf]

Mine is 6-7. I'm not on insulin but I've had reactive hypos or hypo'd after drinking alcohol in the night before scary. Has this ever happened? Are you worried about going low in the night?


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[sarah1282]

Hi syb 5.7 is really good
Little wolf im soooo worried about having a hypo in my sleep ive been in bed sometimes and it takes me ages to sleep incase I have one that's why im not sure if to make them higher before bed.

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[iHs]

Personally, I try to go to bed with a bg level of around 6-7mmol and try to keep it at that level throughout the night by adjusting the basal rates on the pump. A bg level of 5mmol can easily turn to 2-3mmol during sleeping hours without a pump and even with one, a bg of 5mmol is a tiny bit too near to hypo land and no one wants to have a nightime hypo and chance whether they will wake up or need help.

 

[SamJB]

Depends really. If I've had alcohol I'll aim for the 7s. On a normal day I aim for the high 5s.

 

[noblehead]

Mine never drops much by 1mmol so ideally above 5.5 but below 7 is where I want to be before bed.

 

[Glennbo]

I need mine between 7 and 9 if I want to avoid hypo land at night. Makes me think I need to change my game a little and decrease my lantus?
Although either way high fives would still worry me before bed....



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[Hellbunny]

Between 6.5-8 for me

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[Rockape671]

Ideally high 5s to low 7s for me, I was 6.7 before bed last night and 5.8 in the morning.