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Hi, thought I’d share this in case it works for anyone else! Since diagnosis two years ago I’ve always had the foot-on-floor rise and recently also a bit of dawn phenomenon too. Since starting taking 6 or 7 pistachios at bedtime this has all stopped! They are low GI and apparently also good for...

Having to think about it so much! Its exhausting making so many decisions on a daily basis, and I hate how rubbish I feel when I’m having a bad patch with rollercoaster bloods - especially trying to handle hormonal days

Hi, just wanted to add that I was having a similar issue, I was rising from around 5 am and would wake to a reading between 8-9 and then the foot-on-the-floor would also kick in making breakfast tricky. I decided to try a low GI snack before bed as someone suggested and now wake up to a lovely...

Hi! I’m 49 and in perimenopause- I was having such a rollercoaster of blood sugars and asked to go on HRT. I’m on my third month and found it has helped a lot! Hormones can really mess things up, I was all over the place and now I have pretty good control all month x

I was 47, I had no idea you could be diagnosed as an adult and knew nothing about T1 diabetes!

I’ve been the same, I’ve been gradually lowering my Tresiba (basal) and that seemed to have helped. The last ten days have been exhausting as I was having the low alarms going off two-three times a night and having to micro manage all day with jelly babies

Spiking is so frustrating isn’t it, I’ve tried different boluses, different timing of boluses etc but nothing works and I end up having to walk for hours and reduce the carbs. There’s not much help out there for us diabetics with hormone issues and/or menopause is there. If I stumble upon...

Hi, I’ve also just started HRT! Are you on the patches? I take Evorel Sequi, oestrogen for the first two weeks then progesterone for the last two as I still have periods. That’s great you feel better, I can’t help with the higher readings I’m afraid? Is it progesterone that causes the higher...

It’s such a balancing act! The libres great for seeing what sneakiness our bloods are up to through the night isn’t it. I don’t want to set an alarm as I have sleep anxiety and don’t want to go down the rabbit hole of insomnia again so I’ll just have to experiment with timings in the morning. I...

Hi, it’s just started happening with me for the last week. I was always ‘foot on the floor’ before this but now I rise at 4 am, I can see what’s happening on the Libre. This is much harder to manage, good to read the comments and might help with getting a pump by the look of it. I stumbled upon...

Hi, just wanted to say hello and that I think it’s normal to be anxious around food at first. I think I read here, or another forum, that it takes around three years on average to get confident with food after diagnosis. I’m a year and a half in and the first few months (probably a year) I had a...

Hi, having really erratic bloods and strong symptoms of perimenopause. Does anyone have experience of HRT and does it help with blood sugar control?

Thanks, yes have been checking blood sugar quite a bit and taking it easy today

Hi, I had chicken pakora (shop bought) last night - first time since diagnosis (as had actually had food poisoning with it just before my diagnosis!) and everything seemed fine until six hours later, during the night my bloods shot up to 17 and it’s taken 11 hours and five units to get back in a...

Thanks, I’m so glad I asked, it would make sense as I do feel so restless when I sleep just now. The Libre is on the back of an arm but yes I could be sleeping on it when I’m moving around so much. I do love Tresiba but it’s tricky to change when I’m premenstrual, ideally I need to go up a unit...

Thanks, maybe it’s that - quite sharp pointy up then a wee bit down then up then sharp down etc. My quality of sleep is rubbish just now, I definitely feel restless through the night

Hi, I used to have a pretty much straight line as I slept (on the Libre) but recently it’s all over the place! I haven’t changed dinner time meals or anything but have had a few issues trying to get my basal right - would this be the problem or could it be the warmer weather? I’m passed the ten...

Hi, like Chloelox I found the honeymoon period really tricky - a spike of 11 really isn’t anything to worry about and I remember my carb ratios were all over the place which was really hard to manage some days. Hopefully you’ll have an easier time with it but try not to beat yourself up about it...

Hi, I think I must have been diagnosed at the same time as you but age 47! How are you getting along with everything? I feel that I’ve finally come to terms with the diagnosis but it’s taken over a year to gain any confidence with food x

Hi, oh no you have such a lot on your plate. Is there any way you can ask for a dietician to help? They work alongside the diabetic teams in hospital and I found them to be so helpful in the early days. He/she can help work out your carb ratios (if you are eligible for a Libre you can share your...