dawn phenomenon

  1. Postleneo

    Dawn on a new day!?

    Though i'd just write a quick post as am a little confused. Blood sugars have been great over the last couple of weeks and have been 'controlling' the Dawn Effect by basically injecting insulin just before breakfast at 05:15 am with giving an additional unit of Novorapid to cover the 4-5 mmol...
  2. Postleneo

    Dawn Effect...Confused......I will be!!!

    Ok folks... got to say I've been really pleased lately as I thought I had my diabetes figured out - with micro managing this wonderful condition I had noticed that the DP usually hit me between about 5 am - 8 am where my sugar levels rose between 4 and 5 mmol and was running high post meal. with...
  3. CherryAA

    Dawn Phenomenon - question for you guys waking in the 5's

    I seem to suffer quite a lot from the dawn thing, First thing I start out around 7 , it rises to about 8 by start of breakfast and then goes up to say 10/ 11 at one hour, back to around 8 ish by 3 hours and stays at that kind of level till lunch. Lunch I get a much lower spike - up to...
  4. Postleneo

    Happy days!!!

    Hope i am not being too premature but i thought I would just share this - As you may or may not be aware if you have read my previous posts - I am T1D on MGI's taking Novorapid and Lantus and i have been having quite a few issues which i have sought advice using this forum regarding problems...
  5. Postleneo

    Sudden head rush

    Thought i would mention a weird experience i had this morning - been having a few issues with the DP for a while and fairly high readings 2 hours post meal (especially after lunch) for a while - but readings about 4-5 hours after luch do come down to within exeptable levels - any later they...
  6. P

    Type 1: High morning blood sugar/ Dawn Phenomenon

    Hi all, I've been struggling with high waking blood sugars which I've attributed to a Dawn Phenomenon (although a consult I saw was sceptical despite a months of Libre data showing it) that I see start to rise my sugars at around 3-4am. I was just wondering how other people deal with them? I...
  7. Postleneo

    Fighting the Dawn effect!!

    Anyone else having a nightmare with the early morning Dawn Effect?? - if so I would really appreciate comments on how you combat or deal with this ..... been getting a nightmare for me over past few months - always seems to raise between 3.5 and 7 mmol's for me within 2 hours of waking but the...
  8. Postleneo

    12 Months From Diagnosis. Type1.

    Hi all I'm quite new to forum discussions and would appreciate any advice. I have been diagnosed T1D last September and have been trying to do everything as best I can by the book. After 12 months of trial and error my blood sugars are still not quite right. there are weeks where my sugars have...
  9. S

    Type 1.5 Rollercoaster Levels Post Prandial and Fatigue

    Hi Everyone, Long time reader of the forums, but first time poster. I'm having a problem with my levels, mainly that whenever I eat I seem to have huge prolonged glucose spikes that last nearly 4-5hrs post prandial. I'm constantly fatigued, but also experiencing possible night time hypos and...
  10. ainiabdul

    Lantus Dose

    I know that there have been a lot of posts on basal insulin. I am a bit overwhelmed with the giant information posted by people and having difficulties sorting out which is which. I am very new to diabetes. Puzzled here and there many times, but working on it. Since I last diagnosed 3 weeks ago...
  11. 3

    Type 2 LCHF Issues

    Hi This is my first post and I am interested to hear the views of others who may have been in the same situation. I am aged 69 I have been T2 for around 20 years. I have always had fairly good BS control and have basically only ever had to take 80mg of Nidem (gliclazide) twice a day all that...
  12. Stevia_queen

    New pre diabetic with monitor needs help!

    I was told i was pre diabetic a month ago with a GP test at 6.4 borderline, I have cut out most sugary foods now. although for the first 3 weeks i was having a "treat" per week (chocolate bar or cream cake slice) I got myself a monitor 2 days ago and have been pricking myself 5 times a day and...
  13. v4victory

    Nasty surprise - lesson learnt

    Good morning all. A wet and grey morning in my corner of NZ. This is not the nasty surprise, we are grateful for the rain and do need some more. Our town council has had to enforce water restrictions in the last month. The nasty surprise was the reading of 9.2 that I got this morning after...