Bloods going high between waking up and breakfast

Hey jade ,
I've had the same problem , are you on split doses for your background insulin ?

A lot of people told me it was Dawn Phenomenon . And a lot of people need a few units of fast rapid insulin to start the day wether they have eaten or not . Maybe this is something you need .

I am on split doses , and to solve the problem for me I moved my timing of my background around and have it earlier so I have it as soon as I wake up rather than later like I was , and on the weekdays I will have my breakfast within half an hour of this having my fast acting insulin it keeps me stable . But also on the weekend when I miss having breakfast I have been stable due to bringing my lantus forward . I'm not saying it will work for you as I know everyone is different nor am I saying what I have done is right , but it has worked for me .

Take care .
x

Hi Jade, I agree with Chloe. I find I have to have some extra insulin to cover the time if delay in eating breakfast.
Are you pregnant as this can make the dawn phenomenon much worse in some people.
Good luck figuring this all out.
Jess x

Defiantly worth a go , to try and stop the highs as it's so annoying when you see them on your meter and can't work it out lol .

Good luck .

x

Hi Jade88,

Someone will correct me if I'm wrong here but I'm pretty sure what happens when you get up and don't eat for a couple of hours your liver will dump a load of glucose to compensate for you not eating anything and then of course your blood sugar will shoot up. If you can't eat within an hour of getting up try increasing your background but as others have said you may also need some fast acting insulin to avoid the highs.

Hey jade .

How have you been getting on with your bms , hope all is well

x

the dawn phenomenon is responsible for waking high but also continuing to rise into the morning..........

its basically a response to fasting for many hours, so unfortunately that means you need to get something in your stomach to stop the liver dump.......

I found a small yogurt was palatable early in the morning and stopped the liver dump.............you ca experiment with what suits you best.......

I suffered dawn phenomenon throughout pregnancy. I had to set my alarm for 6.15 each morning and take Humalog, my dosage changed throughout my pregnancy. It stopped once baby came but I find I am waking up quite high again so I'll need to start it again. x x


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Moaney said:

I suffered dawn phenomenon throughout pregnancy. I had to set my alarm for 6.15 each morning and take Humalog, my dosage changed throughout my pregnancy. It stopped once baby came but I find I am waking up quite high again so I'll need to start it again. x x


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Are you not up reasonably early with the youngster anyway................

I know I am...

Yea I check my blood at like 4/5 when she's up but they're fine then I check at 7/8 & they're high :\


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