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Can you have High and low BG

daffy1

daffy1

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When i was first dx I had a BG30 and was discharged from hosp when it got down to 19.

For the last few months ive been struggling to get to get myBG down and now its averaging 9-10.The last couple of days tho its been high (10) when i first get up then dropping down to 4 by the evening. I know it should not go below 4, but is this normal to drop so dramatically after a days eating.I would have thought if anything it would rise.

Should i contact the GP or is this a normal thing to happen
 
It is probably due to not being so resisdent to insulin in the evening as you are in the more, this does happen..

Some of it can be due to how and when you take your medication, but as your levels are higher than they idealy should be I would have a word with your GP and/or diabetic nurse, has you may need a medication change and/or adjustment that will help to lower and stablise your blood glucose better..

I would also have a think about what you are eating in the mornings, to see whether you could improve this are by changes in what you are eating and perhaps take a look at portion sizes etc..
 
Dear daffy1,

I'd advise that you speak to your doctor about the fluctuations in your blood glucose levels.

The two medications that you take ... assuming that your profile is still up to date ... work in different ways. The gliclazide stimulates your pancreas to produce more insulin, and the metformin makes your body's cells less resistant to the effects of insulin. (It also works by limiting the release of glycogen from the liver (that's the way the liver stores glucose, by the way), as well as limiting the absorption of glucose through the walls of the intestines.)

Hopefully, either your doctor or your diabetes specialist nurse will have some suggestions for you.

Best of luck to you.

Lots of Love and Light.

Mick
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P.S. Please don't be offended, or alarmed, at the "x's". It's merely a logo, of sorts, that I've used for some 30-odd years now ... from way before Political Correctness came into vogue.
 
When we first wake/get up some of us experience the Dawn Phenomenon, which basically is the liver dumping glucose into the system. This is described somewhere on this site and a system search should find it for you.
 
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