Type 1 Confused

[suk]

Hi, I wonder if any of you experience this. I’ll wake up with a low blood glucose, say 4 and without me eating anything it starts to rise?

 

[therower]

Hi, I wonder if any of you experience this. I’ll wake up with a low blood glucose, say 4 and without me eating anything it starts to rise?

Feet on the floor. It’s quite common. I usually get it on a Saturday morning. I get up but don’t do breakfast for ma6be another hour or so. I usually have a small amount of bolus to cover it.
You get out of bed and with the absence of food and insulin/ bolus your body / liver decides to supply energy to start you off for the day.
Eat breakfast and take bolus on rising usually prevents the occurrence.

 

[suk]

 

[sweetbloodsher]

Yep, really normal due to hormones. Happens every day. Just bolus.

 

[SamJB]

It's a well-know effect, experienced by (all?) T1s. It's called the Dawn Phenomenon, it happens when the liver dumps some glucose into your bloodstream; because you've been fasting overnight and it's your body's way of giving you an energy kick.