Yep! High ish all day.I’ve got a little curiosity...it happens to me to wake up with really HI levels(~15) but after I do the correction dose it still takes me about 4h to lower...is it anyone else having the same issue in here? Thanks and have a nice evening
Hi
I find if I exercise, and by exercise I mean a brisk walk, helps my levels reduce quicker.
I have been lambasted in the past by people who say exercise has the opposite effect but that's how my body works.
Its worth a try.
Good luck
Tony
Tony, I agree with you. Yes, hard and long exercise might raise glucose levels directly after it but I find that for the rest of the day my levels are very much lower. If I exercise more gently (ie for under 40 minutes and at a slower speed), I don't get a rise at all and again, for the entire day my levels are much lower. Even for those who do experience a rise immediately after exercise I am convinced that the benefits (not just for diabetes either) far outweigh a momentary rise (in my case anyway). An initial rise for an hour or so followed by up to 23 hours of lower levels, I know which I prefer.
Hi
I find if I exercise, and by exercise I mean a brisk walk, helps my levels reduce quicker.
I have been lambasted in the past by people who say exercise has the opposite effect but that's how my body works.
Its worth a try.
Good luck
Tony
Hi Ali, what are your overnight readings? Have you checked? It could be that the morning high’s a liver dump - sometimes the extra glucose that the liver releases to combat low blood glucose hangs around for a long time as the liver closes the door to taking it back again.
Can you get hold of a Libre or a Dexcom to find out what’s happening?
Mike@work... hi I know I have a dawn phenomenon it’s just don’t get it why my sugar level is not going down after the correction dose but after more then 4 h when I end up in a hypo
Are you saying that levels don’t drop at all for 4 hours???
You do need to find out what time the rises in your levels start. Mine start at 3.30am and I have my first injection of the day at 3am each day. Then another 2 injections before my feet hit the floor.
It sound if you also have waking phenomenon if your levels are rising up to 20 on getting up.
Yes - I have to revise my former statement a bit. I think your answer is more accurate, when you say there is (maybe also) a "feet on the floor"-problem.
May I ask you "Ali2003io" - what kind of insulin do you use, and if you maybe use both fast-acting and long-acting. Especially if you use both, it could be important to get a hint about how you use them. Maybe we could then, give some more informed suggestions...
If you use "fast" and "slow" insulins in combination, there is a possibility that your fast-acting dose is not enough to cover the BSL-rise, and your BSL lowering happens, only after your long-acting starts to have effect.
To this problem, you could also add the following...
"This may be further compounded in the early morning hours because our body is more insulin resistant compared to the rest of the day" - taken from:
https://blog.virtahealth.com/dawn-phenomenon/
Hi Tony, for me walking or exercising is not helping don’t know why...thank you
Hi again, I use Levemir 30u before bed Plus 20 u in the morning and Humalog for meals