My fasting blood sugars are between 5 & 6.5 on a morning before food or meds
My question is does getting up at around 4am affect blood sugar levels
My question is does getting up at around 4am affect blood sugar levels
Type 2 Fasting blood sugars
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LaoDan
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I’m early to bed, early to rise. I naturally wake up at 5:AM. Right when the Asian Koels start sounding off. No issues here.
I think what matters is your on a schedule and get good sleep. Although I’ve heard people working graveyard have issues.
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I can only give you my experience - I'd guess that it's not the time you set the alarm for that causes it. First year after diagnosis my FBG was around the level you describe - I couldn't see any pattern to it. BG back in non-diabetic range didn't affect things. I had the dawn phenomenon glucose dump - it woke me up anytime from 3.30am onwards. Daylight seems to have soemthing to do with that.
In the last six months the FBG has dropped back to 4.8-5,6 territory - still get the dawn phenom, though. It does seem to be something that takes most time to drop back.
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Does for me, as I never seemed to have rid myself of Dawn Phenomenon. My liver starts dumping until I eat, whether it's 2 a.m. or 6 a.m., which can be a bit of a pain. That explained my HbA1c of 35 when I usually see 4's and 5's during the day. Turns out I have night-time sixes. So yeah, higher blood sugars can happen.
