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<blockquote data-quote="Diamattic" data-source="post: 1649708" data-attributes="member: 138639"><p>hahaha no..I am very much always reacting. Always acting on what it is giving it.</p><p></p><p>There are some nights, when you just eat something before bed and your sugars spike.</p><p>So you get an alarm 1 hour after eating even though you have bolused already.</p><p>Then you get another one 2 hours after eating because you are still over 10,</p><p>then you get another one at 3 hours and you think "maybe i didn't bolus enough' so you bolus again,</p><p>so you get another alarm 30 minutes later because that bolus hasn't had really taken effect,</p><p>then you get an alarm because your 'dropping too quickly' so you panic a bit, and see what happens surely at this point its been just about 3-4 hours without sleeping however now its way past your bed time.</p><p>You get another alarm because now your going low because of all the bolus that happened after all the alarms...</p><p>and the whole roller coaster repeats and you end up just not sleeping on a tuesday night and your whole work week is shot.</p><p></p><p>This has happened to me on ever dex cycle. I know if i just didn't eat before bed this could be solved, but honestly its very difficult to sleep when your stomach is rumbling. I can't alone in this haha</p><p></p><p>If you have ever had a roller coaster day or night, a Dexcom will pretty much just add alarms every 30 minutes to make sure you stay focusing on it - it is not always a good thing IMO.</p><p></p><p>EDIT - Also in regards to that 3.1 - it is a something you cannot change, or turn off. However, it is a very loud high pitched beeping. I have had this happen on days 1 or 2 when it wasn't fully broken in, just randomly throughout the day. I would be standing next to co workers chatting and have a blasting siren go off and then check my sugars and see I am at like 4.5.. Its happened while driving on the highway and I freaked out and pulled over in a cold sweat and checked and i was at 7.1. - that sensor, for some reason just stayed LO and beeped for hours, before failing on the first day. Imagine if that was the night before a big meeting, or job interview, or if you were at work or in class ? </p><p>I think i will stick the Libre - no beeps at all! haha</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Diamattic, post: 1649708, member: 138639"] hahaha no..I am very much always reacting. Always acting on what it is giving it. There are some nights, when you just eat something before bed and your sugars spike. So you get an alarm 1 hour after eating even though you have bolused already. Then you get another one 2 hours after eating because you are still over 10, then you get another one at 3 hours and you think "maybe i didn't bolus enough' so you bolus again, so you get another alarm 30 minutes later because that bolus hasn't had really taken effect, then you get an alarm because your 'dropping too quickly' so you panic a bit, and see what happens surely at this point its been just about 3-4 hours without sleeping however now its way past your bed time. You get another alarm because now your going low because of all the bolus that happened after all the alarms... and the whole roller coaster repeats and you end up just not sleeping on a tuesday night and your whole work week is shot. This has happened to me on ever dex cycle. I know if i just didn't eat before bed this could be solved, but honestly its very difficult to sleep when your stomach is rumbling. I can't alone in this haha If you have ever had a roller coaster day or night, a Dexcom will pretty much just add alarms every 30 minutes to make sure you stay focusing on it - it is not always a good thing IMO. EDIT - Also in regards to that 3.1 - it is a something you cannot change, or turn off. However, it is a very loud high pitched beeping. I have had this happen on days 1 or 2 when it wasn't fully broken in, just randomly throughout the day. I would be standing next to co workers chatting and have a blasting siren go off and then check my sugars and see I am at like 4.5.. Its happened while driving on the highway and I freaked out and pulled over in a cold sweat and checked and i was at 7.1. - that sensor, for some reason just stayed LO and beeped for hours, before failing on the first day. Imagine if that was the night before a big meeting, or job interview, or if you were at work or in class ? I think i will stick the Libre - no beeps at all! haha [/QUOTE]
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