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<blockquote data-quote="sgm14" data-source="post: 2459901" data-attributes="member: 517358"><p>Not sure how quickly you would fall asleep if your blood sugar is not extremely high, but would it be possible to set an alarm to wake you up say an hour after you go to sleep. That way, if your blood sugar has not started rising, you can just go back to sleep, but if it is rising you may be able to take a correction dose before it gets too high that stops you from getting back to sleep. You would obviously need to be careful about the size of the correction dose.</p><p></p><p>It would also be interesting to know if your blood sugar continued to rise after you woke up or stopped rising and whether it rises again when you go back to sleep.</p><p></p><p>I have heard of diabetics who have sleep disorders which causes them problems with their control, so is it possible this is some sort of undiagnosed sleep disorder? You could try cutting out caffeine to see if this has any effect and maybe reading up on what else can cause sleep issues. </p><p></p><p>I would consider having BS levels around 20 for most of the night (or not being able to sleep) to be a pretty serious issue, so maybe ask your diabetic team if it is worthwhile being referred to a sleep specialist. At the very least they would probably know if I am talking rubbish or whether this is possible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sgm14, post: 2459901, member: 517358"] Not sure how quickly you would fall asleep if your blood sugar is not extremely high, but would it be possible to set an alarm to wake you up say an hour after you go to sleep. That way, if your blood sugar has not started rising, you can just go back to sleep, but if it is rising you may be able to take a correction dose before it gets too high that stops you from getting back to sleep. You would obviously need to be careful about the size of the correction dose. It would also be interesting to know if your blood sugar continued to rise after you woke up or stopped rising and whether it rises again when you go back to sleep. I have heard of diabetics who have sleep disorders which causes them problems with their control, so is it possible this is some sort of undiagnosed sleep disorder? You could try cutting out caffeine to see if this has any effect and maybe reading up on what else can cause sleep issues. I would consider having BS levels around 20 for most of the night (or not being able to sleep) to be a pretty serious issue, so maybe ask your diabetic team if it is worthwhile being referred to a sleep specialist. At the very least they would probably know if I am talking rubbish or whether this is possible. [/QUOTE]
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