Of course I mean “emotionally”. Overnight my numbers are raised and I feel cheated and consequently mildly depressed.How do you deal with this?
E
Hi Estragon,
I'm not an expert so I can only talk from my experience an my understanding:
The Dawn Phenomenon happens even in people who aren't diabetic, it is a good and natural process to give us plenty of energy in order to go and hunt/gather our first meal of the day.
Our bodies always work best within a range for almost any measurement from temperature to hormones, to Weight and Blood Glucose. Over time, our bodies get used to the level of Weight or Blood Glucose that we find ourselves in. This means that after a prolonged period of having high Blood Glucose (or High Weight)
the body will try to maintain that against our conscious effort to reduce it!
So it is my understanding that by keeping my BG readings lower at the post-prandial reading and keeping the post prandial BG spikes lower my average BG as shown by my HbA1c gets lower.
This is what we all observe when we control our BG.
- So if the theory is correct about the range of BG that our body has grown used to, eventually this range will be re-set lower and hence our Dawn Phenomenon high BG levels will also reduce!