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Message: <blockquote data-quote="D-ED" data-source="post: 323271" data-attributes="member: 50913">Hi Jane, thank you for your quick reply and suggestions.I eat about 100-150 carbs a day which I don't think is a lot, not enough to make me feel like having a nap anyway. I have seen people who eat a large meal and fall asleep afterwards but I was never a big eater and never fell asleep or felt tired after meals even before being diagnosed a diabetic when I was eating bigger meals and carbs at around 300 daily. I only drink decaf tea and no alcohol wahatsoever. I drink Turkish coffee a couple times a day but never after about 5/6pm. After diagnoses I started eating some carbs about 10pm which helped with keeping my morning BGs down, between 5 and 6 but 7+ if I didn't eat anything. The thing I don't understand is that if carbs are what makes me so tired then should I not be able to sleep more Instead of suffering from insomnia? Is it possible that carbs have a different effect on me as far as insomnia is concerned that is keeping me tired but awake instead of acting like some sort of a sleeping aid that some people seem to suffer? I did try turning the TV off and not reading for about a week but that didn't work either. I twisted and turned around in bed till about 6/7 am till I finally went to sleep. Actually this made even worse in my case because I was sleeping till about 12-1 midday and couldn't sleep all night that night because of it. I do take some other medication for other illnesses I have but I am assured by my GP that none of them are the cause for my sleeping problems. Depression maybe, will have to speak to my GP about it. ED</blockquote>

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