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So I seem to suffer from intermittent DP and am unsure how best to deal with it.
So the facts so far: about 75-80% of the time my sugar level suddenly starts rising at about 3am in the morning, by the time my alarm has gone off for work (about 6:25) my sugar levels will have gone up by anywhere between 5 and 12 - this morning I was 5-6 at 3am (according to the libre - and it had been level since midnight) when it started going up and by 6:25am ish when I got up it was 16ish - thanks Mr Liver!
Looking at the libre the amount it goes up doesn't seem to correlate with the number as it was at 3am - it can go up a lot whether it starts at 4 or whether it starts at 8-9.
However the other 20-25% of the time it seems to stay pretty level all night until I have breakfast.
Doesn't seem to make a difference whether its a weekday or weekend.
So yeah, anyone any clues as to how to deal with this without having to get up at 4am to check - on the grounds that I'm tired enough already when I get up (I don't think I sleep particularly well), if I get up at 4am I'll likely be a complete menace on the road at 7.10am due to tiredness (and the M4 is already bad enough without me being half asleep!)
So the facts so far: about 75-80% of the time my sugar level suddenly starts rising at about 3am in the morning, by the time my alarm has gone off for work (about 6:25) my sugar levels will have gone up by anywhere between 5 and 12 - this morning I was 5-6 at 3am (according to the libre - and it had been level since midnight) when it started going up and by 6:25am ish when I got up it was 16ish - thanks Mr Liver!
Looking at the libre the amount it goes up doesn't seem to correlate with the number as it was at 3am - it can go up a lot whether it starts at 4 or whether it starts at 8-9.
However the other 20-25% of the time it seems to stay pretty level all night until I have breakfast.
Doesn't seem to make a difference whether its a weekday or weekend.
So yeah, anyone any clues as to how to deal with this without having to get up at 4am to check - on the grounds that I'm tired enough already when I get up (I don't think I sleep particularly well), if I get up at 4am I'll likely be a complete menace on the road at 7.10am due to tiredness (and the M4 is already bad enough without me being half asleep!)
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