Levels prior to sleep.

[Diabetic Al]

My doctor told me that I want to be at 6mmol before going to sleep.
I usually view anything over 5.6mmol as being ok.
What guidelines does everyone else follow?

 

[totsy]

i do prefer to be around 6 before bed

 

[Debloubed]

6 is my personal target so I aim for that but I have been to sleep at 5 before, but only if my other half is there, if I am alone I wouldn't be happy about going to bed at 4-5............

 

[Diabetic Al]

Cool.
Good to know we're all on the same page on this.
Was 4.4 before bed last night. Always seem to hit mid to low 4s the evening of a lunchtime gym visit.

 

[frenchkittie]

catherinecherub posted a great link about the dangers of hypoglycemia in this thread...
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=12037


I'll quote the relevant bit, an extract of conclusions from a study of a

"random sample of 58 insulin dependent diabetics receiving twice daily insulin...
...If the bedtime blood glucose concentration was below 6 mmol/l (108 mg/100 ml) the risk of nocturnal hypoglycaemia was 80% .

If the bedtime blood glucose concentration was above 6 mmol/l the likelihood of hypoglycaemia NOT occurring during the night was 88% (74-96%)."

Source http://www.iddtinternational.org/healthissues/hypoglycaemia.htm

 

[Diabetic Al]

Well that seems to settle it once and for all.