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tinka21

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Got my low sugar alarm set around 4.5 so I can react before it gets to low, when it goes off which is sometimes in the middle of the night i usually try to get away with 2 x glucose tablets and maybe a slice of bread and butter or a biscuit, sometimes it doesn't happen quick enough to where I end up in the threes, take a couple more glucose then when blood readings rise ,off back to sleep, usually on waking find my blood are high, should I have taken the 4 x glucose and bread in the first place or shoul I have ate something different,any advice appreciated.
 
Hi,

In my experience BG levels always drop lower before a rise after treating it.
Sounds like you may have over treated the low?
Easily done, if woken by it.
 
@tinka21 did you check your BG with a finger prick before treating the hypo and to check your recovery?
LIbre are brilliant but, like all CGMs, they have limitations.
For example, they may report low when you apply pressure such as lying on them when you are asleep and taking longer to report a hypo recovery.

Your levels may have gone hight because you treated a false hypo or because you over treated as you were waiting for the Libre to tell you that your levels were over 4.

Due to CGM limitations, it is recommended to always check highs and lows before treating unless you are feeling very low.
 
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@tinka21 did you check your BG with a finger prick before treating the hypo and to check your recovery?
LIbre are brilliant but, like all CGMs, they have limitations.
For example, they may report low when you apply pressure such as lying on them when you are asleep and taking longer to report a hypo recovery.

Your levels may have gone hight because you treated a false hypo or because you over treated as you were waiting for the Libre to tell you that your levels were over 4.

Due to CGM limitations, it is recommended to always check highs and lows before treating unless you are feeling very low.
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What would you say is the best way to do it , been woken before where the alarm has gone off at 4.5, had a biscuit ,snack, expecting my readings to go higher but they dont, all i want to do is to go back to sleep knowing that my bloods are in the 5s or 6s.
 
tinka21 said:
What would you say is the best way to do it , been woken before where the alarm has gone off at 4.5, had a biscuit ,snack, expecting my readings to go higher but they dont, all i want to do is to go back to sleep knowing that my bloods are in the 5s or 6s.
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First, I would recommend checking your Libre with a finger prick. I appreciate it is annoying when you want to get back to sleep.
The advice is to test with a finger prick, treat, wait 15 minutes and test again with a finger prick.
If you promise not to tell my DSN, I confess at night I do not wait those 15 minutes if I have no bolus insulin on board and haven't been doing more exercise than normal (my basal will not bring me down again), I am confident that with my treatment will raise me high enough to go back to sleep.
 
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