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Morning hangover feeling

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Bennett1211

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
Just curios if anyone else gets like this:
I have been type 1 for a few months.
I have managed to get my sugars to stay predominately between 5-8
With the occasional misjudged hypo or slight high.

Generally I feel okay, always quite tired but don't know if that's the diabetes or just me in general.

Every morning for the past 2 months when I wake up I feel like I have got a stinking hangover for the first couple of hours in the morning.

I usually wake up with my sugars at around 6, and don't have night time hypos.

Just wondering if this is a common feeling before I go and bother the doctors with silly things.

Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
 
Bennett1211 said:
I usually wake up with my sugars at around 6, and don't have night time hypos.
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I'd do some bg tests through the night just to make sure your bg isn't dipping low in the early hours, a hypo in the night can leave you tired and feeling like your recovering from a hangover the next morning.
 
@Bennett1211 - I'd have to agree with @noblehead - the non-drinking hangover for me is a surefire indicator of a low, and possibly quite a prolonged one, during the night. I'd second getting up every two hours in the night to test - choose a night and just do it, or purchasing a Freestyle Libre sensor for £49 and using it for two weeks with your phone to fine tune what's going on.
 
I would guess your blood sugars are dropping in the night and your having a hypo.

Maybe set your alarm for 2am and check to see how you're doing
 
Sometimes you can hypo and not realise it, for me a huge headache is my main indicator. When I wake afterwards my sugars are always in range. I know I've hypo'd though xx
 
Only things I can think of are:
Hypo (since starting Libre I've seen a couple where I was only low for about 30mins and slept right through - would be hard to catch with strip tests)
Then maybe:
Dehydration/overheating
Neck pain can manifest as headache
Sleep apnea maybe? (Reduced oxygen, poor quality sleep)
 
Thank you. I will set an alarm every few hours through the night tonight and see what my BG is at.
I have had hypo during the night before and wake up with it.
Just find it strange that my levels are always fine when I wake up in the morning and check them.
I wouldn't mind feeling hungover if I had actually enjoyed copious amounts of alcohol the night before but hangover without the alcohol is no fun!!
Thank you all for you suggestion!
 


Haha!! I know, I havnt been obscenely drunk since being diagnosed!

As with the person above, since using the libre i can see that I drop more in the night than I could have ever anticipated but when I wake up my sugars are still within range. Its weird! but for whatever reason my body does what it needs to! When I have a hypo I can't snap out of ive so far always woken up. I definitely think that by eating a whole grain or low GI snack before bed that this combats my lows
 
I just found this after reading another thread, I don't know if it helps to explain more normal readings when you wake up:

"The dawn phenomenon is a natural rise in blood glucose between 4 and 8 a.m., which happens because of hormonal changes in the body. All people have the “dawn phenomenon,” whether they have diabetes or not. People without diabetes would never notice it happening, as a normal body's insulin response adjusts for this."
 
Just an update..
Well I checked it at midnight last night and it was at 7.2
Then at 3am it was at 7.0.
And 6am it was still 7.0.
And now it is at6.8.
I still feel like I have a hangover this morning aswell.
Doesn't make sense to me.. stupid diabetes

Thank you all again
 
@Bennett1211 I'd still check again for a few more nights to be sure, sometimes i don't wake during a nigh time hypo but feel this way in the morning - also speak to your GP to rule out any other possible medical conditions too.
 
Hi!

I'm sure I have exactly what you're having. In the past having a heavy night meant I was waking up early shaking and feeling rough as hell.

The past 6 months I have been feeling like that every single morning and I was diagnosed with T1 roughly a month ago. I have been reading my bloods for 3 months and they're always above 8 in the morning, but yet I feel horrendous. Seems to be fine at 8 all other times during the day.

Ryan
 
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