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Morning high - advice on cause

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char87

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London
Type of diabetes
Type 1
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Insulin
Hi

I have been changing my overnight levemir a bit as am low carbing and had been havign some overnight hypos. I was on 10 units but having hypos in the night, so dropped it to 8. On tuesday night this worked fine, as I went to bed on 5 and woke up on 6. Last night, I did the injection a bit earlier (around 9.30 instead of the usual 10.30) and I woke up at 9.3 - it was 6 when i went to bed.

I was just wondering if any one had any thoughts on the rise- could it be because of the earlier injection or may the 8 units not be enough? I had the same dinner both nights. On Tuesday night I checked my sugar level at 4am when i woke up to go to the toilet and it was 4, so there was a bit of an early morning rise but obviously not as much as today. Am just a bit unsure what to do tonight, as dont want hypos in the night but also dont want to be high when i wake!

Thanks in advance!
 
char87 said:
Hi

I have been changing my overnight levemir a bit as am low carbing and had been havign some overnight hypos. I was on 10 units but having hypos in the night, so dropped it to 8. On tuesday night this worked fine, as I went to bed on 5 and woke up on 6. Last night, I did the injection a bit earlier (around 9.30 instead of the usual 10.30) and I woke up at 9.3 - it was 6 when i went to bed.

I was just wondering if any one had any thoughts on the rise- could it be because of the earlier injection or may the 8 units not be enough? I had the same dinner both nights. On Tuesday night I checked my sugar level at 4am when i woke up to go to the toilet and it was 4, so there was a bit of an early morning rise but obviously not as much as today. Am just a bit unsure what to do tonight, as dont want hypos in the night but also dont want to be high when i wake!

Thanks in advance!
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Unless you are hypoing overnight, I would leave it for a few days to see if there's a pattern. Usually best not to change anything based on a single result.
 
Thanks for the replies. I know that repeat checking makes sense - am just frustrated as haven't been high for the last couple of weeks and don't want to swap lows for highs! Will keep checking it :)
 
a 9.3 inst terribly high for the morning to be honest...............I understand though if its not the normal behaviour........

you went from 6 to 9.3, so not a large increase..........

I find that even with the same conditions in terms of food, insulin dose and timing, you wont always get the same numbers as your body is always in a different environment in a hormone sense......:)

its a complex business were in and we are by no means near the perfect treatment.......
 
Agreed, never make adjustments going from one reading, check again tonight and see what results you get.
 
Thanks for the comments - today I went to bed at 5 and work up at 3 so there definitely isn't a pattern!
 
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