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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gjimmy" data-source="post: 198237" data-attributes="member: 29237">In my experience the dawn phenomenon is enhanced considerably by the analogue insulins Lantus and Levemir and to a lesser degree by Novorapid and Humalog. The Lantus especially when taken in large doses prior to going to bed acts as a super concentrated growth hormone which enhances the dawn phenomenon.Since I've been taking animal insulin, my dawn phenomenon is now negligible with much less insulin taken at bedtime.Because the Lantus or Levemir has a flat profile, large doses are required to counteract the effect of the dawn phenomenon which of course creates high levels of growth hormone. Making  Lantus or Levemir the cause and also the cure for the dawn Phenomenon. Which is actually a medical paradox which nobody should be in.Anybody can test this theory by simply not taking your Lantus before you go to bed (THIS IS NOT RECOMMENDED HOWEVER) . I did this and woke up to horrendous blood sugar levels over 25, because the dawn phenomenon had been exacerbated by the effect of the growth hormone during the day, but Lantus was not present during the night to correct the sugar levels.</blockquote>

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