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Morning highs

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Tina1234

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Hi can anyone tell me why my bs is high first thing in the morning. I would have thought if I haven't eaten for 12 hours they would be low ? Confused !
Am I doing something wrong ?


Tina
 
Hi Tina,

It is quite a common experience for diabetics and is called the Dawn Phenomenon.

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/blood-glucose/dawn-phenomenon.html

People employ various strategies to try and stop this but for some people regardless of what they try they experience it.
A small protein snack before bedtime, adding vinegar/lemon juice to an appropriate evening meal, no caffeine after 6.00 pm are some of the methods used.
 
Mine have been worryingly high in the morning, I am on four injections a day and take lanctus every 24 hours as a background insulin. My bg returns back to normal in the mornings if I put I change the dosage of the lanctus.

I think it will l depend on what insulin your taking and the dosage, maybe put the dosage up and see if it solves the problem or you may be having hypos in the night and bouncing back up from that?
 
Hi Tina

It's commonplace for the liver to dump glucose into the bloodstream at dawn, in evolutionary terms to prepare us for all that hunting and gathering. Check out 'Dawn Phenomenon' on the forum.
 
Morning people have high BS in the morning. (my theory based on no scientific evidence whatsoever)
 
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