Naps

No you don't need insulin for naps, when we sleep/fast our basal insulin keeps things ticking over.

Perhaps you missed a bolus dose or miscalculated the carbs in your previous meal.

I always find my sugar drops after a nap/lie in (it did when I was on insulin pens) maybe I'm an active sleeper!!!

People with type 1 are strictly forbidden from taking naps.

It is only acceptable to: sleep, daydream, siesta, or doze off.

Side note: Catnaps are allowed, but only on Wednesdays.

mahola said:

My sugar drops if I have a lie in. I think it's from all the ninja moves I pull off whilst snoozing!

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Haha! Must be what happens to me too!!

I sometimes nap in the evenings or lie in some days too, but don't have trouble with my BGs. What @TorqPenderloin says is ****/rubbish. f you need to sleep I'd recommend doing a blood before, to check you're not high. As I find when I'm high I'm tired & lathargic, napping can bring down BGs if having enough insulin beforehand. Also depending on what activity you've done in the day to make you tired, this may not be a concern but just tiredness. hope things go well for you.

B583 said:

I sometimes nap in the evenings or lie in some days too, but don't have trouble with my BGs. What @TorqPenderloin says is ****/rubbish. f you need to sleep I'd recommend doing a blood before, to check you're not high. As I find when I'm high I'm tired & lathargic, napping can bring down BGs if having enough insulin beforehand. Also depending on what activity you've done in the day to make you tired, this may not be a concern but just tiredness. hope things go well for you.

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Admittedly, my sarcasm can be a bit subtle at times, but I didn't think there was any possible way for my previous post to be taken seriously....apparently, I was wrong. You must be awfully fun at parties.

TorqPenderloin said:

Admittedly, my sarcasm can be a bit subtle at times, but I didn't think there was any possible way for my previous post to be taken seriously....apparently, I was wrong. You must be awfully fun at parties.

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LOL that had me in stitches

I concur

B583 said:

I sometimes nap in the evenings or lie in some days too, but don't have trouble with my BGs. What @TorqPenderloin says is ****/rubbish. f you need to sleep I'd recommend doing a blood before, to check you're not high. As I find when I'm high I'm tired & lathargic, napping can bring down BGs if having enough insulin beforehand. Also depending on what activity you've done in the day to make you tired, this may not be a concern but just tiredness. hope things go well for you.

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Oh for heavens sake @TorqPenderloin was having a bit of fun lighten up a bit.

B583 said:

napping can bring down BGs if having enough insulin beforehand.

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Hiya, are you sure it's the nap that's lowering your blood sugar, and not the insulin you had before hand? I would have thought a nap wouldnt really have much independent impact on blood sugar (I'm just guessing, but I would have thought you would have to be asleep for well over two hours and into REM to get a liver dump, which might raise blood sugar & two hours of doing nothing - excluding sleep martial arts! - shouldn't really drop you, unless your basal is a bit over enthusiastic).

For OP, I'm going to suggest it's unlikely the nap raised your blood sugar, it's more likely it was on the rise & it was the hyper that was making you need an afternoon nap. God knows, I'm basically asleep on my feet if my blood sugar is going up to the 20s!