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Naps

jordanprince

jordanprince

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Location
Doncaster
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
Am I aloud to have naps?

I was having a good day with my blood sugar today, but then me and my girlfriend came home and had a nap in my bed. I woke up a few hours later and my sugar was 25!!

What is the recommended time for me to have naps?

Do I need insulin for my naps?

Thank you for everyone who helps :chicken:
 
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.
 
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
 
 
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!
 
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