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Happy_Horse

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Hi, I wondered if this had I happened to anyone? I have no idea what to do?

Go to bed (22:00) blood sugar = 5.5
Night testing (1:00) blood sugar = 7.6
In the morning blood sugar = 21.5

This is happening every night, how can I help?
 
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Happy_Horse said:
Hi, I wondered if this had I happened to anyone? I have no idea what to do?

Go to bed (22:00) blood sugar = 5.5
Night testing (1:00) blood sugar = 7.6
In the morning blood sugar = 21.5

This is happening every night, how can I help?
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I have quite high readings in the morning mostly, but nothing like the jump you have... are you on medication? They say not to eat carbs at night... I don't eat them at all and am still not on meds... Brunneria is my inspiration.. :)
 
Happy_Horse said:
Hi, I wondered if this had I happened to anyone? I have no idea what to do?

Go to bed (22:00) blood sugar = 5.5
Night testing (1:00) blood sugar = 7.6
In the morning blood sugar = 21.5

This is happening every night, how can I help?
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One of the other chaps told me that if you eat a snack before bed it helps... another one eats an oatcake and a piece of cheese... I usually forget to eat something, but I make hot chocolate with cacao, butter and coconut oil sometimes... It's a nightmare really, isn't it? I have done so much research I find myself questioning everything the DN tells me... My doc is very good and says he won't give me meds while my 3-monthly test is so normal... No carbs then.. :)
 
Happy_Horse said:
Hi, I wondered if this had I happened to anyone? I have no idea what to do?

Go to bed (22:00) blood sugar = 5.5
Night testing (1:00) blood sugar = 7.6
In the morning blood sugar = 21.5

This is happening every night, how can I help?
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Are you on insulin Happy Horse? If so, you need help from other insulin users.
 
Hi HH.

You need to stop the yo yoing.
I'd do this by setting my alarm to go off every 2 hours and test BG, then take insulin if it rises and take glucose if it falls (not food).
Eating food a few hours before bed or at night can cause issues due to night time absorption delays - found this out whilst pumping :-), if I eat at say 10pm, the food can take 6 hours to get into my bloodstream. Glucose goes in quickly at night.

Once you have sorted out the yo yoing, then you need to work out what is causing such high BG in morning - either too much food before bed, or going hypo at night. If you do not normally get high BG's at this level then I'd guess its caused by a low overnight. Adjust insulin to meet this need.

Please also look up the dawn phenomenon, this is normal for IDD's where BG rises in the morning, for me its 4am to 6am, I need more insulin then but I would not reach the heights you do.

When I was injecting I never got consistently good night time management (I could be good for weeks but then have a bad stretch), this only got fixed properly when I moved to a pump.
 
I'm on insulin pens, so maybe pump is good? I just don't really like the idea of having a tube and needle stuck in my side! I sounds a bit uncomfortable, but I guess you get used to it. I did ask at the hospital today, and they say I should do continuous blood monitoring for a few days. I guess that might work.
 
It's either night time hypo rebounding to high morning BG, or your basal insulin is badly wrong. Eg are you injecting a relatively small amount of basal levemir first thing in the morning? If so it will run out early the following morning.
 
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