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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ME_Valentijn" data-source="post: 1386139">I'm currently eating about 60-65 carbs per day, 20 per meal, which is the minimum I can manage without getting sicker (chronic illness, impaired metabolism).  This has gotten my pre-lunch, 90 minute post-lunch, and pre-dinner values down to a reasonable level of around 5-7.   But at bedtime, my blood sugar has usually gone up to 8-11.  Testing at midnight-1am on a few occasions showed blood sugar going up a bit or staying about the same.  In the morning it's always 10-11, which gives me a nasty headache until it's gone down for a while.Any ideas what might be happening with my night values?  I often eat a similar portion of dinner leftovers for lunch, so it shouldn't be the food which is a problem.  I'm on 120mg of Gliclazide.  I've also been taking a low dose of Yohimbe for years in the morning and early afternoon to treat low pulse pressure, and it sounds like that might have an impact on blood sugar.  Yohimbe has a fairly short half-life, so the effects wear off around bedtime, and that might explain why my values can get a bit lower during the day.  I might try a dose at bedtime tonight to see what happens.  I also take 600mg slow-release NAC three times per day, and about 1g of fish oil three times per day.I sampled my blood sugar several times overnight to see what was happening.  I had more carbs than usual (about 35) due to ordering delivery for dinner, though I get the same rise at bedtime with 20g of carbs at dinner:8:00 - 10.3 (out of bed)1:00pm - 5.9 (before lunch)7:00pm - 5.7 (before dinner)8:00pm - 8.99:00pm - 9.710:00pm - 10.2 (bedtime)3:00am - 8.75:00am - 9.26:00am - 9.37:00am - 9.78:30am - 9.3 (out of bed)9:30am - 10.4 (still fasting, not hungry at all)10:30 - 8.7 (before breakfast)</blockquote>

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