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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
Had a few of these recently ... waking up in a sweat and with what appear to be 'rebounding' blood sugar levels (9.7 at 2am after a reading of 5.6 at 10.55pm and 9.6 at 3am after a reading of 5.9 at 11.15pm.
GP's advice was to have have a snack before bed but as I'm trying to lose weight I wasn't too keen on that and went down the route of reducing my nighttime dose of insulin (Levemir) instead - had been on 34 units more or less since I was first diagnosed three and a half years ago but with better control of my blood sugar levels during the day I've reduced my nighttime dosage to 8 or 9 units and the hypos have stopped.
I'm having a small snack if bedtime levels are low but I'm not sure exactly what's considered to be low - I was originally told that if my bedtime reading was below 7 I should have a snack containing approximately 30g of carbs but I'm now finding that I can be below seven and not have a snack and not have a hypo - two examples - a bedtime reading of 5.4 at 11pm with a snack of two slices of malt loaf and a plum and a dose of 8 units and at 7 the next morning the reading was 5.5 ... and then on Saturday my bedtime reading at 10.30 was 6.6, I injected 8 units of Levemir but didn't have a snack and the reading at 8 on Sunday morning was 6.1.
Would be greatful for people's thoughts as to what an acceptable 'non-snacking' level is or is it just a case of trial and error?
Thanks,
David V.
GP's advice was to have have a snack before bed but as I'm trying to lose weight I wasn't too keen on that and went down the route of reducing my nighttime dose of insulin (Levemir) instead - had been on 34 units more or less since I was first diagnosed three and a half years ago but with better control of my blood sugar levels during the day I've reduced my nighttime dosage to 8 or 9 units and the hypos have stopped.
I'm having a small snack if bedtime levels are low but I'm not sure exactly what's considered to be low - I was originally told that if my bedtime reading was below 7 I should have a snack containing approximately 30g of carbs but I'm now finding that I can be below seven and not have a snack and not have a hypo - two examples - a bedtime reading of 5.4 at 11pm with a snack of two slices of malt loaf and a plum and a dose of 8 units and at 7 the next morning the reading was 5.5 ... and then on Saturday my bedtime reading at 10.30 was 6.6, I injected 8 units of Levemir but didn't have a snack and the reading at 8 on Sunday morning was 6.1.
Would be greatful for people's thoughts as to what an acceptable 'non-snacking' level is or is it just a case of trial and error?
Thanks,
David V.