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Lately ive developed a very bad habit of practically not eating a full meal from like 5pm onwards.

Then when it gets to 2am I reach by my bed in some half awoke, shaky need for sugar and go for some snacks (carbs/sugar/chocolate) etc.

I know.. this is very bad.

But within the last few days I've stopped this and I'm having a real hard time (right now infact) bumping my BS up and keeping it in the 6s etc.

Every time I check (15 mins after food, 1 hour etc) its always around the mid low 4s.

I feel nervous, shaky, really hot, slow, thirsty, and I seem to eat..

It hits my tummy.. BS rises a bit.. then drops lower than it was before..

What is that? And how do I manage this?
 
Mid 4’s are ideal. Lower can produce symptoms such as you describe. Higher is normal within an hour or two after eating. A single random glucose test means little unless extreme which yours isn’t. An hb1ac gives a 3 month average and is the first check done.

Testing when you feel the symptoms you describe would be helpful to rule things in and out.

There is a condition where if you eat high carb meals you “overreact” and end up low (reactive hypoglycaemia). Diabetes (Type 1 and 2) presents as high blood sugars unless treated, rather than low.
 
My H1 was 34 if I recall.. that was Jan 2020.

I jist find my bs levels erratic.

Could skipping a second later meal in the day make your BS levels slump and not want to rise up?
 
Blood sugar will naturally vary depending on many factors, food mostly but sleep, illness, activity stress are just some of the others. Hb1ac of 34 is totally normal. skipping meals might make them fall but shouldn’t “put them to sleep” as it were. Test when you feel rubbish it might rule stuff in or out.
 
Also it may be an idea to talk to your doctor- your symptoms may not be related to diabetes
at all. Your HbA1c is n normal so you should investigate other possibilities.
 
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