I am new to this forum, and to Diabetes (T2). I was diagnosed a month ago after my first physical in 9 years. I'm guessing I won't get much sympathy here about that.
The doctor has me taking 2000 mg Metformin with dinner, and it is working VERY well.
A few days into my treatment also I started taking a diabetes support supplement and 200 ug Chromium Complex and noticed immediate results with those. Though now if I forget the supplement it seems to have no effect on my BG, I might see what happens if I stop the Chromium. If naught I might save money and use it only if my BG rises again for unexplained reasons, could have been a deficiency and maybe I am no longer deficient.
Really my BG is starting to be under good control (though still higher than it should be) EXCEPT IN THE MORNING, where I am often hyper.
I have tested several times at night and there are no hypo readings so it is Dawn Phenomenon.
I've tried nuts, pumpkin seeds, a slow releasing carb rice (Laxmi Basmati for Diabetics,) cranberry vinegar, nut butters, etc. I haven't tried the string cheese thing yet, but I might - though I'll probably use mozz balls with really good vinegar and herbs because I'm a snob like that.
I did notice I had good morning readings after the following:
1) After an early dinner of chicken, regular run of the mill high carb rice casserole with cheese, garden salad with italian dressing, and two pints of US made Belgian witbier (Dogfish Head Namaste).
2) After a most excellent dinner of baked cod and methi bhaji (an Indian dish) - I love my wife, she is such a good cook - and one pint of Belgian witbier.
and
3) The morning after the terrible decision to eat Mexican fast food around 4:00 PM, my BG was terrible the entire evening and I dared not eat anything for the rest of the evening and into the night but my BG was good in the morning.
While my BG is getting under good control the rest of the day, in the morning it is terrible. The three examples above are the only times I've had good numbers in the morning.
So, I'm trying to convince my wife it's the witbier, but she's not buying it.
What do you think is going on here?
Save for the meal of cod these should be terrible dinners for a diabetic, and with the cod I had two pints... also not really good for a diabetic or Metformin user.