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<blockquote data-quote="hyponilla" data-source="post: 2180584" data-attributes="member: 509037"><p>I have "feet on the floor" as well, and while it's annoying I feel lucky that the blood sugar rises after I get up rather than before because it's easier to work around. Here's what I do to fix it. I inject insulin as soon as I wake up and go to make breakfast. Every day I eat the same thing (eggs and cheese) and take the same insulin dose. I'm more insulin resistant in the morning, so I take twice as much as I do for other meals. On top of that I take an extra unit if I'm going to work that day. All that moving around drives my blood sugar up. This I figured out by trial and error, and your insulin needs would be different than mine. I mention it because the morning is such an extreme case for many people.</p><p></p><p>Apart from the cream in my coffee, I don't have any carbs in the morning. It's way too unpredictable.</p><p></p><p>I've taken three different types of basal insulin (one was split-dose lantus), and it's made no difference to the morning rise. My blood sugar will climb until I feed the liver. If I sleep in and miss the 7am feeding I usually wake up high, so I'm always up before 8am cooking omelette like a zombie. For me, breakfast is definitely the most important meal of the day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hyponilla, post: 2180584, member: 509037"] I have "feet on the floor" as well, and while it's annoying I feel lucky that the blood sugar rises after I get up rather than before because it's easier to work around. Here's what I do to fix it. I inject insulin as soon as I wake up and go to make breakfast. Every day I eat the same thing (eggs and cheese) and take the same insulin dose. I'm more insulin resistant in the morning, so I take twice as much as I do for other meals. On top of that I take an extra unit if I'm going to work that day. All that moving around drives my blood sugar up. This I figured out by trial and error, and your insulin needs would be different than mine. I mention it because the morning is such an extreme case for many people. Apart from the cream in my coffee, I don't have any carbs in the morning. It's way too unpredictable. I've taken three different types of basal insulin (one was split-dose lantus), and it's made no difference to the morning rise. My blood sugar will climb until I feed the liver. If I sleep in and miss the 7am feeding I usually wake up high, so I'm always up before 8am cooking omelette like a zombie. For me, breakfast is definitely the most important meal of the day. [/QUOTE]
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