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- Type of diabetes
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- Insulin
Hello,
I have been having a few issues recently with Control IQ(with Dexcom G6) overnight when it is in sleep mode, and I was wondering if anyone else had ever had a similar experience and how you had got around them.
I am getting low alarms every night, usually around 4-5am but sometimes at other times.
My highest basal setting of the day is from midnight to 3am, so logically this is where I would pinpoint that my lows later in the night are coming from and would reduce this. However, when I start digging a littler deeper in to the pump history, it seems that Control IQ is actually bumping this basal up even further due to how aggressive the sleep mode is.
My basal at this time is 1.2 units/hr, however the pump is constantly changing this often up to 3 units/hr.
My correction factor is also ridiculous overnight at 1u:25mmol to try and stop it from putting my background up so much.
I‘m totally at a loss as to what I need to change. I contacted my clinic, they suggested reducing my basal as I was going low. They weren’t quite grasping that the pump was already putting my current basal up. Nobody in the clinic seems to be that knowledgeable on the Tandem with Control IQ. Just about every time I call, they also tell me to increase my target, however I have to point out that this is not possible with Control IQ switched on.
Perhaps I need to actually increase this basal rate so that the pump does not?
I would be interested to hear if anyone else has had this experience, and how you went about solving it.
I am wondering about not having sleep schedule on overnight for the time being till I sort out the optimum basal patterns, then aim to start getting my levels steady at bedtime and overnight at the rate the pump is trying to aim for.
I had also read about people having Compression Hypos overnight on the Dexcom G6, however I wasn’t sure how true this could be. I am the first to admit that I am not great at checking the overnight low alarms with a finger prick as I just want to sleep
In my 12 years as a Type 1 I have never felt so lost, when Control IQ was meant to help things.
Thank you for reading.
I have been having a few issues recently with Control IQ(with Dexcom G6) overnight when it is in sleep mode, and I was wondering if anyone else had ever had a similar experience and how you had got around them.
I am getting low alarms every night, usually around 4-5am but sometimes at other times.
My highest basal setting of the day is from midnight to 3am, so logically this is where I would pinpoint that my lows later in the night are coming from and would reduce this. However, when I start digging a littler deeper in to the pump history, it seems that Control IQ is actually bumping this basal up even further due to how aggressive the sleep mode is.
My basal at this time is 1.2 units/hr, however the pump is constantly changing this often up to 3 units/hr.
My correction factor is also ridiculous overnight at 1u:25mmol to try and stop it from putting my background up so much.
I‘m totally at a loss as to what I need to change. I contacted my clinic, they suggested reducing my basal as I was going low. They weren’t quite grasping that the pump was already putting my current basal up. Nobody in the clinic seems to be that knowledgeable on the Tandem with Control IQ. Just about every time I call, they also tell me to increase my target, however I have to point out that this is not possible with Control IQ switched on.
Perhaps I need to actually increase this basal rate so that the pump does not?
I would be interested to hear if anyone else has had this experience, and how you went about solving it.
I am wondering about not having sleep schedule on overnight for the time being till I sort out the optimum basal patterns, then aim to start getting my levels steady at bedtime and overnight at the rate the pump is trying to aim for.
I had also read about people having Compression Hypos overnight on the Dexcom G6, however I wasn’t sure how true this could be. I am the first to admit that I am not great at checking the overnight low alarms with a finger prick as I just want to sleep
In my 12 years as a Type 1 I have never felt so lost, when Control IQ was meant to help things.
Thank you for reading.