I woke up this morning with a blood sugar of 18 - I went to bed with a blood sugar of 6 but slept longer than usual (the joys of annual leave!) and woke up, checked my blood and almost had a heart attach!! But my heart has been racing for the last hour, is this normal??
Type 1: Racing heart rate and high blood sugar
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I think it is quite common, I suffer from this too and it's usually in the morning if waking up with a high. I haven't really looked into it as it tends to right itself when I get the levels back to normal so would be interested to hear if anyone has experienced this and what the explanation is.
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As you were shocked at your bg result your body would have released adrenaline, the result of this can be a racing heart beat.
Hopefully by now it's back to normal, if not I'd seek medical advice.
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For the longest time I had a tough time controlling my morning BGs - they too were in the range of 16 - 18, sometimes even +20 and was dealing with this for years until I stumbled on the concept of eating less for my final meal of the day. It was difficult at first because I was always going to bed hungry but I don;t seem to experience the hunger any more and my morning BGs now usually range from 3.8 to 4.8 - this morning it was actually 3.7. So I don;t know what you're eating for the last meal of the day and when you eat it but from my experiences - eat well before bed time, and if you're not doing so already lower the carbs for your final meal. It could help those morning Blood Sugar Levels.
