I get DP most mornings but I sleep badly last night I really don't know why I went to bed under duvet. on top of, with pillows, without pillows pillows on floor, pillows under legs, pillows under feet. reading, just didnt happen and 8.4 when I decided to do levels. After 2 days on sleepers and being in the low 7's dont really want to take sleepers every night as they make me brain dead
Very interesting but what if your not on insulin?There are two reasons why your blood sugars levels may be high in the morning – the dawn phenomenon and the Somogyi effect.
Dawn phenomenon.
The dawn phenomenon is the end result of a combination of natural body changes that occur during the sleep cycle and can be explained as follows. Your body has little need for insulin between about midnight and about 3:00 a.m. (a time when your body is sleeping most soundly). Any insulin taken in the evening causes blood sugar levels to drop sharply during this time. Then, between 3:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m., your body starts churning out stored glucose (sugar) to prepare for the upcoming day as well as releases hormones that reduce the body’s sensitivity to insulin. All of these events happen as your bedtime insulin dose is also wearing off. These events, taken together, cause your body’s blood sugar levels to rise in the morning (at "dawn").
Somogyi effect.
A second cause of high blood sugar levels in the morning might be due to the Somogyi effect (named after the doctor who first wrote about it). This condition is also called "rebound hyperglycemia." Although the cascade of events and end result – high blood sugar levels in the morning – is the same as in the dawn phenomenon, the cause is more "man-made" (a result of poor diabetes management) in the Somogyi effect. There are two potential causes. In one scenario, your blood sugar may drop too low in the middle of the night and then your body releases hormones to raise the sugar levels. This could happen if you took too much insulin earlier or if you did not have enough of a bedtime snack. The other scenario is when your dose of long-acting insulin at bedtime is not enough and you wake up with a high morning blood sugar.
5.6 Tuesday, 5.2 yesterday and a whopping 6.8 today. Naughty dinner, too much and a sore throat at play. What do you all suck for that?
8.2 after several glasses wine last night (girly night out). Amazed I'm still in ketosis this morning.
7.4 for me this morning after a bad night. I too am fighting a sore throat and feverishness for the 2nd time this year. After going 15 years without getting a cold or flu I'm not a very good patient. I'm not taking anything for it, but would like to know what is safe to take and won't raise bs.
Hope you feel better soon @cold ethyl
5.6 this morning, carb free breakfast and lunch, spot on 5 at 6.30pm before dinner - which was an experiment, had made stewing beef, onions, carrots and mushrooms overnight in the slow cooker, added some bisto best to thicken........I hour post I was 6.4 and 2 hours post back to 5.6!!
I don't have too much either Bluetit- have used it for roast meat and veg but tonight was a first doing a stew! Didn't even miss potatoes or dumplings, just enjoyed the taste alone- my tastes have really improved since dropping the carbs too! Just tested at 4.9 while getting in bed ; )Great you managed the Bisto Best. We use it but it can spike me if I have too much. Great numbers Kim.
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