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very high glucose levels in the morning

encore1332

encore1332

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malmesbury
Type of diabetes
Type 1
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Insulin
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not nice stuff
Morning and again I have woken to blood glucose levels in the low twenties. Just would like to know im not alone in this. Was diagnosed type 1 last year. I have found it doesn't matter how much long lasting insulin I have at night, Cant tell if my pancreas is messing around still or if my lantus is acting all in one go. can test 3 ish in the morning and my levels are somewhere near but by the time I wake up they are through the roof. If I take less insulin my levels rise between 3 and 7:30, if I take more insulin it I believe it drops until my liver gives me a kick. have tried different insulin doses from 0 to 10. 10 units and I can get a ok morning level but I would have had a hypo during the night. Just trying to hold out for a freestyle libre so I can have a proper record of whats going on. Quite tempted to get a cgm if the libre isn't available by April.
Just want to know im not the only person having these issues.
 
if your bloods are otherwise good, talk to your Dr about metformin for the morning high, it may help.
 
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Hi @encore1332
what basal insulin are you taking ?
Do you take it 1 time per day or split in 2 doses ?

Also -have you rung your dsn for advice ?
 
It sounds to me as if you should try another basal. This basal clearly isn't working for you for nights.
 
encore1332 said:
Morning and again I have woken to blood glucose levels in the low twenties. Just would like to know im not alone in this. Was diagnosed type 1 last year. I have found it doesn't matter how much long lasting insulin I have at night, Cant tell if my pancreas is messing around still or if my lantus is acting all in one go. can test 3 ish in the morning and my levels are somewhere near but by the time I wake up they are through the roof. If I take less insulin my levels rise between 3 and 7:30, if I take more insulin it I believe it drops until my liver gives me a kick. have tried different insulin doses from 0 to 10. 10 units and I can get a ok morning level but I would have had a hypo during the night. Just trying to hold out for a freestyle libre so I can have a proper record of whats going on. Quite tempted to get a cgm if the libre isn't available by April.
Just want to know im not the only person having these issues.
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You could ask your DSN about split-dosing your lantus (some people do have to do this with lantus) or change to an insulin such as levemir where split-dosing is the norm to get a full 24 hour coverage, probably a better option would be to ask about Tresiba, this is a new basal insulin that only came available last year and it lasts for up to 44 hours after injecting, but you still inject it once a day.
 
Do some basic basal testing before you go and see your nurse or Dr. Perhaps start at midnight and test every hour until time to get up so you can see exactly where the rise starts.
 
The only way I found to sort out my high bloods in the morning was to go on the insulin pump! Not sure though how many years you have to have been diagnosed to be able to do this?
 
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