What kills your dawn phenomenon?

Dawn phenomenon is something that usually affects my blood sugars quite a lot. I find that if I exercise in the morning, I need a couple of extra units of Lispro, or I am consigned to the 10s and 11s at least. However, the last couple of nights I have shared a bottle of wine with my wife.
On waking yesterday, my blood sugars were 3.6. I had a dextrose tablet and breakfast as usual, giving my normal dose. I waited an hour and went cycling. Twenty minutes in I felt very strange. I stopped and tested my blood, and I was 1.7!
This morning I had a bit more glucose, and a bit less Lispro. Blood sugars still went down to 2.9. It seems that wine really does turn off my liver.

SO, getting round to my question now . How do other people cope with Dawn Phenomenon, and does anyone manage to nullify it? (Very important side note, I am NOT advocating having a glass of wine each night before bed ).

I should also point out that each time I had a mid ride hypo, I stopped and treated with glucose, waiting for blood sugars to rise before continuing.

Jaylee said:

Waking up with the woman I love & letting base instinct burn it off ... You did ask..?!

(I would advocate consent first.)

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Lol, thanks for sharing! Plenty of health benefits with that approach, among other benefits...

phoenix said:

I only get dawn phenomena if I stop exercising regularly.
I went through a period recently where I was waking up with much higher levels than I'm used to . I wasn't exercising.
For just over a month I've been doing at least 5 miles a day of walking and voila, lower basal insulin needed and no rise overnight.

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You seem to be similar to me. I am finding the following trend:
No exercise = mid sleep Lispro required
Exercise = no mid sleep Lispro required
Exercise + Alcohol = Mid sleep glucose required