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Type 1 Why does perfectly good blood sugar (steady for hours - let's say 4 hours) then just drop to hypo as soon as you lie bed on a bed!? Haha

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JemmedyJemit

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What the hell is this? (I don't need help on fast acting or slow acting insulin etc.) Type 1 Insulin Dependent Diabetic been diabetic for 23 years. Good control, good hbA1c etc.

Is this some thing others also get just like the bloody dawn phenomenon!? Hahaha
 
Hi,

I have no idea to be honest only that maybe you had some insulin stuck between your skin lining, where it forms a little bubble of insulin and it got released when you laid down for bed.

Dawn Phenomenon only happens to me when I wake up in the morning and my blood sugars rises.

Thanks
 
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Hi @JemmedyJemit and welcome to the forums.

I don't suppose you injected lantus just before this happened??? If injected into a blood vessel it can act fast....
 
JemmedyJemit said:
What the hell is this? (I don't need help on fast acting or slow acting insulin etc.) Type 1 Insulin Dependent Diabetic been diabetic for 23 years. Good control, good hbA1c etc.

Is this some thing others also get just like the bloody dawn phenomenon!? Hahaha
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Do you see the drop on a CGM, finger sticks or symptoms?

I notice my CGMs (especially FreeStyle Libre 2) read a bit lower when I'm sitting or lying still. Getting up and moving around gives a higher reading on the CGM which usually lines up with a finger stick.
 
Yes indeed I do. I regularly have my alarm going off 30 minutes after getting into bed. I find getting up in the middle of the night causes it to jump about 3mmols. I’m not on Lantus and it isn’t a compression low.
 
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