low morning bg

[KAREN1]

hi can anyone give me some advice please. just recently my blood sugars have been dropping by at least half during the night. last night bg was 16.3 didnt take any quick acting as was worried it may drop just to see what happened silly i know but glad i didnt take any. woke about 4.30am bg 3.2 on levemir 13 units morning and night but changed it last night to 12. novorapid during day carb counting. thank you

 

[Northerner]

Hi Karen, it does look like your levemir requirements may have dropped quite a bit! How long after taking your novorapid/eating did you take the reading of 16.3? It may be that some of that was still active when you went to bed, so the drop may not be entirely due to the levemir. I always try to give 5 hours after eating/injecting before going to bed because that's how long novorapid lasts in me - might be different for you, but I think most people it lasts for at least 4 hours.

Hope things go better for you tonight! 🙂

 

[KAREN1]

Hi Karen, it does look like your levemir requirements may have dropped quite a bit! How long after taking your novorapid/eating did you take the reading of 16.3? It may be that some of that was still active when you went to bed, so the drop may not be entirely due to the levemir. I always try to give 5 hours after eating/injecting before going to bed because that's how long novorapid lasts in me - might be different for you, but I think most people it lasts for at least 4 hours.

Hope things go better for you tonight! 🙂

Hi northener thank you for your reply it was 5 hours after eating so would have thought i would not have any active novorapid left. think i will try 12 levemir again tonight if no better do you think i should keep reducing by 1? also do you think morning levemir ok at 13? during day bg ok sorry to be a pain just baffled by it thank you🙂

 

[Northerner]

Hi northener thank you for your reply it was 5 hours after eating so would have thought i would not have any active novorapid left. think i will try 12 levemir again tonight if no better do you think i should keep reducing by 1? also do you think morning levemir ok at 13? during day bg ok sorry to be a pain just baffled by it thank you🙂

When this has happened to me in the past, that's what I have done - just kept reducing a little bit at a time until I'm happy with the overnight and waking numbers. If you were 16.3 5 hours after eating/injecting though, it does look like you might have got your carb count a bit wrong! hat were you before eating?

If your daytime readings (pre-meal) are good then it would suggest that your morning levemir is OK. Might be an idea to do some basal testing if your needs are changing though 🙂

 

[KAREN1]

When this has happened to me in the past, that's what I have done - just kept reducing a little bit at a time until I'm happy with the overnight and waking numbers. If you were 16.3 5 hours after eating/injecting though, it does look like you might have got your carb count a bit wrong! hat were you before eating?

If your daytime readings (pre-meal) are good then it would suggest that your morning levemir is OK. Might be an idea to do some basal testing if your needs are changing though 🙂

i was naughty last night and had take away pudding chips peas and gravy! took 12 quick acting usually take 14 with take away but only took the 12 because of the big drops!

 

[KAREN1]

i was naughty last night and had take away pudding chips peas and gravy! took 12 quick acting usually take 14 with take away but only took the 12 because of the big drops!

sorry miss read thought you said what were you eating ha ha bg before eating was 5.8

 

[Northerner]

sorry miss read thought you said what were you eating ha ha bg before eating was 5.8

Looks like the 14 would have been right for the meal, but as you say, if you had been lower than 16 at bedtime then you might have dropped really low overnight. I'd consider another drop in levemir and probably set the alarm for 3am just to see how things are going 🙂

 

[KAREN1]

Looks like the 14 would have been right for the meal, but as you say, if you had been lower than 16 at bedtime then you might have dropped really low overnight. I'd consider another drop in levemir and probably set the alarm for 3am just to see how things are going 🙂

Thank you for your reply Northener will try another drop and set the alarm for 3 thank you once again😱

 

[Northerner]

Thank you for your reply Northener will try another drop and set the alarm for 3 thank you once again😱

You're welcome, hope it goes well! Oh look, you're one post away from 100!

 

[KAREN1]

You're welcome, hope it goes well! Oh look, you're one post away from 100!

never even noticed near 100 posts! got my 100 now ha ha thank you!