Bedtime / Morning BS

[mum2westiesGill]

Don't know what to think of my bedtime and morning BS. Is BI to hign? If I reduce it then daytime BS seem to go high 😡 can'tgetthisright.com

Any help/comments would be appreciated please.

05/02//2013
forgot to test - bedtime eeeek!
7.8 - this morning

06/02/2013
9.3 - bedtime
7.4 - this morning

07/02/2013
21.7 - bedtime
2.8 - this morning

08/02/2013
5.8 - bedtime
2.9 - this morning

09/02/2013
18.9 - bedtime
2.6 - this morning

10/02/2013
no test - bedtime
2.6 - this morning

 

[DeusXM]

More information's needed. You've two incredibly high bedtime readings that result in extremely low bgs the next morning but the same result happens with a normal reading too. I'm assuming that therefore there are other things going on like correction doses. We also don't have any nighttime readings so it's impossible to determine what is going on while you sleep.

However if you are waking up with very low bgs then I would suggest your basal insulin dose is too high for your basal nighttime needs. As you've difficulty in lowering it without compromising your day control, I would either look at splitting your dose or moving it to a different time of day. It might be that lantus will be more effective if you inject it in the morning.

 

[Vicsetter]

What time do you go to bed
What time do you read your bedtime reading
What time did you eat and what.

I find that eating something high in sugar (relatively), like a chocky biscuit can cause a high reading followed by a below normal low, but could be just me.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

If I remember from other posts WM you tend to eat quite late in the evening, so at bedtime I guess any error with your evening meal will be yet to show/resolve fully and that your bedtime readings still have rapid/mealtime insulin active.

Waking up low that often is not nice though, hope you manage to fix that.