early morning prandial

[Yedak]

suffering early morning prans for a while, have managed to lower the levels to just under 12mmols, however,
it now seems to continue with eating breakfast which subsequently raises my post breakfast levels, has anyone else
experienced similar please.

 

[Inka]

suffering early morning prans for a while, have managed to lower the levels to just under 12mmols, however,
it now seems to continue with eating breakfast which subsequently raises my post breakfast levels, has anyone else
experienced similar please.

Welcome @Yedak 🙂 Do you mean you’re high in the morning before you eat? What time are you high and what time do you eat your breakfast? Are you on any medication for the diabetes? If so, what exactly?

 

[Yedak]

Two questions immediately spring to mind - what are you having for breakfast and how soon afterwards are you testing?

Martin. 1 slice of no added sugar wholemeal bread, test at nominal 1 1\4 to 2 hours.

 

[Yedak]

Welcome @Yedak 🙂 Do you mean you’re high in the morning before you eat? What time are you high and what time do you eat your breakfast? Are you on any medication for the diabetes? If so, what exactly?

Inka, firstly metforming, gliclazide. Secondly the landfill starts anytime between 3am and 6am, breakfast of 1 slice of no added sugar wholemeal bread.

 

[Inka]

Ok, just to be clear ‘prandial’ means relating to meals, so a test after breakfast would be a post-prandial test, and a blood sugar rise after eating would be a post-prandial rise. High blood glucose is just called a hyper (high).

It sounds like you’re suffering from what’s sometimes known as Dawn Phenomenon - that is, your blood glucose goes up in preparation for you waking up and starting the day. That’s great if you’re not diabetic but if you’re diabetic it’s a nuisance.

What dose of Gliclazide are you on? Could that need increasing?

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Welcome to the forum @Yedak

Sorry to hear your morning BGs have been giving you a bit of grief

Have you been living with diabetes for long? Have the metformin and gliclazide been working well for you until fairly recently?

 

[Yedak]

Sorry for delay, t2d for approx 10 years. Been on various meds throughout. Mainly metformin and gliclazide. Until September last year had very high hba1c reading, went through all sorts of panic with my doctor. Many changes in metformin tablets. Etc. Decided to get glucose monitor in November. Changed meds weekly to see how my levels were. Now at a point where nothing seems to affect my after dinner readings, and at one stage took no meds, again no affect on my reading relatively good in 6s to low 7s.
Very similar at lunch. Morning totally different with high levels regardless of what I eat. Varied times and levels of metformin, with no changes. Obviously this has consequences on hba1c levels.
That is where I am at.